Declared persona non grata in 2018, Mauritanian billionaire Mohamed Ould Bouamatou returns to Morocco

Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou has returned to Morocco. After two years, he managed to go back to his place in Marrakech on February 6, Mauritanian media reported. The billionaire had found refuge in Morocco just after the fall of former Burkinabé President Blaise Campaoré in 2014. He was wanted by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the Moroccan authorities refused to hand him over to Mauritania. The return of Bouamatou to the kingdom comes less than a

Covid-19 in Morocco : 234 new infections and 14 deaths this Monday

234 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 475,589. 550,149 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 493 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 454,997. 14 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,408. 4 of these deaths were recorded in the the Oriental region, 3 in

Tangier flooded by the rains, with interrupted traffic and tragic losses of human life

Heavy rains in the early hours of Monday flooded several neighborhoods in Tangier, where the sanitation infrastructure was quickly saturated. Roads were blocked, schools were submerged and a short circuit led to the death of 28 workers in a clandestine textile workshop.

Morocco : Renault's Tangier unit temporarily suspends its activities this week

Renault's industrial unit in Tangier has decided to suspend its activities for a few days, due to a global computer chip shortage, produced in China and Taiwan. Renault and Stellantis announced this measure on Friday and applied to its units in France, Germany, Romania, Spain and Tangier, Morocco. Several automotive companies have been impacted by this shortage. Stellantis, the automaker born from the merger of PSA in France and Fiat Chrysler in Italy, is also affected by the shortage,

A French report on plastic surgery in Morocco, between prejudice and superficiality

Dedicated to plastic surgery in Morocco, a report by French TV channel TF1 program Sept à Huit, entitled «Maroc, la folie du bistouri», was filled with stereotypes, caricatures and prejudice. While it was shocking to many Moroccan Internet users, some have chosen to make fun of it.

28 people killed in a clandestine textile plant following floods in Tangier

A clandestine textile plant in Tangier was flooded, Monday by the heavy rains, leading to the death of 28 workers, local authorities said. The victims are aged between 20 and 40 years old, TV channel 2M reported. Local authorities intervened to rescue ten people who were transferred to the regional hospital, while the dead bodies of 28 workers were recovered, the same source reported.   Fire fighters are still carrying search operations to rescue other workers. The competent

Civil Guard disperses protest by Moroccan migrants in the Canary Islands

The Civil Guard dispersed an unauthorized protest led by Moroccan migrants in Gran Canaria on Saturday. The protest took place at 2:00 pm on the Avenida Roque de los Muchachos in Puerto Rico, Spanish radio Cadena COPE reported. «A group of about thirty people were carrying banners», demanding a «solution for immigrants» and asked to be transferred to Spain, instead of being deported to Morocco. The protest was dispersed, as it was not authorized. The police have

Three minors and a man die off Dakhla while trying to reach the Canary Islands

Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras announced, Sunday, that three sub-Saharan minors and a young man died while trying to reach the Canary Islands. On her Twitter account, the president Caminando Fronteras, Helena Maleno recalled that after spending almost seven days at sea, the boat was rescued on Saturday by the Royal Moroccan Navy. The boat, which left Dakhla on Sunday January 31, bound for the Canary Islands, was carrying 39 people, including 5 minors. 35 of them were Sub-Saharans and

Nasser Bourita announces the visit of a Moroccan diplomatic delegation to Israel

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita announced, Sunday, during a press briefing held at the Ministry’s headquarters that a Moroccan delegation visited Israel on Sunday. Said delegation’s mission will consist of setting up the Moroccan liaison office in Tel Aviv, which will soon be opened in Israel, i24news reports. The minister added that the Moroccan office will be headed by an acting diplomat, without revealing his name. «There is no Moroccan representative in

AU : South Africa’s request to hold a Western Sahara troika meeting rejected

Members of the Western Sahara troika did not meet on the sidelines of the 34th African Union extraordinary summit, Moroccan foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Sunday in a press release. According to the minister, the meeting did not take place because other members felt that «a meeting under the South African presidency was going to be counterproductive». He believes that a new session of the troika under the previous South African presidency «was not appropriate because of