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Morocco will set up a $1 billion (10 billion DH) special fund for the management of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Royal Office said in statement issued this Sunday that King Mohammed VI gave his high instructions to the government “to create immediately a special fund dedicated to the management of the Coronavirus pandemic.” “The earmarked […]
Morocco announced on Sunday 11 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the country and decided to suspend, until further notice, all international passenger flights to and from its territory. The new cases bring to 28 the number of COVID-19 infected persons recorded in Morocco since March 2, including Minister of Transport and Logistics Abdelkader Amara. One […]
Hundreds of European tourists, mostly French, massed in Marrakech airport demanding flights to go home after Morocco banned all flights with 30 countries. In Agadir, dozen French tourists staged a sit-in in front of their country’s consulate, asking for their repatriation. Morocco halted flights with France, in addition to Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, […]
Few hours after the Health Ministry announced Saturday nine new coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Transport issued a statement saying that the head of the department Abdelkader Amara has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Abdelkader Amara, the first member of the Moroccan cabinet to test positive for the novel coronavirus, had paid a […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend until further notice passenger flights with 21 more countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release issued Saturday, March 14, the same day the Ministry of Health announced nine new cases of […]
The multiplicity of initiatives is not conducive to settle the Libyan crisis as it disperses efforts and wastes time, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said. Libyans should come together around the SKhirate agreement, which paves the way for a transitory period and elections to end the crisis politically, Nasser Bourita said after talks with President […]
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 […]