Mauritania multiplies meetings with the Polisario and Morocco

The Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs is expected to visit Rabat on Wednesday, March 31, carrying a message from President Mohamed Cheikh Ould El Ghazouani to King Mohammed VI, reveals anbaa.info. Ismail Ould Cheikh is carrying out «a visit which was not scheduled, on instructions» from the Head of State, the Nouacchott-based newspaper added. This trip comes a week after Ould El Ghazouani received Bachir Mustapha Sayed, a Polisario envoy. For the record, two days

US invites Morocco to a meeting on Daesh threat in Africa

The United States invited Morocco to take part in an online meeting, held on Tuesday, March 30, of the Global Coalition against Daesh. The kingdom was represented there by its Minister of Foreign Affairs. The ministers «noted with concern the serious and growing threat Daesh/ISIS affiliates pose across West Africa and the Sahel, as well as the emerging threat in other parts of the continent, particularly in East Africa», reads a statement published by the US

Covid-19 in Morocco : 665 new infections and 6 deaths on Tuesday

665 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 495,421. 4,315,802 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 3,566,498 people have received the second. 580 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 483,165. 6 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related

Ambient air pollution would increase morbidity in Great Casablanca

Ambient air pollution increases the number of emergency room visits due to respiratory diseases as well as morbidity among children and adults in the region, according to a new study by Moroccan researchers.

Dismissed and sued, Moroccan workers win legal battle against their employer in Italy

Eight Moroccan workers, supported by an Italian trade union, won their case this week after being sacked by their employer and accused of violence. The verdict pronounced by the court of Alessandria comes almost 9 years after the facts, reports Alessandria Oggi.                       This legal battle began in the summer of 2012. Moroccan workers, without wages for weeks, denounced this situation. The Lazzaro family who

Will the US grant financial aid to Morocco to support normalization with Israel ?

The Biden administration is cautious when it comes to addressing the concessions made by Donald Trump to encourage peace between Arab states, including Morocco, and Israel. Twenty senators recommended in a bill financial support for this process.

KAFA, a digital campaign to stop violence against children in Morocco

Moroccan association AMANE and the NGO AIDA announced on Tuesday the launch of «KAFA», a digital campaign to fight against violence against children in Morocco. The initiative is funded by the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation. «Whether physical, sexual, psychological or neglectful, violence against children is still widespread in Morocco»,  the AMANE association said in a press release sent to Yabiladi. The NGO recognizes that violence «is

US Secretary of State urges Antonio Guterres to expedite the appointment of a Personal Envoy

The United States Secretary of State held an online meeting, Monday, with the UN Secretary-General. The meeting was an opportunity for Antony Blinken to reassure Antonio Guterres on the firm desire of the Biden administration to strengthen relations with the international organization after the Trump term, marked by withdrawing from UNESCO, the WHO and the Human Rights Council, as well as cutting financial contributions to the UN. A plan that Guterres said he would like

Morocco : Sit-in against normalization with Israel banned in Rabat

Local authorities in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region have announced the ban of a sit-in, scheduled for Tuesday, March 30 at 5 p.m. to protest against normalization with Israel. In a press release, authorities explain that this decision is based on the extension of health measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus. These measures notably prohibit public gatherings, local authorities recalled, stressing the emergence of new variants of the virus whose spread is

Covid-19 in Morocco : 97 new infections and 9 deaths on Monday

97 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 494,756. 4,302,897 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 3,455,603 people have received the second. 233 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 482,585. 9 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19-related