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Morocco will suspended starting from Monday all classes from the pre-school level to higher education as well as vocational training institutions, the education ministry said. Schools have to apply distance learning as the suspension of classes is not to be understood as an exceptional holiday but rather a precautionary measure to avert the spread of […]
A US national of Lebanese descent died on Thursday in Casablanca’s University Hospital with cocaine capsules in his intestines, said a press release issued by the Moroccan national police. The 66-year old man was captured on Wednesday at Mohammed V International Airport upon his arrival from Sao Paulo after he was suspected of carrying drugs […]
The first patient to have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Morocco has recovered, the Ministry of Health announced. The patient, 39, had arrived in Morocco from the Italian Northern city of Bergamo late February and was tested positive on March 2. Medical tests confirmed the patient’s recovery, the ministry said, adding […]
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani Thursday appointed former envoy to South Africa, Mohamed Ould Hanani, as the country’s new envoy to Morocco, le360 news outlet reports citing a Mauritanian diplomatic source. The diplomatic source, however, said the appointment has not been announced officially yet. The Mauritanian embassy in the kingdom had been void […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has named deputy of his former envoy to Libya, Stephanie Turco Williams, as Acting Special Representative in Libya until appointment of a new successor to resigning Ghassan Salamé. The US UN officer has been deputy of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) since 2018. Before […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has sent a team of investigators to Sudan to help probe the failed assassination attempt that targeted PM Abdalla Hamdok. Sudan culture and information minister Faisal Mohammed told reports that a FBI team landed in capital Khartoum Wednesday in view of providing relevant expertise and techniques for this […]
Morocco decided this Friday to suspend, until further notice, all air and sea connections with France over fears of the coronavirus pandemic, which continues to spread around the world and particularly in the European continent. The decision was discussed between King Mohammed VI and President Emmanuel Macron, as well as between the relevant governmental authorities […]
Morocco registered this Friday, March 13, the seventh coronavirus case. The Ministry of Health announced that a 39-year old man was tested positive to Covid-19. The patient is a Moroccan national, who arrived in Casablanca on Wednesday March 4, from Spain, the Health Ministry said in a press release issued this Friday. The […]
Moroccan government has earmarked $5.7 million to help farmers protect their livestock and ease their concern over the delay of rainfall. The funds will be used for the purchase and transportation of fodder to rural zones and remote villages to enable farmers to keep their cattle. These emergency measures were announced lately by minister […]
Morocco has suspended all flights from and to Spain as well as maritime passenger connections between the two countries as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread. Moroccan authorities also decided to suspend flights to and from Algeria until further notice, as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. […]