The Marrakech Court of Appeal sentenced, Wednesday, Moroccan singer Dounia Btama in the «Hamza mon BB» case. Previously sentenced to 8 months in prison, the court raised the sentence to one year and fined the singer to 10,000 dirhams. The court reduced the sentence handed down at first instance against Aicha Ayach from one and a half year to one year in prison and upheld the sentences against Ibtissam Batma (one year in prison) and Soufia CHakiri (ten months in
A house at the ancient medina in Casablanca collapsed, Wednesday, local authorities at the Casablanca-Anfa prefecture announced. The incident caused the partial collapse of a neighboring building. The same source reported that the building in question was empty at the time of the incident. «As soon as they were informed of the accident, the local authorities and fire fighters rushed to the neighborhood to secure neighboring houses», it added. This collapse is the second of its
A Royal Air Maroc plane carrying the first batch of the Sinopharm anti-Covid-19 vaccine arrived, earlier on Wednesday, to the Casablanca airport, a well-informed source told Yabiladi. After a trip to Beijing, the Dreamliner brought 500,000 doses of the vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company. A well-informed source close to the national carrier confirmed the arrival of the plane and the vaccine doses. Morocco has initially ordered 45 million doses of the Sinopharm
867 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 467,493. 1,351 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 444,823. 15 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,187. 8 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 2 in Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, 2 in Beni-Mellal-Khenifra, 1 in
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the National Security Council are working with Moroccan officials to organize a visit by King Mohammed VI to Israel, Israeli newspaper reported. According to the same sources, the visit is expected «once the coronavirus lockdown is lifted». Meanwhile, Israeli newspapers reported that the king is planned to visit Ramallah and also meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, while in Israel. According to the
Israeli diplomat David Goffrin arrived, Tuesday, in Rabat to assume his post as Israel’s temporary charge d’affaires in Morocco. The Israeli Foreign Ministry Facebook page announced the arrival of the diplomat, who formerly worked as Israel’s envoy to Egypt. «The head of the liaison office and his team will work together to strengthen relations [with Morocco] in all areas», said the same source. Morocco and Israel have agreed to reopen liaison offices in a deal
The German Health Ministry has dismissed claims about the effectiveness of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine in older people. A press release by the department stressed that «no data suggesting an efficacy of only 8% among people aged over 65», as reported by German media. «At first glance it seems that two things were confused in the reports: around 8% of the subjects in the AstraZeneca effectiveness study were between 56 and 69 years, only 3% to 4% over 70 years.
Since the announcement of the acquisition of the first doses of vaccine against the new coronavirus by Morocco, the Ministry of Health has defined the professional categories concerned in priority for the first phase of the national vaccination campaign.
Morocco relies heavily on Russian coal imports, which increased significantly in the first 11 months of 2020. Morocco imported 87 percent of the total coal deliveries of Russia, up from 57 percent a year earlier, Argus media reported. The same source indicates that the South African deliveries «accounted for just 1 percent of Moroccan imports in January-November, compared with 6 percent in the same period a year earlier». The trend in Moroccan imports since 2012 shows the shift
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa urged on Sunday the new American President Joe Biden to cancel the American recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara, calling it «illegal». During a meeting of the ANC's national executive committee, Ramaphosa pleaded for a «rapid annulment» of this decision. The South African president said that President Biden has to «speedily reverse the imposition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the
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