After the flag, customs ? Faced with the political stagnation of the Western Sahara issue, the Polisario Front plans to impose a series of instructions on MINURSO agents.
Spain will be building a camp for migrant strawberry pickers after a UN official slammed the country for letting seasonal farm workers live in «inhumane» conditions, Reuters reports, quoting the Spanish government. On Friday, the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and rights, Olivier De Schutter urged Spain «to improve deplorable conditions in worker settlements before people died», referring to three fires that broke out in migrant shantytowns in Huelva. One day
A Covid-19 patient has attempted to commit suicide, after jumping off a window of the Mohammed VI hospital in Tangier, where he was receiving treatment. According to local online newspaper Tanger 24, the patient was depressed when he was admitted to the hospital, which explains why he tried to put an end to his life. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the patient's attempt to commit suicide. The same source indicated that the incident was
After a travel ban to and from eight Moroccan cities was announced by the Health and Interior Ministries on Sunday, many Moroccans rushed into traveling before the implementation of said ban, scheduled for midnight. Trying to reach their destination as soon as they heard of the ban, many Moroccans have found themselves in the worst traffic jams and in the longest waiting lines. The state of panic and rush was even behind a series of car accidents. On social media, travelers trying to reach
The Interior and Health ministries announced, Sunday, a travel ban to and from Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Meknès, Casablanca, Berrechid, Settat and Marrakech. In a joint statement, the two ministries indicated that the decision is based on the significant increase in the number of coronavirus infections and the epidemiological situation in the country. The ban enters into force starting from Sunday, July 26, at midnight. The ban excludes people suffering from urgent health problems and
633 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 20,278. 156 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the kingdom to 16,438, with a recovery rate of 81%. Eight (8) deaths were recorded between yesterday and today. The total number of deaths related to Covid-19 reached 313. These deaths were recorded in Tangier (4 deaths), Marrakech (2),
Morocco has a sad record of new infections with 811 cases confirmed in the last 24 hours. Tangier and Berrechid are the cities most affected. The R0 went from 1.1 to 1.59.
After studying sociology in Morocco, Rachid Zrykou worked in the tourism industry before heading to China to become a journalist and present news broadcasts on a Chinese channel. Discover his journey from Moqrisset to Beijing.
570 new coronavirus cases were recorded during the past 24 hours in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 18,834. 228 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 16,100, with a recovery rate of 85.5%. Seven deaths were recorded (5 in Tangier and 1 in Ouazzane and 1 in Meknes), bringing the death toll to 297. The number of active cases in Morocco is 2,435, most of them are in the
Morocco-based phosphate rock miner OCP group could consider stopping fertilizer sales in the United States if the country’s Commerce Department imposes an anti-subsidy duty on its imports, two OCP senior officials told Reuters on Friday. «In the unfortunate event of the imposition of a countervailing duty, OCP would be able to redirect its exports towards other markets», OCP officials told the British news agency. For the record, the US Commerce Department launched last week