The Spanish Civil Guard was alerted, Wednesday, by several people in Ceuta after they had noticed a floating body in the sea off the shores of La Ribera beach. According to local online newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta, the Civil Guard recovered the body of a man, who is said to be Moroccan. The authorities transferred the body to the city’s morgue to undergo an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The initial account suggests that the man drowned while trying to swim to Ceuta from
Moroccan bank Banque Centrale Populaire is planning to sell a significant stake to a lender in East Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The plan, expected to help the bank boost its capital and growth, is part of a five-year strategy that would start in 2021, two well-informed sources told Bloomberg. Under this strategy, the Casablanca-based bank will start talks with lenders from different countries in East Asia, including China and Singapore. Said plan is considered as a big shift in
Europa Oil & Gas Holdings PLC, a UK-based exploration and production company, has seen its initial phase of its Inezgane exploration permit, offshore Morocco, extended by one year. The decision is meant to make up for the time lost on the project because of the coronavirus health crisis, Proactive Investors wrote on Wednesday. «We are extremely grateful to the Moroccan authorities for their swift response to the challenges posed by the global pandemic and specifically for
Pressuring Morocco into establishing diplomatic ties with Israel has been seen through several media reports. In addition to sources quoted on media after the peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, an NGO has joined the trend in its own way. The Jerusalem-based Friends of Zion Heritage Center, which annually awards the «Friends of Zion Award» to political leaders around the world who have shown strong support for the «Jewish nation», unveiled
3,254 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 179,003. 2,417 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 148,838. 51 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 3,027. 20 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 7 in Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima, 6 in
In its report released on Monday, the World Bank reviewed its outlook for Morocco. Due to the pandemic and drought, the institution expects the country’s real GDP to contract by 6.3% in 2020 and extreme poverty to increase slightly.
Algerian soldiers have reportedly burned two Sahrawi gold diggers alive. The third, who served as their guard, fled before the arrival of an Algerian patrol on the spot. The tragedy occurred on Monday in the «Dakhla camp», located 200 km away from the Tindouf camps. Scared of getting arrested by Algerian soldiers, the men hid inside the seven-meter-deep pit in which they were digging. After seizing the equipment left behind by the gold diggers and a few bottles of
Jalal Hami Eddine, father of two, has carved out his own path to success without letting his visual impairment be an obstacle. To him, «disability is not the problem, but feeling it is».
Responding to the increasing number of coronavirus infections in Oujda-Angad, an urban prefecture located within the Oriental Region in the northeast Morocco, authorities have decided to impose a series of restrictive measures starting from Wednesday, October 21. The decision was announced, Monday, during a meeting attended by the members of a Covid-19 monitoring committee. As a result, all shops and services will open from six in the morning until 8 in the evening. In addition to that,
The number of coronavirus infections within the Raja Club Athletic has reached 9, after 7 new confirmed cases were recorded Monday. The club’s first team as well as its technical and medical team underwent coronavirus tests, which revealed 7 positive cases. Six of them were recorded among players. Two other coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday. According to the club's official page, the positive cases will be subject to the health protocol in force.