Algeria repatriated, Wednesday, 197 of its nationals who had been stranded in Morocco since the start of the health crisis. The group of Algerians was flown to Oran the same day through Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. According to Algerian newspaper el-Bilad, the returnees were sent to three hotels to observe a compulsory quarantine for one week.
Australian terrorist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers while they were praying at two mosques in Christchurch was sentenced, Thursday, to life imprisonment without parole. It is the first time that the country hands a similar sentence. Brenton Tarrant had pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in March 2019. He admitted during the start of his trial that he planned the attacks. Delivering the sentence on
A Dutch-Moroccan man who placed a fake bomb at the door of a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam was sentenced, Wednesday, eight months in prison by a court in the capital. According to Dutch News, the man was also handed a suspended four-month sentence. Known as Hassan N., the man put in January a cardboard box in front of HaCarmel restaurant. «The box had masking tape fastening wires and a black electric trigger switch to its top», but included no explosives, JTA wrote. Hassan N. was
1,336 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 55,864. 2,293 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 40,586. 29 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 984. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (5), Marrakech (3), Errachidia (3), Fez (3), Meknès (2), Al Hoceima
Democrats have questioned an Alexandria consulting company about a contract that has allowed the chief scientific adviser to President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed Moncef Slaoui. Said contract, according The Washington Post, has allowed Moroccan-born researcher Moncef Slaoui to «maintain personal investments and avoid making ethics disclosures of his holdings in pharmaceutical companies». In a letter, Democrats asked the firm to «explain its role in
Since its resumption, national football has continued to record new cases of the coronavirus, resulting in postponements of matches already scheduled. More than 100 infections were recorded among the players and staff of first and second division clubs.
The Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Said Amzazi rejected voices calling for postponement of the school year start.
Algeria is again setting conditions for dialogue with Morocco. The country revealed that it is «in favor of any initiative aimed at reunion», the minister of Communication and government spokesperson Ammar Belhimer said in an interview with Russian news agency Sputnik. The official pleaded, «for the adoption of dialogue (...), transparency with respecting the sovereignty of each country and the fundamental principles of Algerian diplomacy, based on non-interference in the
After the United Arab Emirates normalized ties with Israel, the United States is planning to convince other Arab countries into following suit. A US-led regional peace summit is planned of that purpose and Morocco would have been one of the countries that confirmed participation.
On Tuesday, August 25, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita received the United Arab Emirates’ new ambassador to Rabat. Al Asri Saeed Ahmed Al Dhaheri «came to present his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Arab Emirates to His Majesty King Mohammed VI», the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote in a statement . In July, a Saudi media revealed the appointment of this Emirati diplomat, adding that he had already served as an ambassador
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