Morocco confirmed 5,836 infections in the past 24 hours, recording the highest daily cases. 4,602 new recoveries were recorded during the same period.
When she first immigrated to Germany, Hakima Ouamira, who now lives in Darmstadt, worked as a baby-sitter and eventually made her childhood dreams come true. Today, she is a bus driver, a painter and drawing teacher.
The speech that King Mohammed VI was due to deliver this evening, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Green March, was postponed to Saturday, reads a communiqué by the Ministry of the Royal House, Protocol and Chancellery. «Following the discovery of a positive Covid-19 case among the technical team in charge of recording and broadcasting the Royal Speech and taking into account the strict health protocols and the necessary measures, the Royal Speech will be addressed
5,398 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 246,349. 3,739 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 200,954. 68 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,127. 17 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 15 in the Oriental, 11 in Béni
5,641 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 240,951. 3,329 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 197,215. 77 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 4,059. 31 of these deaths were recorded in the region of Casablanca-Settat, 12 in Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, 10 in
After downgrading Morocco’s sovereign rating, Fitch measures in a new report the impact of the pandemic on the country’s key credit metrics. According to the agency, the Kingdom is witnessing a sharp GDP fall and weaker external finances.
South African financial services group Sanlam said that it is not giving up on its Saham business despite «signs of misfiring after the R5.8 billion impairment that the company took on the Moroccan headquartered insurer in the first six months of 2020». Sanlam acquired Saham in 2018, paying a premium. Although the deal was delayed due to diplomatic problems, the acquisition was seen by the South African firm as a «perfect combination of the continents ‘s biggest life
According to the Foreign Exchange Office, remittances sent by Moroccans living abroad rose by 2.2% from January to the end of September 2020, thus resuming the upward trend after having suffered a sharp decline during the period of sanitary confinement. However, according to the World Bank’s projections, remittances to the Kingdom are expected to drop by 5% during the current year.
An Egyptian government report released this week revealed that Egyptian exports to Morocco reached $582.6 million (MAD 5.3 billion) in 2019. Last year Egyptian exports to the Kingdom stood at $ 501.6 million only. The report indicated that most of these exports were animal and plant products, beverages and tobacco, marble, ceramics, chemicals and plastics. The same report said that Egyptian imports from Morocco fell to $ 141 million in 2019, after they were at $ 165.5 million last year. For
Police in Lesotho are investigating claims that former Foreign Minister Lesego Makgothi was «bribed by the Moroccan government to abandon Lesotho’s long-held support for Western Sahara’s right to independence». According to Lesotho Times, sources from the government said this week that Makgothi was «suspected of receiving bribes to unilaterally change Lesotho’s position to that of ‘constructive neutrality on the issue of Western Sahara». The