Moroccan YouTuber Chafik Omerani, aka «3robi F Merican», left the Oukacha prison in Casablanca this morning, after serving his three-month sentence. In front of the local prison, he said that he lost 33 kilos, «after 89 days of hunger strike, including 10 days without water». Chafik Omerani added that he spent the last three days at the Ibn Rochd hospital in Casablanca, following a heart attack that required a cardiac catheterization. The Moroccan-American
Serbian Foreign Minister has been on a work visit to Morocco since May 5. Nicola Selakovic met, Wednesday, with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, the Head of Government Saadeddine El Othmani, and Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Following talks with Bourita, three partnership agreements were signed. The two parties have agreed to «raise their bilateral relations to the level of a strategic partnership, in a spirit of friendship, trust and mutual
Even after the end of Donald Trump’s term, his former senior advisor Jared Kushner wants to support normalization between Israel and Arab countries. Kushner is founding an organization called the Abraham Accords Institute for Peace, to strengthen normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries. The body intends to «provide analysis of the benefits of normalization and the potential benefits additional Arab countries can receive if they join the Abraham Accords»,
Moroccan authorities announced on Wednesday a new set of measures targeting travelers coming from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. In a post on its Facebook page, the National Airports Office (ONDA) explained that, since May 5, «passengers from Abu Dhabi and Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Doha (Qatar) and Manama (Bahrain)» must «present a negative Covid-19 PCR test and go through a medical check-up and a rapid screening test on arrival», when entering
Joe Biden's administration announced on Wednesday that the United States supports waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines. «This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines», United States Trade
371 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 512,656. 5,231,766 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,326,873 people have received the second. 402 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 499,491. 5 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,043. 3 of
According to studies carried out by the Ministry of Interior, the net income per hectare of cannabis could reach around 110,000 dirhams per year, which could exceed the income of all agricultural products in the Kingdom.
The Dominican Republic's Chamber of Deputies has approved an agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco on visa exemption. The resolution approving the agreement, signed on June 11, 2019 in Santo Domingo, waives tourist and business visas, writes Listin Diario. Nationals from the two countries can thus transit or stay for a renewable period of up to 60 days. The agreement received a favorable report from the Standing Committee on External Relations and International Cooperation of
Expecting septuplets, a young Malian woman ended up giving birth to nine babies in Morocco. On Tuesday, the Malian government announced that the five girls and four boys were doing well. Originally from Timbuktu, the mother was initially taken care of in Bamako. On March 30, she was transferred to Morocco, for better monitoring of her pregnancy. The delivery was carried out by cesarean section, giving birth to «nine newborns instead of seven as announced by the results
To the Polisario Front, reports on the hearing of Brahim Ghali by a Spanish investigating judge are not true. The Front’s representative in Algiers, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, denied on Tuesday, May 4, reports on «the alleged summoning» of the leader of the Polisario, estimating that «Morocco is leading a campaign of disinformation, provocation and blackmail against Spain» in order «to induce Madrid to rebel against international law». Similarly, sources