3,256 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 215,294. 3,014 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 177,925. 53 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 3,625. 17 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 7 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 7 in the
The World Bank recommended that Morocco «preserve education spending to limit the transmission of poverty from one generation to the other». To do this, it suggests «drawing lessons from the coronavirus crisis to accelerate reforms».
Moroccan-British model Nora Attal announced, Thursday, her engagement to UK-based cinematographer Victor Bastidas, Arab News reports. On social media, the 21-year-old model published a series of images with Bastidas, captioning them «forever my life partner». The photographer proposed to Attal in Formentera, an island in Spain. In one of the photos shared to her Instagram, Attal showed her engagement ring. Before announcing their engagement, Attal and Bastidas worked together on
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and special representative for the Middle East and African countries Mikhail Bogdanov met on Thursday with the Algerian ambassador to Moscow Mohamed Cherif Kourta, to discuss, among other things, issues related to Western Sahara. According to Sputnik News, which quotes a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry, the two officials, after «discussing the situation in the Sahel and Sahara region and Russian-Algerian relations», stressed «the
In a Facebook live, former head of government Abdelilah Benkirane condemned the killing of French people on the pretext of defending Prophet Mohammed, adding that it is illegal under Islamic laws.
Police in Arrecife, a port city on the east coast of Lanzarote, one of Spain’s Canary Islands, have arrested five people for having kidnapped a Moroccan fisherman and used his boat to reach the Canary Islands. «Those arrested deceived the victim by claiming that they wanted to fish before tying him up and taking control of his boat. During the trip, they threatened to accuse him of being a smuggler who would have charged them a sum of 1,000 euros each», local online
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin received, Wednesday, Morocco’s ambassador to Moscow Lotfi Bouchaara, according to a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The meeting was an opportunity for the two diplomats to address issues «in North Africa, the Sahara-Sahel zone and a political and diplomatic settlement to the conflict in the region», the same source added. These talks between Vershinin and Bouchaara reaffirm «Moscow and
On Thursday, the country recorded the highest number of daily infections so far, with 4,320.
A security guard at the French consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, was stabbed on Thursday, October 29. The alleged perpetrator, a Saudi national, was arrested shortly after the incident. According to the embassy, the victim's life «is not in danger», Franceinfo reports. «The French Embassy strongly condemns this attack on a diplomatic hold that nothing can justify». French Embassy in Riyadh The French Embassy in Saudi Arabia «assures the
An attack struck the city of Nice in France this Thursday morning. Three people were killed in a knife attack, and others were injured.
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