While Madrid has never recognized its chemical bombings of the Rif, its army launched a contest to commemorate "The Melilla Campaign of 1921” and celebrate the Rif massacre.
Moderna’s vaccine appears to be effective against new variants of the coronavirus from Britain and South Africa, the company said on Monday. «Vaccination with the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine produced neutralizing titers against all key emerging variants tested, including B.1.1.7 and B.1.351, first identified in the UK and Republic of South Africa, respectively», Moderna announced in a press release. The vaccine, however, appears to be less protective against the
Algeria, which was to host the 2020 edition of the Arab League summit postponed due to Covid-19, insists on hosting the 2021 edition of this event. Well-informed diplomatic sources told Egyptian newspaper Youm7 on Monday that Algiers «refused to let any other country host the Arab summit». The same sources, who recall that «Algeria has the right to host the Arab summit as long as it insists on doing it», have expressed some
Traffic was disrupted, Monday morning, at the motorway linking Marrakech to Casablanca due to an accident that occurred near the city of Berrechid. According to Noon Press and social media posts, around 40 vehicles, a bus and a truck were involved and damaged in the accident. Dense fog and speed are likely behind said accident. The number of people injured in the accident is not known. The injured were transferred by civil protection ambulances to the emergency department of the
Fire broke, Monday, in a textile plant in Tangier. According to local online newspaper Tanja 24, the fire caused significant property loss in addition to the injury of one person. The fire would have destroyed 70% of the factory’s total area. The plant, which belongs to a Moroccan investor, employs 400 workers. The fire had several gas cylinders to explode inside the plant. The guard of said industrial unit, injured during the fire, was rushed to the hospital for treatment. An
The Moroccan authorities started, Monday, the distribution process of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine, preparing for the launch of the vaccination campaign, expected to begin this week, MAP wrote. The distribution operation was launched in Casablanca this morning, with trucks loaded with vaccine doses. The doses will be delivered to the different regions of the country. For the record, Morocco received on Friday 2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed in partnership with the Oxford
The Israeli government approved, Sunday, the normalization agreement to improve ties with Morocco, the fourth Arab country to normalize relations with Israel under a foreign policy launched by the former Trump administration. According to Jerusalem Post, this agreement will now be submitted to the Knesset for ratification. الحكومة صادقت اليوم على اتفاقية إقامة العلاقات مع المغرب. هنأت في مستهل جلسة الحكومة جلالة
On Sunday, the US National Security Advisor affirmed the Biden administration’s commitment to Israel’s security and support for the agreements signed with Arab countries, including Morocco.
520 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 466,289. 748 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 442,441. 22 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,150. 6 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 4 in Marrakech-Safi, 3 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 2 in
Months after it inaugurated a consulate in Laayoune, Burundi announced recently it's closure. The decision was made on grounds of "strategic reasons and reciprocity", the Burundian Foreign MInistry wrote on Twitter on Thursday. However, the same tweet was deleted without any explanation. The announcement has quickly made headlines in Algeria and the Tindouf camps, without mentioning the tweet deletion. "Our embassy in Rabat, Morocco, will remain functional and in return Burundi expects the
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