Although it improved its scores compared to four years ago, Morocco is at the bottom of the ranking of the TIMSS, which, since 1995, assesses the knowledge levels of pupils and students.
Turkish discount retailer BIM has signed an agreement for the sale of 35% of the minority shares of its Moroccan affiliate to the UK-based private equity fund Helios Investment Partners, the grocer announced on Wednesday. According to Anadolu, the estimated value of the deal is 86.4 million Moroccan dirham ($9.6 million). The sale «aims to maintain and develop BIM Stores SARLAU’s current growth trend in Morocco», the same source added. The transaction needs to be approved by
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a document on Tuesday on the results of clinical trials of Pfizer & BioNTech's experimental vaccine against Covid-19. A vaccine that remains effective, with both a cellular and humoral response and few side effects, experts explain.
Hirak detainees at the Tangier 2 prison have announced that they are joining the call for a symbolic hunger strike, to be observed from Wednesday to Thursday to demand the release of poltical prisoners in Morocco. Nasser Zefzafi’s father announced the decision Tuesday evening. For Ahmed Zefzafi and Hirak detainees, this is a «peaceful stage of the struggle». It is also a response to the call launched by journalists Omar Radi and Soulaiman Raïssouni, as well as
In Spain, members of the Republican Left of Catalonia have tabled a bill urging Madrid to stop selling arms to Rabat, local media reported on Tuesday. The party believes that Morocco is engaged in an «accelerated» process of strengthening its military capacities. The kingdom is ranked seventh among the countries with which Spain concludes arms sales and second after Brazil outside the European Union. The decision of the Republican Left of Catalonia is above all motivated
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Sinopharm unit China National Biotec Group Co. has 86% efficacy, according to trials conducted in the United Arab Emirates, wrote Bloomberg. The results of the trials that included 31,000 volunteers in the UAE have found that the vaccine was «highly effective in preventing moderate and sever cases of Covid-19 and had no serious safety concern». The announcement will allow the full public use of the vaccine in the country, the UAE Health
2,900 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 384,088. 3,450 new recoveries were recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 337,719. 50 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 6,370. 14 of these deaths were recorded in the Casablanca-Settat region, 11 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 6 in Marrakech-Safi, 6 in
King Mohammed VI gave, Tuesday, his instructions to the government to provide free Covid-19 vaccination for all Moroccans, a press release by the Royal office announced. The same source recalls that the sovereign chaired a working session devoted to the vaccination strategy against Covid-19, as part of the king's continuous monitoring of the evolution of this pandemic and the measures taken to fight against its spread. Morocco is likely to launch by the end of December a Covid-19 vaccination
In February 1985, the Polisario Front guerilla shot down a German survey-and-research airplane on its way home after an Antarctica expedition.
In October, the Spanish government decided to extend the mandate of the current Spanish ambassador to Rabat, Ricardo Díez-Hochleitner Rodríguez, by one year. The latter served for five years as head of the diplomatic representation. The Spanish government has made the decision after the Moroccan authorities were given a list of names. According to El Español, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arancha González Laya has decided to elect a new head of the Iberian
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