Category: Headlines

Tunisia: Two terrorists linked with ISIS killed in Kasserine

April 6, 2020

Tunisia security forces Saturday slain in restive Kasserine governorate two notorious terrorists whose group is known as an affiliate cell of the Islamic state terror ... Read More

COVID-19: Casablanca to transform international exhibition center into 700-bed hospital

April 6, 2020

Local authorities in Morocco’s largest city of Casablanca announced their plan to transform an exhibition center into a hospital able to accommodate 700 coronavirus patients. ... Read More

COVID-19: Morocco to bolster mask production capacity to 3.3 million daily

April 6, 2020

Morocco aims to bolster its mask production capacity from 2.35 million units currently to 3.3 million amid a global trend towards generalizing masks to counter ... Read More

COVID-19: Morocco devotes 2.7% of GDP to address health crisis, ranks 4th worldwide

April 5, 2020

Morocco has devoted a huge budget to address the COVID-19 health crisis, becoming part of the top five countries worldwide that have devoted huge budgets ... Read More

Morocco accommodates 1000 nationals stranded in Istanbul; pays for burial costs of deceased expatriates

April 5, 2020

Morocco has booked hotel rooms for 1000 of its nationals who have been stranded in Istanbul after the country imposed a passenger flight ban over ... Read More

COVID-19: King Mohammed VI Grants Pardon to 5,654 Inmates

April 5, 2020

King Mohammed VI has granted pardon to 5,654 detainees and gave orders to take all the necessary measures to strengthen the protection of inmates, particularly ... Read More

Morocco braces for austerity measures in wake of Covid-19

April 5, 2020

Morocco seems to have opted for austerity measures instead of a revision of its appropriation bill to offset the rise in public spending to contain ... Read More

Coronavirus: Confirmed cases in Morocco surge to 919 Saturday evening

April 5, 2020

The total number of confirmed cases of infection with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Morocco jumped Saturday evening at 9:00 p.m. to 919, while the ... Read More

Morocco: One year in prison for Salafist Abou Naim

April 4, 2020

Salafist Sheikh Abou Naim, known for his extremist stands, was sentenced on Friday April 3 to one year in prison and a $200 fine. He ... Read More

Over half of Morocco’s non-agricultural GDP to be unaffected by Coronavirus crisis – Minister

April 4, 2020

The Moroccan economy is well-equipped to absorb the shocks relating to the measures imposed to contain the coronavirus as over half of Morocco’s non-agricultural GDP ... Read More