As of Tuesday, May 12, Morocco recorded 137 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 6,418. Most of the new cases have been recorded in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region. «Cases have been detected, to a lesser extent, in the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Marrakech-Safi and Fez-Meknes», Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology department at the Health Ministry said during the daily press
Stranded in India, the Maldives and Russia, three Moroccans told Yabiladi that they want to be repatriated as soon as possible. Very far from home, most of them are living off limited resources and left to their own devices.
In Morocco, students will have to wait until September to return to schools, according to the National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister. Speaking Tuesday during a weekly session at the House of Councilors, Said Amzazi announced that senior year high-school students will have to take the baccalaureate exam in July. 11th grade high-school students, however, will have to wait for the regional exam in September, the minister added. For the record,
A group of Moroccan researchers analyzed the genomes of the coronavirus, discovering several mutations. The study reveals that specific mutations may be linked to the critical condition in some countries.
Moroccans stranded abroad because of the coronavirus crisis held sit-ins, Monday, in front of Morocco’s consulates and embassies in several countries. Photos and videos sent to Yabiladi show dozens of Moroccans gathered in front of Morocco’s diplomatic representations abroad to ask for their urgent repatriation. In Spain, a group of Moroccans stood in front of the Moroccan consulate in Algeciras, urging the government to speed up their repatriation operation. In France, several
99 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 6,380, the health Ministry announced. In a recent update, the Ministry reported that 64,299 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far. While deaths related to the coronavirus stand at 188, the number of Covid-19 patients who recovered in the Kingdom has reached 2,930. The confirmed coronavirus
Moroccan-French-Portuguese-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi, born in Casablanca in 1963 and ranked third by Forbes. According to Forbes, he is among the 8 richest Arabs. The same source recalls that Patrick Drahi owns 60% of the shares of Altice NV, which he founded. Through his Netherlands-based company, the billionaire owns 75% of the largest French cable operator, Numericable. Forbes points out that the son of two math teachers, already worked in the American market in 2015 by
Morocco’s state-owned news agency MAP has slammed Algeria for publishing a report on Western Sahara. The latter is reportedly conducted by the research services of the German parliament, but to MAP, Algeria is the one behind it.
A 25-year-old man, who is believed to be one of the Dutch people repatriated from Morocco, was shot dead, Sunday, in Rotterdam. The man, whose identity has not been disclosed yet, was shot at about 10pm, witnesses said. According to Dutch News, the victim «had travelled back to Rotterdam from Morocco on a repatriation flight a few days earlier». The killers have fled the scene in a car, which was set on fire later that day. Vincent Karremans, leader of the Liberal party (VVD)
Twenty-three British citizens were returned to their homes in Gibraltar on Friday after they had been left stranded in Morocco for weeks over the coronavirus lockdown. According to The Express, the group was transported by two specially commissioned vessels. The repatriation operation is the result of lengthy negotiations with the Moroccan Interior Ministry, the same source revealed, adding that they began once Morocco closed its borders back in March. «We have had Gibraltarians
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