Russia plans to ban imports of certain agricultural products from Morocco

The head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Russia's Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service, Sergei Dankvert said on Tuesday that his country will ban tomato and pepper imports from Morocco. Interviewed by Russia news agency TASS, the official explained that Russia has «shown everyone that they must pay attention to the risks when exporting certain products». «We are considering the possibility of introducing a ban on the supply of tomatoes from Morocco», he

Israel to correct Morocco’s map after Benjamin Netanyahu’s video shows cropped Sahara

In a video shared on his Twitter account, the Israeli Prime Minister stood in front of a map separating Morocco from the Sahara. Responding to the outrage sparked by said video clip, the Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that the map is «old» and will be replaced soon. «It will be corrected in the new maps that appear», the spokesperson said as quoted by Times of Israel. In his video, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that a Moroccan delegation would visit Israel.

Canary Islands : Hotels shelter more than 7,000 migrants    

Hotels and apartments in the Canary Islands have welcomed, since the start of December, up to 7,786 migrants to help ease the migration crisis facing the archipelago. Quoting the Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that the authorities' strategy, announced in November and called Plan Canarias, provided 7,000 temporary shelters in Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Fuerteventura. 17 hotels and apartment buildings housed 5,500 migrants, according to

Covid-19 : 950 new cases in Morocco, mainly in Casablanca, Kénitra and Salé

950 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 433,029. 1,515 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 399,575. 32 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 7,272. 7 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 5 in Souss-Massa, 4 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 4 in

The Morocco-Israel will «increase trade with by around $500 million a year»

Israeli chief economist Shira Greenberg reacted to the importance of financial cooperation between Morocco and Israel, in the wake of the agreement signed last week in Rabat. She indicated that these agreements have potential to increase trade with Morocco by around $500 million a year, Israel Hayom reported on Monday. The agreements would «contribute to increasing Israel and the region's potential for growth. We believe that there is potential to increase trade with Morocco by around

American position on the Sahara : «Morocco has turned the page on difficult years»

The American decision recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara «will push other nations to follow suit», Morocco’s head of government said on Monday.  Saadeddine El Othmani reassured that revoking this decision, even through a decree from the American Congress, remains «very difficult».

Coronavirus vaccine : Morocco to receive 17 million doses this week

This week, Morocco expects to receive 17 million doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines. 10 million of these doses are developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group Sinopharm, while the rest is produced by British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company. According to Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghrebia, the doses will be delivered to the Kingdom before the end of this week. The same source indicates that these batches will make it possible to vaccinate 8.5

Morocco : An imam arrested for the rape of a minor in Ouazzane

Local authorities in the province of Ouazzane arrested on Sunday an imam who is suspected of raping a minor. Noureddine Othman, head of the local section of the Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights, told Arabic-language newspaper Alyaoum24 that the arrest came after a person filed a complaint in Ouazzane, denouncing the rape of her minor son by the imam, for three years. The same source indicated that the NGO had previously received a complaint on this subject from a relative

After a temporary «truce», tensions between Morocco and Algeria resume in 2020

The year 2020 will have witnessed the return of venomous relations between Morocco and Algeria after a lull in 2019. Back on the key moments.

Hezbollah leader says the position of Morocco’s PJD on normalization is «painful»

Secretary-General of Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has reacted to the normalization of ties between Morocco and Israel. On Sunday, Nasrallah told Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen that he was not «surprised by the Arab disappointment because most Arab regimes used to sell only words to the Palestinians». «I see at the normalization agreements from as if hypocrisy has ended and the masks have fallen. and the truth of these regimes has become evident», he