Coronavirus : Several Arab countries, including Morocco, have reportedly asked Russia for help

Russia this week unveiled a list of countries that would have asked for its help to fight the new coronavirus pandemic. According to Russia Today, a Russian official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 13 Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa would have asked Moscow for help in coping with the pandemic. «Concerning the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan and Tunisia

30 NGOs reject a Morocco bill that restricts freedom of expression on social media

More than 30 associations and organizations based both in Morocco and abroad have reacted, Wednesday, to controversy stirred by a bill on social media use in the Kingdom. In a press release sent to Yabiladi, they questioned the timing that «government has chosen to present this text». They said that they were «surprised at his bill that has been approved by the Council of Government», without being published by its general secretariat as provided for in article 78 of

Morocco to start process of repatriating nationals stranded in Ceuta and Melilla

During a meeting with the Committee of Interior, local and regional authorities, housing and city policy at the House of Representatives, on Wednesday, Interior minister Abdelouafi Laftit revealed that steps to repatriate Moroccans stranded in Ceuta and Melilla will be taken soon. «Our objective is to repatriate all stranded nationals as soon as possible and in good conditions», he said. Last week, behind closed doors, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Moroccans Living

Morocco’s Spinosaurus proven to be the world’s first known swimming dinosaur

After it was suggested that he could be a semi-aquatic creature in 2014, a recent study has revealed that Spinosaurus could actually swim. The theropod that lived in Morocco was perfectly equipped to prey under water.

The UK to repatriate a group of British nationals stranded in Morocco on Saturday

British authorities are planning another repatriation operation, Saturday, to bring home British tourists stranded in Morocco because of the coronavirus travel ban. In a series of tweets, the UK’s ambassador to Morocco Thomas Reilly reported that these flights will be the «last» ones chartered by the UK to repatriate British nationals. «The embassy will not be organizing any more flights. Morocco's airspace is closed until at least May 31. So there will be no

King Mohammed VI and the King of Jordan to join efforts to counter the coronavirus

King Mohammed VI and the king of Jordan Abduallah discussed, Wednesday, ways of coordinating efforts to counter the novel coronavirus, the Jordan Times reported. In a phone call, the two sovereigns highlighted the «importance of maintaining efforts to counter the humanitarian and economic ramifications of Covid-19, while also safeguarding the health and wellbeing of peoples», read a Royal Court statement. During the same call, King Abdullah said that he supports Morocco’s

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases jumps to 4,359 in Morocco

38 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of covid-19 infections in the kingdom to 4,359, the Health Ministry announced in a recent update. The Ministry indicated that the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients stands at 969, while 168 people have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the outbreak. The suspected cases excluded following negative tests are 29,563,

Morocco records 69 confirmed coronavirus cases and 150 new recoveries

As of Wednesday afternoon, Morocco recorded 69 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the Kingdom to 4,321. 28,609 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far, Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and fight against infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, said during the daily press briefing. Casablanca-Settat (25%), Marrakech-Safi (21%), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (13%) and Fez-Meknes and Daraa-Tafilalet (12%)

Poisoned cooking oil, Morocco’s most tragic sanitary catastrophe

In 1959, Morocco witnessed one of the most tragic sanitary catastrophes, with hundreds of people suffering from a mystifying paralysis. The crisis was managed a year later when the source of the disabling disease was finally revealed.

Sahrawi families attempt to escape the Tindouf camps heading to Mauritania

Many families in the Tindouf camps have heeded the call, launched on Thursday April 23 by the Polisario leadership to settle in the areas east of the security wall, heading towards the Mauritanian borders. The Mauritanian army has foiled a number of previous escape attempts. On Tuesday, a military patrol stopped a car carrying 10 people including 3 children as it was preparing to enter the city of Zouerate, local online newspaper Zouerate Media reported. The operation is not the first of