A British truck driver arrested in Morocco for trying to smuggle face masks out of the country

A British truck driver was arrested, Tuesday, in Morocco for trying to smuggle 100,000 medical masks out of the country, French-language newspaper Le360 reported, quoting well-informed sources at the Port of Tanger-Med. The driver, who was planning to bring the masks to the UK and sell them for 350 dirhams each amid coronavirus spread, was arrested by customs officers and put in police custody, the same source added. According to the same source, the masks carried by the truck worth MAD30

US approves $239 million sale of M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicles to Morocco

The US State Department has approved a $239 million sale of M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicles to Morocco. The deal includes machine guns and smoke grenade rounds.

Congo : Did a Royal Air Maroc flight escape a crash after an incident ?

Did a Royal Air Maroc flight have a minor accident trying to connect Brazzaville to Casablanca ? Congolese and then Moroccan media relayed images and reports that were far from being true.

Moroccan Para-taekwondo fighter sees reaching Tokyo's Paralympic Games as a «dream»

After securing her place for this year’s Paralympic Games taekwondo tournament in Tokyo, Moroccan fighter Rajae Akermach said that it is a «dream» coming true. Akermach won the women’s K44 over-58 kilograms title at the African qualification tournament on February 24 in Rabat, qualifying for the Tokyo 2020. Speaking to Olympic news website Inside the Games, Akermach said that «since 2015 [she has] been working for this dream». «Really, I don’t

After a long «diplomatic truce», Morocco reviews its policy towards Algeria

After a diplomatic truce that lasted for a year, Morocco seems to have reviewed its policy towards Algeria.

Coronavirus : Moroccan ministers and officials returning from overseas have been tested

Moroccan officials returning from overseas have reportedly underwent coronavirus tests, Arabic-language daily Akhbar Alyaoum reported on Tuesday. Quoting a source from the joint commission for epidemiological surveillance, the newspaper reported that these tests were carried out to «rule out cases of COVID-19». «I cannot reveal the names of Moroccan officials who underwent the tests, but I can assure you that the information is true. When it comes to the virus, there is no

The family of the first confirmed coronavirus case also isolated, Morocco’s Health Minister

After the Moroccan sanitary authorities announced the first confirmed coronavirus case, the Health Ministry said, Tuesday, in a press conference that the health of the patient’s family members is being monitored.

Morocco’s Habib El Malki meets South Aftrica’s chairperson of the National Council of Provinces

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki received, Monday in Rabat, Nkosiakhe Amos Masondo, the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (Upper House) of South Africa. This is the first high-level meeting that brings the two representatives together since the election of Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa. During this meeting, Habib El Malki recalled Morocco’s support for ANC and Nelson Mandela during his fight against the apartheid regime. The

A court in Italy quashes a ruling against a Moroccan convicted of terrorism

The Supreme Court of Cassation has quashed a sentence handed by an Appeal Court against Moroccan national Mehdi Hamil. The latter was accused of terrorism, according to Gazetta Del Sud. Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation ruled that links between the man in question and the terrorism organization (ISIS) have not been identified. Residing in Luzzi since 2006, Mehdi Hamil was indeed sentenced for self-training for terrorist purposes, in January 2016. At the time, local police had declared

Western Sahara : The rapprochement between Uruguay and Morocco confirmed

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed, Sunday in Montevideo, his intention to develop relations of cooperation with Morocco, during his inauguration ceremony. The Polisario Front has, for its part, missed the event in Montevideo, while the country recognizes the so-called «SADR» since December 2005.