Brahim Ghali’s hospitalization is not the only reason behind the crisis between Morocco and Spain. According to a recent report by the Spanish government, more reasons are behind the current crisis.
The Polisario Front announced on Wednesday in a press release the death of its «Minister of Equipment», following a Covid-19 contamination. In a statement, the separatist movement recalled that Sid Ahmed Batal was one of its founding members. The movement, whose Secretary General Brahim Ghali has also tested positive and hospitalized in Spain since April, has declared a «national mourning» of a week from Thursday, May 27, 2021, the same source
Morocco’s ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich criticized on Thursday the recent statements of the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya on the Moroccan-Spanish crisis. «The Spanish Foreign Minister has recently made statements to the press and at the Parliament, in which she continues to give false facts and make inappropriate remarks», stressed Benyaich, adding that «we can only regret the lamentable nature, the agitation and the nervousness of her
314 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 518,122. 8,301,031 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 5,113,091 people have received the second. 147 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 506,208. 3 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,134. 2 of
The recent statements of Brahim Ghali's right-hand man to Spanish media, where he affirmed that the secretary general of the Front «plans to leave Spain (...) without appearing before the National Audience» stirred controversy in the Tindouf camps.
While all the employees of the prison administration have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus, 4,800 inmates have received the anti-Covid-19 vaccine, according to the head of the health service of the General Delegation of the Prison and Reintegration Administration (DGAPR). Quoted Wednesday by Anadolu, Abdallah Tawfik recalled that this number represents 40% of the target population, estimated at 12,000 detainees. On the sidelines of the vaccination process in the Arjat 1
Morocco received on Thursday, May 27, two million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine against the new coronavirus. This morning, two Royal Air Maroc (RAM) planes carrying said vaccine doses landed, a few hours apart, at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. Until then, Morocco will have acquired 9 million doses from Beijing. By the end of this month, this number will have to reach 10 million. This month, the Ministry of Health expanded the national anti-Covid19 vaccination campaign to
German researchers announced this week that they had discovered why the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines cause blood clots. According to the Financial Times, which quotes studies by a group of scientists from the Goethe University in Frankfurt and Ulm University in Helmholtz, these rare clotting disorders can be resolved by modifying these vaccines. These studies suggest that «the problem lies in the adenovirus vector — a common cold virus used so both
Qualified for the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games, which will take place across the La Bocana and El Sunzal waves at Surf City in El Salvador, from 29 May to 6 June 2021, Moroccan surfer Boubker Bouaouda couldn’t get a transit visa for the United States to attend the competition. On Wednesday, things were restored and the surfer was able to obtain visa, two days before the start of the competition. On his social media, he announced the good news, while expressing his gratitude to the
The crisis between Morocco and Spain is «political and diplomatic and not related to migration», Fabrice Leggeri, the executive director of Frontex, which monitors the external borders of the European Union, said. Interviewed by El Mundo, the official recalled that the Spanish authorities refused to let Frontex agents in Ceuta. On this occasion, Leggeri reiterated Frontex's will to respond «immediately» to any need to strengthen control in the city. For the
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