Chairing, Thursday, the Council of Ministers, King Mohammed VI appointed Habiba Laklalech as head of the Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA). Laklalech, who served as Deputy manager director for Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM), will be replacing Zouhair El Oufir. Her appointment was at the initiative of the Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy Nadia Fettah Alaoui. During the same meeting, the King announced the appointment of
471 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 477,160. 855,355 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 574 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 457,325. 4 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,440. 3 of these deaths were recorded in Casablanca-Settat and 1 in the
Two weeks ago, Salvamento Maritimo rescued six boats off the Alboran Sea. The boats were carrying 59 Moroccan migrants who were transferred to the port of Motril by the sea search and rescue agency that operates in Spain. Among those rescued, there was a family consisting of a married couple and their four children. One of them, aged 10, had her pet in her arms. Accoridng to the Spanish media ABC, the pet was her cat that she held in her arms during the dangerous
Moroccan ports are starting to dominate the freight traffic between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, topping Spain. According to Bloomberg, Morocco’s Tanger Med port handled almost 5.8 million TEU (20-foot equivalent units) in 2020, 20% up than 2019, across the Strait of Gibraltar. During the same period, Spain’s Algeciras handled 5.1 million TEUs only, recording 0.4% drop. «Ten years ago Tanger Med wasn’t regarded as a big competitor. But it
A «niche market», the cultivation of quinoa is impacted by several factors, including its own value chain, which hinders the expansion of the sector that could appeal to Moroccan farmers and consumers, according to a new study.
Morocco is expected to receive, Thursday, the second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine. 4 million doses of the vaccine, manufactured by India’s Serum Institute, is expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon, a health ministry source told Reuters. «This new batch would enable a steady continuation of Morocco’s national vaccination campaign», Said Afif, a member of the health ministry’s scientific committee, told the news agency. Morocco was able to launch, in
The Moroccan-American YouTuber Chafik Omerani, also known as «3robi F Merican» started a hunger strike on Saturday following his arrest at the Rabat-Salé airport. «This is why he had difficulty walking during his appearance yesterday before the investigating judge at the Casablanca court of first instance», his lawyer Fatima Al Mardi told Spanish agency EFE on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Casablanca court of first instance decided to postpone the
Following the flooding of clandestine textile factory in Tangier, authorities in Casablanca launched this week a campaign targeting similar units in the city. Police, accompanied by local authorities, have visited industrial units located in residential areas in the city, Hespress reports. The authorities checked the authorizations granted to these units, as well as security measures put in place. In Bernoussi, some units have been closed for not respecting security measures. 28 workers were
Moroccan singer Sanaa Mohamed was arrested, Tuesday, in Kuwait for performing a duet with Israeli musician Elkana Marziano, Israeli media reported. The Moroccan singer will reportedly be forced to leave the country following her release, reports said. The song was released earlier in February, months after Morocco normalized ties with Israel. Kuwait, on the other hand, does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. After the release of the song, Sanaa Mohamed said that she received death
Morocco’s Education Minister Saaid Amzazi held, Wednesday, his first phone call with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant, The Jerusalem Post reported. The two ministers agreed, during this phone call «to set up a system by which an exchange of educational trips, tours and seminars will be set up between the two countries, deepening the diplomatic ties», the Israeli Minister said on Twitter. ????أول مكالمة هاتفية ? بين وزير التربية
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