Morocco has not recorded, for the moment, any case of the new variant of Covid-19 according to the samples tested, Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb said on Tuesday. «No case of the new variant of Covid-19 has been identified in Morocco according to a series of tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur», the minister told Le360. Last week, British authorities announced that they had identified two cases of a new strain of the coronavirus. A discovery that came a few days
The English translation of the novel «A Country For Dying» by Moroccan writer and filmmaker Abdellah Taïa was shortlisted for the 2021 Pen America Literary Awards, for the «Pen Translation Prize» category. «A Country For Dying» was translated into English by Emma Ramadan and published by Seven Stories Press, wrote Abdellah Taïa on his Facebook page. «Thank you to Pen America and to the jury. Also, thank you so so so much to my
Since the 20th century, the relationship of the Moroccan community of Jewish faith with the Monarchy has been particularly marked by aspects of sacredness. There are historical reasons for this relationship as well as a feeling of belongingness to Morocco which has not been lost through the generations.
The second edition of the Morocco Cup of Poetry Slam took place from May to December 2020 and secured the country a ticket to the Africa Cup and World Poetry Slam, which will take place in 2021. According to a press release from the organizers, the Coupe du Maroc de Slam-Poésie organized several workshops and performance events that brought together and around forty young Moroccan urban artists, poets, writers and slammers. With the support of the Moroccan Reading Network, the Let's
The head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia's Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service, Sergei Dankvert said on Tuesday that his country will ban tomato and pepper imports from Morocco. Interviewed by Russia news agency TASS, the official explained that Russia has «shown everyone that they must pay attention to the risks when exporting certain products». «We are considering the possibility of introducing a ban on the supply of tomatoes from Morocco», he
In a video shared on his Twitter account, the Israeli Prime Minister stood in front of a map separating Morocco from the Sahara. Responding to the outrage sparked by said video clip, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that the map is «old» and will be replaced soon. «It will be corrected in the new maps that appear», the spokesperson said as quoted by Times of Israel. In his video, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that a Moroccan delegation would visit Israel.
Hotels and apartments in the Canary Islands have welcomed, since the start of December, up to 7,786 migrants to help ease the migration crisis facing the archipelago. Quoting the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that the authorities' strategy, announced in November and called Plan Canarias, provided 7,000 temporary shelters in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura. 17 hotels and apartment buildings housed 5,500 migrants, according to
950 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 433,029. 1,515 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 399,575. 32 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,272. 7 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 5 in Souss-Massa, 4 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 4 in
Israeli chief economist Shira Greenberg reacted to the importance of financial cooperation between Morocco and Israel, in the wake of the agreement signed last week in Rabat. She indicated that these agreements have potential to increase trade with Morocco by around $500 million a year, Israel Hayom reported on Monday. The agreements would «contribute to increasing Israel and the region's potential for growth. We believe that there is potential to increase trade with Morocco by around
The American decision recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara «will push other nations to follow suit», Morocco’s head of government said on Monday. Saadeddine El Othmani reassured that revoking this decision, even through a decree from the American Congress, remains «very difficult».