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
564 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 476,689. 746,116 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 719 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 456,751. 12 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,436. 5 of these deaths were recorded in Casablanca-Settat, 3 in
The Health Ministry decided, Wednesday, to start the vaccination of health workers aged 40 and under after others aged 40 and older received their first shots of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. A press release by the Meknes health delegation, Yabiladi had access to, announces that the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 is now open to all health personnel, without specifying their age. It called on health workers to «go to the vaccination centers on Wednesday and Thursday February 10
Saadi prince Mohamed El Attaz went for pilgrimage when he turned twenty. On his way, he was captured by Christians and reduced to slavery. After five years he converted to Roman Catholicism and became one of the first and only Muslim nobles to join the Society of Jesus.
The Serum Institute of India (SII) has been cleared to supply 24 million doses of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine to 25 countries, including Morocco, in February. People familiar with the development told Hindustan Times, Wednesday, that the list of countries include Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Mauritius, Philippines, Serbia, UAE and Qatar. The decision is part of India’s plan to export the AstraZeneca vaccine on a commercial basis to foreign countries and
The wali (governor) of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region and governor of the Tangier-Assilah prefecture, Mohamed Mhidia visited, Tuesday, the families of the 28 victims who died in the flooding of an illegal textile factory in Tangier. The wali was seen in a number of districts of Tangier, such as Magogha, Bni Makada and Masnana, offering his condolences to the families of the victims, Tanja 24 reports. The same source recalls that the wali of the region had postponed a meeting
Following his arrest, Moroccan YouTuber Chafik Omerani, also known as «3robi F Merican», started a hunger strike, his brother Mohamed Omerani said. Omerani’s lawyer told the brother that the YouTuber «had been on a hunger strike since Saturday». In a Facebook post, the brother also announced that the YouTuber’s wife contacted the US consulate after she was prevented from visiting her husband. The American consul promised that he would contact her on