As of Thursday, May 14, Morocco recorded 95 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,607. Almost half of these cases have been recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region. Cases have been detected, to a lesser extent, in the regions of Marrakech-Safi, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Fez-Meknes and Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, said Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health, during a daily press
«Harmless jokes», this is how international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) described the way a young Moroccan woman had used humor to fight coronavirus anxiety. In an article published, Wednesday, WHO recalled the story of the Merzouga woman who was arrested and sentenced to two months in prison for posting a sketch to social media. In the video, uploaded to video-sharing social networking service Tik Tok, said woman made an impression of local security figure «Caida
On May 8, a joint operation led by the FBI, Moroccan intelligence officers and the Spanish police arrested a «profoundly radicalized» Moroccan who was plotting attacks targeting Barcelona during the country’s strict coronavirus lockdown. Five days after his arrest, investigators revealed that the suspect was reportedly planning a knife attack during a match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. «The arrested man had used social media to proclaim his loyalty to ISIS and
American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Morocco's phosphate rock miner OCP Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'BB+' from 'BBB-'. The outlook on OCP’s rating is 'negative', according to Fitch, which expects it to worsen in coming months. According to the rating agency, the company’s downgraded IDR rating is due to its recent contribution to the Covid-19 special fund, created by Morocco to manage the consequences of the coronavirus crisis. Indeed, in March
After a series of attempts, a group of 26 Israelis stranded in Morocco was repatriated, Thursday, including a Likud politician, and two American-Israeli philanthropists. In April, Morocco would have reportedly refused to repatriate Israeli nationals stranded in the Kingdom due to Emirati intervention.
81 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,593, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 70,345 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 189, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 3,222. The confirmed coronavirus cases in
Moroccan Moncef Slaoui, former head of GlaxoSmithKline's vaccine division, has been called upon to lead the operation of US President Donald Trump to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus. Two White House officials, quoted by CNN, said General Gustave Perna had also been selected to help oversee operation «Warp Speed». Moncef Slaoui will act as senior advisor while Perna will serve as chief operating officer, overseeing logistics. NEWS: Trump plans to name Moncef
The House of Representatives adopted, Wednesday, law 30-20 enacting specific provisions for travel contracts, tourist stays and air transport contracts. Mehdi Taleb, head of the regulation, development and quality department at the Tourism Ministry explains the new law and reassures customers.
The Upper and Lower chambers of the Parliament will hold a joint meeting, Monday, May 18. During this meeting Head of government Saadeddine El Othmani will be presenting the recent developments of the containment measures after May 20. Morocco extended until May 20 the lockdown measures imposed in March to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. According to a joint statement issued by the two chambers, said session, which will start at 1pm, is held in accordance with the provisions of article
Blamed for an online campaign that outed presumed gay and bisexual men in Morocco, Moroccan transgender influencer Sofia Taloni apologized for asking her followers to download a dating app to out gay men. On Wednesday, the Turkey-based Instagrammer told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that her intention was not to «target gay men» but to «bring them closer to the mainstream society». «My intention was to ‘humanize’, ‘un-demonize’ and
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