Ajax Amsterdam cancels contract of former Moroccan footballer Abdelhak Nouri

Dutch football club Ajax Amsterdam has canceled contract of former Moroccan footballer Abdelhak Nouri. According to Dutch newspaper Telegraaf, the club has taken this decision because a clause in the contract would have automatically extended it on July 1, under the same conditions. Meanwhile, discussions between Ajax and Nouri’s family are still ongoing to reach a financial settlement, two years after the club recognized its responsibility regarding the incident that left Nouri with

Coronavirus : Confirmed cases total 556 in Morocco

During a press briefing held in Rabat, public health official Mohamed Lyoubi also gave information regarding the fatality rate compared to other neighboring European countries, as well as the impact of the age factor and the chronic diseases which caused the death of 33 people so far.

Egyptian singer tests positive for coronavirus following a trip to Morocco

Egyptian singer Enas Ezz Eldeen announced, Sunday evening, that she tested positive for the novel coronavirus. In a live broadcast on her Facebook page, she declared that she got infected with Covid-19 while on a trip to Morocco during which she attended an artistic ceremony on the occasion of International Women's Day, on March 8. «We were with an undeclared case who, upon arriving in Egypt, discovered his infection», she explains, without giving further details. According to

Three members of the Jewish community in Morocco die after contracting the coronavirus

Three members of the Jewish community in Morocco have died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, The Times of Israel wrote on Monday. Quoting Channel 12, the newspaper said that the three victims are Casablanca businessman and philanthropist Ari Peretz, 58; his mother Simone Peretz, 75 and businessman Michel Tourgeman, 62. All of them had chronic illnesses. The two businessmen Peretz and Tourgeman have reportedly attended a large wedding in Agadir before testing positive for the

Moroccan health workers and the shortage of medical supplies amid coronavirus outbreak

With the increasing number of confirmed cases of new cases of coronavirus in Morocco, a group of doctors, whether facing the new epidemic of coronavirus or others, complains of a lack of basic equipment that protects them from the risk of infection with this virus.

Coronavirus : Morocco to receive 100,000 testing kits from South Korea’s Osang Healthcare

The Health Ministry has announced having allocated two billion dirhams to upgrade its medical devices, including the acquisition of 100,000 testing kits for the coronavirus. Thus, according to 2M.ma, the supplier of the kits is South Korean company Osang Healthcare, manufacturer and distributor of medical supplies. The agreement was signed on March 26, between Rafik Rachadi, Morocco's ambassador to South Korea, and the CEO of Osang Healthcare. Under the terms of the agreement, the South

Three new species of flying reptiles discovered in Morocco

100 million years ago, three species of flying reptiles lived in Morocco. Discovered by researchers in March, the reptiles lived in the Kem Kem beds and preyed on fish.

Risk is manageable to Moroccan banks affected by coronavirus, Fitch Ratings

American credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has assigned a «bb» operating environment score for banks doing business solely in Morocco and a «bb-» for those operating in Africa. «Scores are higher than the implied category generated by tools we use for our assessment of OE scores. We make positive adjustments to reflect Morocco’s ‘BBB-/Stable’ sovereign rating and macroeconomic stability», Fitch Ratings said in a note published Friday. The

Morocco has recorded 479 confirmed coronavirus cases and 26 deaths

The number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in Morocco reached 479, Sunday, the Health Ministry reported in a post. 1,794 suspected coronavirus cases have tested negative for the virus so far. Coronavirus-related deaths in Morocco stand now at 26, while there has been 13 recoveries. 59% of the cases are local while 41% of them are imported. The confirmed Covid-19 cases are located in the Kingdom as follows : 139 in Casablanca-Settat, 84 in Rabat-Salé-Kenitra, 87 in

Morocco’s Covid-19 confirmed cases jump to 402

The number of Covid-19 infections in Morocco reached 402, Saturday, the Health Ministry reported. 1,574 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. The death toll amounts currently to 25. A new recovery was also recorded, Saturday, bringing the total number to 12. According to the Ministry, 42% of the recorded confirmed cases are women and 58% of them are men. The average age of the confirmed cases is 66. Most of these cases have chronic illnesses and were admitted to the