Mohamed Sajid, the mayor of Casablanca, was elected new Secretary General of the Constitutional Union Party (UC) by an overwhelming majority of the 964 members of the party’s national council last Saturday. Sajid, a 66-year old wealthy businessman, gleaned 825 votes while the distant second, Anwar Zyne, won 25 votes only. The two other contenders, […]
The EU removed Morocco from a safe destination list for non-essential travel after coronavirus cases spiked in the North African country to over 30,000. Morocco was until August 7 part of the restricted number of 10 countries including Tunisia, Rwanda, Japan and New Zealand. The list serves as a guideline rather than a rule for […]
African Lion, the annual Moroccan-US military exercise, will take place in March 2020 with the participation of 2500 US soldiers, Moroccan media reported. The games, which also bring together soldiers from other countries, are meant to improve interoperability and mutual understanding of participating armies tactics, techniques and procedures. Besides Morocco and the US, soldiers from […]
