Category: Headlines

Coronavirus: Sahrawis returning to Tindouf camps confined in appalling conditions

March 29, 2020

The over one hundred Sahrawis who have been stranded at the borders between Algeria and Mauritania after they were denied return to Tindouf, out of ... Read More

EBRD boosts olive oil sector in Morocco with €5 million

March 29, 2020

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping to develop the olive oil sector in Morocco with a loan of up to MAD ... Read More

AfDB launches record breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond

March 29, 2020

As the Covid-19 outbreak is spreading quickly in Africa with nearly 3,000 infected people across 45 countries, placing strain on already fragile health systems, and ... Read More

COVID-19: Morocco still on the upward curve of the pandemic with 450 confirmed cases Sunday

March 29, 2020

the upward curve of the Covid-19 pandemic as it confirmed Saturday 57 new cases and by Sunday noon 48 more infected persons. With the new ... Read More

Coronavirus: Moroccans’ inspiring solidarity and generosity

March 28, 2020

It is true that in times of crisis and disasters, people come together, comfort each other and unite against common threats. In Morocco, the coronavirus ... Read More

Coronavirus : propagation of fake news leads 56 individuals before court

March 28, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic is worrying people worldwide, fake news are swarming on social networks and Morocco is not immune to this virus. However authorities ... Read More

Coronavirus: Morocco to give Monthly payments to informal sector workers

March 27, 2020

Morocco said it will offer monthly payments to every head of a household who became unemployed due to the coronavirus lockdown which Morocco imposed from ... Read More

Morocco to spend $200 mln on medical equipment to counter covid-19

March 27, 2020

Morocco will buy ventilators, intensive care beds and laboratory equipment worth $200 million as the country struggles to contain the spread of the virus, the ... Read More

EU to redirect €450 mln to support Morocco’s response to Covid-19

March 27, 2020

The EU will redirect €450 million promised to Morocco this year to help the country better respond to the coronavirus outbreak.   The amount includes ... Read More

Covid-19: Human Rights Organization (OMDH) Calls on UNSG & HCR to Protect Sahrawis Sequestered in Tindouf

March 27, 2020

The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) has called on the UN Secretary General and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees “to urgently intervene” to ... Read More