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Morocco has programmed 30 flights on June 21-27 to speed up the repatriation of its nationals stranded abroad because of the restrictive measures to counter the coronavirus outbreak. The flights will transport 4,644 Moroccans stuck in 17 countries, Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita told MPs this Monday. These countries include Turkey, Serbia, Mauritania, Tunisia, Hungary, […]
Morocco has moved to the second phase of its confinement easing allowing cafes, restaurants and recreational businesses to open at half capacity, the interior, health and trade ministries said. Passenger traffic will resume between Moroccan cities except Marrakech, Tangier, Asilah, Larache and Kenitra where lockdown is stricter. Domestic flights and railways will start operating as […]
Morocco has set up a field hospital in Lalla Mimouna near Kenitra to treat hundreds of coronavirus cases who were infected in a hotspot linked to strawberry farms and packaging plants. On Friday, the country recorded 457 cases in that cluster, the biggest single day number of infections since the country declared its first case […]
A gradual easing of the COVID-19-induced lockdown measures will be extended throughout Morocco, including in Rabat and Casablanca, as of June 24 at midnight, with the exception of five provinces where new clusters have been reported, the Interior and Health Ministries said in a joint statement. The excluded provinces are Tangier, Asilah, Marrakech, Larache, and […]
Morocco highly appreciates the support of the Kingdom of Eswatini regarding Morocco’s return to the African Union
The King of Eswatini Mswati III expresses, on behalf of all Eswatinis, appreciation for the noble initiative by King Mohammed VI to send COVID-19 medical equipment & supplies to 15 African countries, the Kingdom of Eswatini feels privileged to be among these countries.
Morocco reported on Friday 539 new coronavirus cases, the highest number of infections ever recorded, due primarily to hotspots linked to fruit-packaging plant in Lalla Mimouna, north of Kenitra. Clusters have become a nightmare for Moroccans eager to emerge from a lockdown enforced since March 20. The new hot spot, with 457 cases, came on […]
Moroccan economy has so far shown resilience and agility in responding to the coronavirus pandemic making it one of the least impacted in the MENA region by the pandemic, MENA and Central Asia director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour said. “Morocco is one of the countries that knew how to efficiently manage […]
The mining industry in Zambia, the country’s main provider of foreign exchange, brought in $60 to $65 million from February to April, compared to the $90 million expected. Zambia is the second largest copper-producing country on the continent. Severe global restrictions on movement have hit mining supply chains and hindered the export and sale of […]
The World Bank has approved a $48-million loan to Morocco to enable the country mitigate the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic which has so far infected 8,985 people in the North African Kingdom, killed 212, while 7,960 others recovered. The loan, which is part of an ongoing Program for Results project, approved in 2015, aims […]