The government prepares a roadmap to repatriate the 31,800 Moroccans stranded abroad

Speaking Tuesday at the House of Counselors, head of government Saadeddine El Othmani said that 31,819 Moroccan nationals are currently stranded abroad, awaiting repatriation. He explained that the government is «mobilized» to find a solution for these nationals, adding that the Foreign Ministry has been able to accommodate 25% of the stranded citizens. «We are aware of how difficult this problem is. Elected officials and high-ranking ones, including members of my family, are

Morocco’s Saad Lamjarred has the decision referring his case to the Assize court annuled

The Court of Cassation annulled, in April, the ruling of the investigating chamber at the Paris Appeal Court which referred the case of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred to the Assize court, French daily Le Parisien reports. He was accused of rape and aggravated violence against Laura P., a young woman, now 23 years old, for events that occurred in October, 2016 in a Paris hotel. After launching its inquiry, said court concluded that the charges held against the singer constitute an aggravated

Morocco : The total number of coronavirus cases reaches 7,023, recoveries 3,901

Between Monday and Tuesday, Morocco recorded 71 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,023. During a daily press, head of epidemiology department at the Health Ministry, Mohamed Lyoubi said that during the last 24 hours four new hotspots were discovered in Casablanca. He also announced that 59 of the new confirmed cases were in close contact with previously confirmed cases. According to Lyoubi, the number of recoveries in Morocco

Morocco’s Moncef Slaoui to divest $12.4 million of pharmaceutical manufacturer

Moroccan doctor Moncef Slaoui, who was appointed last week by Donald Trump to lead the US coronavirus vaccine project, will divest $12.4 million worth of his stock options in pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna, CNBC reports. The former Moderna executive resigned from his position as member of the company’s board of directors earlier in May after he was appointed by President Donald Trump to co-chair Operation Warp Speed. «Dr. Slaoui has resigned from his position as an

Morocco : 34% of LGBTQIA+ community say they are harassed by the authorities

In a recent survey, the Akaliyat Association for the Rights of Sexual and Religious Minorities shows the extent of harassment suffered by LGBTQIA+ people in Morocco. According to this work carried out with 400 people, 34% said they had been mistreated by the authorities because of their orientation.

Spain charters two ferries to repatriate Spanish nationals and residents stranded in Morocco

The Spanish Embassy in Morocco has scheduled two other trips, by sea, on May 28 and June 4, to repatriate Spanish nationals stranded in the Kingdom. Belearia; which will be linking Tangier to Malaga, will operate the two trips. Unlike the repatriation operation on Friday, May 22, exclusively reserved for travelers with cars registered in the European Union, these two trips remain open to Spanish nationals and residents in Spain, El Faro de Ceuta wrote. The first one (Friday May 22)

Israel's new government members are mostly of Moroccan origin

Israel has sworn in a unity government after months of waiting, with right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu serving for another 18 months. The new government includes a number of Israeli politicians with Moroccan descent. Amir Peretz, a Morocco-born politician, is part of the new government. Born in Bejaad in 1952, the leader of the Labor Party, has been appointed Minister of Economy. Peretz has also served before as Minister of Defence and Minister of Environmental Protection

Morocco records 20 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 6,972 in total

20 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,972, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 92,367 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 193, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 3,890. The confirmed coronavirus

Morocco and Spain disagree on the number of Moroccans stranded in Ceuta

Repatriating Moroccans stranded in Ceuta has not started yet as Morocco and Spain has not agreed yet on the number of Moroccans to leave the autonomous city, Spanish news agency EFE reports. Government sources told EFE that Morocco has only a list of 280 people, while the Spanish authorities have set up a list of 700 Moroccans for the Kingdom to repatriate. During negotiations, Rabat announced that it is planning to repatriate 280 of its nationals stranded in Ceuta, excluding those

Morocco : Man who plowed into a flock of sheep sentenced to one month, defendant to appeal

After a first postponed hearing, the judge of the Benslimane court of first instance sentenced, on Monday, Michel S., who appeared in a video deliberately crushing a flock of sheep to a one-month sentence.