Egypt

Food Aid Stampede Kills 15, Injures at Least 20 in Rural Morocco

Morocco woke up on Sunday to a human tragedy that cost the lives of 15 persons, mostly women, and wounded at least 20 others following a stampede during a food distribution operation in a village near Essaouira. The victims were crushed as hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered to collect baskets of food at the […]

COVID-19: Morocco authorizes emergency use of Merck’s Molnupiravir

Morocco has authorized the emergency use of Molnupiravir, becoming one of the first countries in the world to approve this antiviral drug developed by the US pharmaceutical company Merck. The announcement was made by Director of Medicines and Pharmacy at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, Ms. Bouchra Meddah. The protocol for the treatment […]

Morocco and France committed to fostering security cooperation

Rabat and Paris reiterated their commitment to reinforce security cooperation notably in terms of intelligence sharing, Morocco’s interior ministry said in a statement. The two countries stepped up their judicial cooperation as well as joint efforts against illegal migration and all sorts of trafficking as well as counter-terrorism, reads the statement issued after talks in […]