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Morocco’s Health Ministry confirmed this Wednesday afternoon a sixth coronavirus case. The patient is a French woman of Senegalese origin. The 64-year old woman arrived in Fez from France on Thursday, March 5. The woman showed coronavirus symptoms on March 7, the ministry said. Health authorities announced two more cases earlier in […]
Military leaders from the United States, Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal will modify the size and scope of African Lion to minimize exposure of participating service members from the US and partner nations to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), announced the US Africa Command. “The safety and protection of all of our forces — US and […]
Nezha Hayat, Chairperson of Moroccan Capital Market Authority (AMMC), has been elected Chair of Africa-Middle-East Regional Committee (AMERC) of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The IOSCO Regional Committee for Africa and the Middle East brings together the financial market regulators of the region, bearing the mission to examine, exchange information and promote issues […]
Morocco’s economic growth could sink to as low as 2% in 2020 from a previous estimate of 2020, Reuters and Bloomberg reported citing head of the high commission for planning Ahmed Lahlimi. When Morocco put forward a growth estimate of 3.5%, the context was promising with first autumn rain and good prospects for tourism market […]
Two more coronavirus Cases were confirmed on Wednesday by Moroccan Health ministry. The wife and daughter of the infected French tourist also tested positive for COVID-19. They were already quarantined by the Moroccan medical teams within the frame of the prevention measures before the confirmation of their infection with the virus. The French tourist arrived […]
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha González Laya highlighted, on Tuesday in Madrid, Morocco’s active cooperation that enabled her country score “excellent ” results in terms of management of migratory inflow. “This is a structural phenomenon that requires a comprehensive and integrated management, including responses to illegal inflow and regular migration,” said Arancha González Laya, who […]
Morocco and Hungary are discussing means of strengthening their cooperation in the field of treatment, storage and management of water resources and road infrastructure. This comes as Moroccan Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water, Abdelkader Amara, is visiting Hungary. The minister visited on Monday several water infrastructures including a groundwater and surface water treatment […]
After Morocco announced early Tuesday the suspension of all flights to and from Italy, which went under lockdown to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, the merchant navy decided later in the day the suspension of maritime links between Morocco and Italy. In a note addressed to the shipping companies, the directorate of the merchant […]
The national human rights council (CNDH) demystified an array of issues that characterized the Al Hoceima protests in late 2016, which were blurred by fake news and disinformation campaigns by groups outside Morocco. In a 400-page report, CNDH looked from a human rights perspective at AL Hoceima’s protests and investigated torture and violation claims in […]
An 89-year-old woman died Tuesday in Casablanca from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the ministry of Health has announced. The patient was suffering from chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The intervention of doctors specialized in epidemiologic diseases, virology and resuscitation could no save the woman, who was diagnosed positive last week. The woman who came […]