The Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles that the United States approved for Morocco’s Royal Air Force to purchase are the «non-coastal target suppression» version, the US Federal Register revealed on Monday. «This reduction in capability was not mentioned when the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 14 April that the US State Department had approved the sale of 10 AGM-84Ls for an estimated USD62 million for use by the RMAF's F-16 multirole
In Morocco, dealing with the coronavirus crisis has given birth to several challenges. While authoritarian norms have seen changes, social precarity widened due to efforts made to curb the virus.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the new coronavirus is «a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis». Similarly, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet urged several countries to refrain from violating fundamental rights «under the guise of exceptional or emergency measures». «Emergency powers should not be a weapon governments can wield to quash dissent, control the population, and even
Since it was adopted on March 19, Bill 22.20 has been missing. The text, which was expected to tighten freedom of expression on social media, has not been submitted to Parliament.
126 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco between Monday evening and Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of covid-19 infections in the kingdom to 4,246, the Health Ministry announced in a recent update. The Ministry indicated that the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients stands at 739, while 163 people have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the outbreak. The suspected cases excluded following negative tests are 26,122,
As of Monday afternoon, Morocco recorded 55 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the Kingdom to 4,120. «43 of the new cases were in close contact with previously confirmed ones», Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and fight against infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, said during the daily press briefing. He added that «7,679 of those who were in contact with confirmed cases are still under medical
In 2019, Morocco spent more than $3.76 billion on military expenditure. While the Kingdom increased its military spendings by only $65 million, Algeria allocated $10.33 billion to military expenses.
Reacting to an online campaign that outed presumed gay and bisexual men in Morocco, Human Rights Watch urged the government to «both enforce the right to privacy and decriminalize same-sex relations». In an article published, Monday, the international NGO revealed that «a rash of people have been going on same-sex dating apps since mid-April 2020 to ‘out’ other app users – disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity without their
In a column published, Monday, Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Alyaoum addressed the unfounded link between 5G technology and the spread of the coronavirus. While the World Health Organization debunked the «myth», the newspaper voiced its main theories.
Fifty (50) new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco between Sunday night and Monday morning, bringing the total number of covid-19 infections in the kingdom to 4,115, the Health Ministry announced in a recent update. The Ministry indicated that the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients stands at 669, the while 161 people have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the outbreak. The suspected cases excluded following negative tests are
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