Throughout the last centuries, Moroccans adapted their eating habits to the harsh events they had to go through. During famines and droughts, they considered extreme food choices including cat meat, human flesh and venomous insects.
The first phase of the repatriation operation of Moroccans stranded in Ceuta, previously scheduled for the beginning of this week, has been resumed. The Ceuta government delegation confirmed, Thursday, that a group of stranded Moroccans will be repatriated on Friday, May 22. Quoted by local newspaper Ceuta Actualidad, the government delegation in Ceuta reported that the number of Moroccans to be repatriated and the extact dates will be revealed this afternoon. The association
Spanish police arrested, Thursday, four people accused of belonging to a terrorist cell headed by a Moroccan. According to Spanish newspaper ABC, the cell leader, who fled Morocco, has been in the crosshairs of investigators for years. It is believed that he escaped a Moroccan operation led by the Directorate for Territorial Surveillance (DGST). After he settled down in Barcelona, his movements were investigated by the authorities. He then moved to southern Madrid. Nevertheless, he is
Stranded for almost two months, a group of Moroccans repatriated from Melilla finally feels relieved. Currently under quarantine, they recall the hardships they went through during a long and exhausting wait.
52 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning in Morocco, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,185, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 104,705 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 196, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 4,212. The confirmed coronavirus cases in
Containment, deconfinement, spread, R0, Rt, vaccine, herd immunity, pulmonary embolism, hydroxychloroquine... We have all become familiar with this vocabulary amid the coronavirus crisis. However, we have never been so aware of the weakness of our knowledge in epidemiology. To better understand the situation, Yabiladi interviewed Moroccan epidemiologist and researcher at the University of Massachusetts in the United States Youssef Oulhoute.
The remains of the Moroccan woman found dead Thursday in Melilla was buried in the city. Stranded in the autonomous city, alongside other nationals, the 30-year-old woman was buried in the city without her family and relatives knowing about it. According to the Nador section of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), the deceased is called Hakima Karbani and she is from a small town called Driouch. She stayed at the makeshift accommodation set up in
As of Wednesday, May 20, Morocco recorded 110 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 7,133. Most of the new cases were recorded in an industrial unit in Casablanca, said Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology department at the Ministry of Health, during the daily press. The rest were recorded in hotspots discovered in Casablanca, in the Fès-Meknès and Tanger-Tétouan Al Hoceima regions. During the past 24 hours,
Ceuta’s local government has reportedly proposed to the authorities in Tetouan to test Moroccans stranded in the city before repatriation. The tests would identify those who have the coronavirus. According to Ceuta Actualidad, the Spanish and Moroccan authorities have been in contact since Friday regarding the repatriation of stranded Moroccans. «Morocco has not yet decided when to start the repatriation of its nationals stranded in Ceuta because of the closure of border»,
The coronavirus health crisis has left several parents stranded with their very young children and sometimes heavily pregnant women. Three of them shared with Yabiladi their double struggle.