Moroccan party PPS proposes to impose heavier prison sentences on child sexual abuse convicts. MPs from the party submitted a bill with said amendments.
The Council of Government, convened Thursday in Rabat, decided to extend the state of health emergency until November 10 to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19). «The draft decree, presented by the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, aims to extend the duration of the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Saturday October 10 at 6 pm to Tuesday November 10 at 6 pm», a press release announced. The state of health emergency was first
Researchers discovered a new species of an ancient maritime predator in Morocco. The sea monster preyed on everything it could catch with its crocodile-like jaws.
The government delegate in Melilla, Sabrina Moh addressed on Wednesday the repatriation of Moroccans stranded in the autonomous city since March. «Everyone who wanted to return to their country did so and there are no Moroccans stranded in our city», she announced, El Faro de Melilla reported. 936 Moroccans were repatriated from Melilla, via the Beni Ensar border. 200 of them were repatriated in May and the rest left the autonomous city last week. 645 of those repatriated were
Saudi club Al-Ittifaq has finally reached an agreement with Egypt’s Al Ahly regarding the contract of Moroccan striker Walid Azaro. The two clubs have agreed to include Azaro in the summer transfer for «an exchange for 700 thousand dollars, in addition to the 100 thousand dollars that Al Ahly club receives the value of the remaining dues from the player’s loan in the past season», Al Khaleej Today reports. Azaro is expected to participate in Al Ittifaq team’s
More than 900 Moroccan workers will be sent, Friday, to Corsica, a French region, to pick clementines in an «exceptional» sanitary and diplomatic protocol, AFP wrote on Wednesday. The 902 agricultural workers will arrive, Friday, in Corsica via five flights financed by Corsican farmers, who are relying on the operation to save the season. These workers will be tested for Covid-19 before leaving for Corsica and after landing on the island. Seven days after their arrival, they will
Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita visited Rome on Wednesday. In the Italian capital, he met his counterpart Luigi Di Maio and discussed the interlibyan dialogue and bilateral and economic relations. This meeting comes almost a year after Bourita and Di Maio signed a declaration of multidimensional strategic partnership in November, 2019. The agreement is meant to «maintain a permanent and in-depth dialogue on all sectors of common interest, ensure coordination on
Morocco recorded in 24 hours the highest daily cases, with 2,776 infections. Most of these new infections were recorded in Casablanca, Marrakech and Skhirat-Temara.
The findings of the Arab Index showed that 47% of Moroccans consider the economic situation in their country to be bad. 70% of Moroccan respondents considered the Palestinian issue to be theirs as well, and only 4% of Moroccans support recognizing Israel.
In a letter sent to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the President of the Security Council, Russian Ambassador Vassili Nebenzia, the Polisario Front criticized the latest UN report on Western Sahara on Tuesday. According to the letter publsihed the Polisario press agency, the Secretary General of the Front, Brahim Ghali believes that the report «does not reflect the reality of the alarming situation in Western Sahara». The Polisario