600 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 507,938. 4,707,658 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,207,298 people have received the second. 520 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 493,873. 7 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of
Morocco has gone down in the «Energy Transition Index for 2021» recently released by the World Economic Forum, losing five places compared to last year's report.
The Sahrawi Peace Movement commemorated its first anniversary by organizing an online conference on Wednesday, April 21 in Laayoune. Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was once again the special guest of the event. On this occasion, he urged Sahrawis to favor a «realistic» political solution, arguing that «the policy, if it is not realistic, it is something else, perhaps a dream or a destructive utopia», reports EFE news
On Wednesday, April 21, dozens of demonstrators hit the streets, chanting, «the people want to earn a living» in Fnideq. They demanded, once again, the reopening of the borders with Ceuta to resume informal trade. In the absence of a solution provided by the authorities, the protest could resume on Friday 23 April. Since the first anger of the inhabitants of Fnideq on February 5, the wilaya of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region has launched programs for the benefit of
The Marrakech Court of First Instance sentenced, Wednesday, French-Algerian actor Brahim Bouhlel and French-Moroccan Zbarbooking to one year in prison. «The two defendants in the Marrakesh case were sentenced to 1 year in prison», the president of the Club of lawyers in Morocco, Mourad Elajouti wrote in a tweet. Les deux prévenus dans l'affaire de Marrakech ont été condamnés à 1an de prison dont 8 mois ferme. — Mourad Elajouti (@Elajouti)
After having long accused Morocco of blocking the appointment of a personal envoy to Western Sahara, the Polisario has changed its mind. On Wednesday, April 21, ahead of the Security Council meeting on the regional dispute, its representative in Europe voiced the new position of his movement. «Sending a UN envoy will be doomed to failure», Oubi Bouchraya Bachir told APS. There is a «suspicious desire» to reduce the Sahara issue to the
The Polisario was quick to express its anger at the conclusions of the April 21 meeting of the UN Security Council. A meeting marked by the rejection of an initiative by the United States.
669 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 507,338. 4,697,873 people have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine so far, while 4,203,779 people have received the second. 628 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 493,353. 10 deaths were recorded in Morocco in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of
Morocco is determined to strengthen its cooperation with the emerging countries of Southeast Asia. After the meeting of Friday April 16 with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Nasser Bourita held Wednesday an online meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi, indicates the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These talks complete a series of meetings between Rabat and Jakarta, held over the past three years and aimed at promoting economic exchanges between the two
In a first-of-its-kind move, Israeli food grower Mehadrin is to start growing avocado trees in Morocco. The project, pending regulatory approval, is expected to produce 10,000 tons of avocado annually for export to Europe.