After a year spent behind bars, the very controversial Sheikh Abu Naim was released on Wednesday March 17. The Salafist was sentenced in April 2020 to one year in prison and fined 2,000 dirhams «for incitement to hatred and threats against citizens» and «insulting the State and its institutions». He had indeed denounced, in a video shared to his social media, the closure of mosques decided by the government to stop the spread of the new
The intensive use of digital tools in learning can negatively affect memorization, according to a study that looked at scientific students in Morocco.
Four blood clot cases have been reported in Morocco by the National Pharmacovigilance Center. Only one of these cases is under investigation, while the link with the vaccine has not been established when it comes to the others, according to the National Scientific Committee.
The low-cost airline carrier Ryanair has announced the launch, starting from July 1, 2021, a new line connecting Malaga (southern Spain) to Rabat. Ryanair indicates, in a press release, that this new line will include two flights a week and that it is part of the company's program for the summer of 2021 at the airport of Malaga. To celebrate the launch of this new route, Ryanair has put on sale tickets for trips until the end of October 2021, to be reserved until Sunday, March
Days after the destruction of the Tangier Roman road, Yabiladi learned that the city’s authorities have visited the spot to assess the damage done to this monument. «A delegation of the authorities and the city council went on spot to assess the damage», Ahmed Ftouh, from the Tadaoul Association for Education, Heritage and the Environment told Yabiladi. «The first explanations indicate that it was the mistake of the excavator driver who confused the Roman road with a
526 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 489,622. 4,236,386 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 1,960,996 people have received the second. 601 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 476,727. 4 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related
Kheireddine Zetchi is at the heart of a new controversy in Algeria, after attending the CAF Ordinary and Elective General Assembly in Rabat. Media in his country scorn him for having voted in favor of an amendment which excludes the Polisario.
A number of countries, including Morocco, are expected to open their doors to vaccinated Israelis in the coming months and allow quarantine-free travel. According to The Times of Israel, which quotes the Israeli channel Channel 12, Israel has gradually reopened in recent months amid its vaccination campaign, although health officials fear that international travel will introduce dangerous new variants of the virus. The Arab states with which Israel established diplomatic relations
The Moroccan authorities decided, Tuesday, to suspend flights to and from Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cameroon, Croatia and Mozambique. The decision was announced on the Facebook page of the National Airports Office (ONDA). The ban has entered into effect since March 15 and will be maintained until April 10. Passengers from said countries trying to enter the Kingdom through other countries are also concerned. Morocco has already suspended flights to and from
Major European countries halted, earlier this week, the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure over blood clots fears. The same vaccine has been administered in Morocco since January.