The inhabitants of Fnideq, affected by the closure of the border with Ceuta, hit the streets on Friday to protest the deteriorating living conditions. The protests led to several arrests as demonstrators and police clashed.
Covax is a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, among others. The initiative will grant Morocco 1,881,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, Algeria will receive 2,200,800 doses of the same vaccine, the World Health Organization announced in a document dedicated Covax. Tunisia, on the other hand, will be granted
712 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 474,379. 408,235 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 780 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 453,302. 17 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,368. 6 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region,
Around 70% of Moroccans do not trust political parties in Morocco, according to a survey conducted by the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis.
The President of the National Assembly and acting president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó expressed, on Thursday, his full support for the autonomy plan, proposed by Morocco. «Thank you to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco for confirming his support for the National Assembly and the interim presidency today during our conversation», he said on his Twitter account. Juan Guaidó thus affirmed that the government in charge in Venezuela «recognizes the
The former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has reacted to the arrest and trial of Moroccan historian and activist Maati Monjib, who was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 15,000 dirhams for fraud and endangering state security. «All my solidarity goes to Maati Monjib as well as all prisoners of conscience in Morocco», Marzouki wrote on his Facebook page. Moncef Marzouki also shared the press release of the committees in support of human rights defender Maati Monjib and
More than 3,000 Moroccan seasonal workers are expected to arrive in Huelva, Spain, in February to work in strawberry fields. The operation is the second of its kind and it is expected to start on Wednesday. The first phase will the arrival of 740 of them to the Algeciras port (Cadiz), Huelva24 reported. The government sub-delegation in Huelva told Europa Press that the first ferry will be joined by five others, with nearly 750 workers per trip. The first phase ended on January 30, with more
Despite Algeria and the Polisario’s pressure, President Joe Biden did not address the Sahara issue during his first foreign policy speech.
Algeria is planning to run for a seat at the UN Security Council for the period between 2024 and 2025 as a non-permanent member for the Africa zone. According to Algerian daily El Bilad, the Algerian candidacy «was supported by the African Union executive council» during its ordinary session held yesterday. This is not the first time that Algiers announces such step. In January 2018, Algeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelkader Messahel revealed that his
The ad hoc national scientific committee for the development of the vaccine strategy against Sars-Cov-2, met this Thursday in Rabat to give its opinion on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in people over 65 years of age. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, the Ministry of Health indicates that Morocco is maintaining the use of this vaccine for this age group, as initially recommended in the national anti-Covid-19 vaccination strategy. The same source indicates that following questions raised
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