Spanish police arrested a pharmacy employee in the municipality of El Ejido, located in the province of Almeria, after he forged Covid-19 tests handed to Moroccans planning to return to Morocco. According to La Voz de Almeria an investigation was launched on April 20, after it was confirmed that a pharmacy was illegally selling PCR tests. It turned out that a 24-year-old pharmacy employee was the one who forged documents in order to enable a group of people to travel to countries that required
South African insurer Sanlam announced on Monday, May 3, that it will acquire an additional 22.8% stake in Moroccan insurance company SAHAM Assurance Maroc for $137.09 million, Reuters reported. This acquisition will bring Sanlam’s direct and indirect stake in the Moroccan company to 84.5%, the same source added. It is worth mentioning that in October 2018, Sanlam fulfilled all the conditions for the $1.1 billion purchase of the shares it doesn’t already own in Saham Finances
Morocco’s interest in Cuban expertise in medicine was at the heart of a meeting held Saturday, May 1, between the Havana ambassador in Rabat, Javier Dómokos, and the Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb. The diplomat expressed on this occasion, «the willingness of his government to share its experiences in the fields of health and biotechnology» with the kingdom, indicates Prensa Latina, citing Cuban diplomatic sources. During the talks, Dómokos
The judicial police of the civil guard opened, Sunday, an investigation to unveil the circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old girl of Moroccan origin. According to the Spanish news agency EFE, the Moroccan national was found dead at her place in the city of Cartaya, located in the province of Huelva. Sources from the Civil Guard informed EFE that this discovery took place during the early hours of Sunday, after 5 a.m. The same sources said the body was
After ten days of silence, the Spanish justice decided to summon Brahim Ghali, Spanish media reported. The investigating judge of the National Hearing in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz Gómez, issued a warrant to hear the Polisario leader on May 5 at 10:30 a.m., following a complaint filed by the dissident Sahrawi Fadel Breika who has Spanish citizenship. He had been kidnapped, arrested and tortured for months without a trial before his release on November 10, 2019. Breika
294 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 511,856. 5,055,239 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,260,605 people have received the second. 284 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 498,415. 2 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 9,028. 1 death
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313 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 511,562. 5,055,239 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,260,605 people have received the second. 510 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 498,131. 3 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,105. 1 of
The Minister of Foreign Affairs left aside diplomatic language to demand clarity and above all answers to Moroccan questions following the reception of Brahim Ghali in a hospital in Logroño, Spain.
Officially, the Sahara issue was not discussed during the talks between Nasser Bourita and Antony Blinken. However, the Biden administration has no plans to revise the December 10, 2020 decision made by Donald Trump.