Tag: Coronavirus

Morocco bans Raja from traveling to Egypt for second leg CAF Champions League match over covid-19 cases

October 21, 2020

Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League ... Read More

Coronavirus to weigh on Moroccan 2021 budget

September 29, 2020

Finance Minister Mohamed Benchaaboun said the economic impact of the coronavirus will continue to reverberate in 2021 as the government faces prospects of a sharp ... Read More

Coronavirus triggers student exodus to public schools in Morocco

September 3, 2020

Many Moroccan middle class families are rushing to enroll their children in public schools as the coronavirus pandemic hit their pockets, forcing them to distance ... Read More

Coronavirus: Morocco surpasses 60,000 cases and 1000 deaths

August 30, 2020

Morocco has registered on Saturday 1567 coronavirus infections and 26 death bringing the total tally to 6056 cases and 1078 deaths. The number of recoveries ... Read More

Coronavirus to throw 1 million Moroccans into poverty- official report

August 18, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic hit the income of many Moroccans with 1.05 million people expected to fall into poverty, the high commission for planning said. Poverty ... Read More

Coronavirus hit Tangier premier league club

August 10, 2020

Twenty-three members of Ittihad Tangier, a first league soccer club, caught the coronavirus casting doubt on the team’s chances in the national and continental football ... Read More

Coronavirus sheds 500,000 jobs in Morocco

August 7, 2020

There were 500,000 more unemployed people in Morocco by June 2020, compared to the same period last year, said the high commission for planning in ... Read More

Coronavirus lockdown triggers protests in Polisario-run camps in Algeria

August 6, 2020

Merchants in the Polisario-Run Tindouf camps in Southwestern Algeria stepped up their protests against a leadership they blame for the surge of coronavirus cases. The ... Read More

Coronavirus: Algeria fails people held by Polisario in Tindouf camps

August 2, 2020

The Algerian regime made a volt-face concerning the coronavirus outbreak ending weeks of denial and asking forurgent help to contain the virus in the Polisario-run ... Read More

Coronavirus deepens Algeria’s economic malaise

July 13, 2020

The African Development Bank said the Algerian economy is the third worst hit in Africa at a time the country faces a multipronged political, economic ... Read More