477 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 480,056. 2,233,123 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 970 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 462,436. 7 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,524. 4 of these deaths were recorded in Casablanca-Settat, 2 in the
A court in Zagora has acquitted a couple living in cohabitation from adultery, in an unprecedented ruling. According to EFE, the man was denounced by his first wife for violence and adultery for having lived with another woman, a crime punishable by two years in prison. The first wife thus filed a complaint against her husband, accusing him of having assaulted her and expelling her from the marital home with her children. During the investigation, the husband, who was on bail, denied the
In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Joe Biden agreed to promote peace agreements between Israel and states in the region, including Morocco.
The Algerian authorities announced this week that they had given the green light to their consulate in Oujda, Morocco, to repatriate the remains of a young Algerian who died in January. According to the newspaper Echorouk, the land border between Morocco and Algeria, closed since August 1994, will be exclusively reopened to repatriate the remains of the 23-year-old deceased. One of Emad Bourqba's family members told the newspaper that the consulate informed them of the decision,
In a letter signed by 27 senators, James Inhofe and Patrick Leahy urged President Joe Biden to reverse the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. The two senators are the Polisario’s biggest allies within the American senate.
Morocco’s ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Samir Addahre, received on Wednesday the certificate of registration of the couscous, which was inscribed in December on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Tunisia submitted the application. Following the official ceremony broadcast on the UNESCO website on the sidelines of the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for
Tarfaya, a coastal Moroccan town, was hit on Wednesday by a magnitude 4.9 earthquake, Volcano Discovery reported. The epicenter of the quake is located 16 km from Tarfaya. The earthquake was felt 400 km from the epicenter, namely in the city of Agadir, according to reports sent to the same source. Reports described the quake as a «single vertical bump». The same source indicates that no casualties and property damages were reported as of now.
508 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 479,579. 2,081,013 people have received the vaccine against Covid-19. 838 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 461,466. 13 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 8,517. 6 of these deaths were recorded in Casablanca-Settat, 2 in
A number of Moroccan travelers and carriers have been stranded in French and Italian ports due to border closure. They sleep in their trucks and cars with little resources.
Authenticity and Modernity Party MPs at the House of Representatives asked, Tuesday, in a written question, the Minister Delegate in charge of Moroccans living abroad, to protect Moroccan immigrants living in the streets abroad. MP Latifa El Hamoud recalled that many Moroccans live in a situation of vulnerability and poverty abroad, particularly in Italy and Spain. According to her their conditions have worsened due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus. In her question, the parliamentarian