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Morocco is planning to ship medical aid to Mauritania and share its anti-coronavirus expertise with its southern neighbor, the Mauritanian foreign minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. Ould Cheikh Ahmed, speaking to Mauritanian news agency, said he had a phone call with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita who informed him of a Royal decision to […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) in partnership with Speak Up Africa have launched a social media challenge to raise awareness on proven COVID-19 prevention methods. The partnership, part of the Stay Safe Africa campaign, is a new online challenge dubbed #19KickUpsAgainstCovid19. As part of the challenge, African football legends and influential players are inviting […]
Car manufacturers are interested to maintain operations in Morocco where production costs are one of the most competitive globally, Industry Minister Moulay Hafid El Alamy said. Speaking to MPs, he denounced as baseless the claims that France will call back its car production plants because of the crisis caused by Covid-19. Thanks to Morocco’s competitiveness, […]
The third extension of the coronavirus confinement was far from creating unanimity at the Moroccan parliament where MPs from most parties called for an end of the restrictive measures to let people breath. Head of the Government Saad Dine El Otmani said that the confinement has been loosened in 95% of national territory where the […]
King Mohammed VI has instructed the Moroccan private sector to conduct massive testing to protect the employees and resume activity in a secure environment, as part of the participatory management of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Ministry of Health and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) said in a recent joint statement that this […]
The Moroccan government has finally decided to extend the state of health emergency until July 10 with gradual easing of confinement measures. The decision was made in line with a bill that was discussed and adopted Tuesday by a Cabinet Meeting, convened by videoconference under the chairmanship of head of government, Saad Dine El Otmani. […]
About 18.5 million facemasks have been exported by 69 Moroccan factories to 11 countries in the four continents, announced on Tuesday the Ministry of Industry and Trade. These certified masks, which have become a hot commodity during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, were exported between May 21 and June 8 after the local manufacturers built a […]
Morocco will begin the repatriation of Moroccans stranded in Spain within 48 hours, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita announced on Tuesday in Rabat. Addressing the House of Advisors, the official explained that priority will be given to Moroccan nationals living in the south of Spain, particularly Algeciras, before including Catalonia, the Basque Country and capital Madrid. […]
Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations told the Security Council last week that the last six months have been particularly challenging as the G5 Sahel group, mustering Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, deploys a joint force to restore stability to the vast African sub-region. “We are seeing attempts by terrorists and other groups in the […]
The World Bank delivered bleak prospects for growth in Morocco which was seen dropping to -4% in 2020 from 2.5% last year on the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak. The forecast is close to that of the -3.7% put forward by the IMF for 2020 to which drought worsened Morocco’s growth prospects. The spread of […]