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The extension of the night curfew during Ramadan is the last nail in the coffin of the restaurant and cafe industry in Morocco, professionals said. In a letter sent to the government earlier this month, the national cafes and restaurants association urged the government to backtrack from its decision to impose a night curfew during […]
Morocco will suspend from April 15 all flights to and from Tunisia over increase in Covid-19 contaminations in this country. The suspension will remain in force until further notice, Moroccan authorities said. Tunisia thus becomes the 40th country with which Morocco has suspended all travel by plane, as new variants of Covid-19 emerge. Tunisia […]
The Moroccan government Council, held in Rabat this Thursday April 8, has decided to extend the state of health emergency, that was scheduled to expire on April 10, until May 10, 2021. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Saturday, April 10 at 6 […]
China promised Morocco 10 million sinopharm coronavirus vaccine doses in April and May, the Moroccan parliament said. The shipment is part of the cooperation between Morocco and China to counter the coronavirus in implementation of the wishes of King Mohammed VI and president Xi of China, the Parliament said in a statement following talks […]
The Moroccan government has announced a night-time curfew nationwide from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., during the month of Ramadan to start in about a week, while maintaining the various preventive measures previously announced. A government statement indicates this Wednesday that this decision is in line with the recommendations from the Scientific and Technical […]
China and Tunisia signed Tuesday inked a grant deal valued at around $14.2 million (TND40 million) earmarked for the financing of projects in the North African country. The signing took place between Tunisia’s top diplomat Othman Jerandi and his counterpart Zhang Jiang. The deal did not detail projects to be determined by both countries, Webdo […]
Libya Sunday received over 100,000 doses of Russian covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and will begin the inoculation campaign against the pandemic which has already infected over 160,000 people. Interim Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeiba welcomed the doses which landed at Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli. “Little drops of water make the mighty ocean, and now we […]
A Moroccan economic monitoring committee (CVE) decided to maintain aid to workers in sectors most hit by the pandemic until June. This financial aid benefits 102,000 workers in sectors handicapped by the Covid-19 outbreak, notably tourism, catering, events and other services whose normal activity halted due to the restrictive measures to contain the virus. These […]
Morocco announced Monday the extension of the night curfew and other anti-coronavirus restrictive measures for two more weeks as of Tuesday, March 30 at 9 p.m., part of continued efforts to contain the spread of the epidemic and limit its negative repercussions. Besides the night curfew from 9 p.m. to 06 a.m. nationwide, the […]
Moroccan authorities have decided to temporarily suspend air links to and from France and Spain, extending thus the list of countries with which air links have been banned, in order to limit the spread of COVID-19. The suspension of air links with the two European countries comes into effect as of Tuesday March 30, […]