Despite the efforts of the Sabgha Bagha festival, a local street art festival, to decorate and bring life to the sad walls of Casablanca, angry voices against street art have decided otherwise. On Thursday, Italian street artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, also known as Millo, said on his Facebook account that one of his works was removed from one of Casablanca’s walls. «Just got this pic from a fan in Casablanca», he wrote with disappointment, sharing a photo of his
1,221 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 57,085. 1,315 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 41,901. 27 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 984. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (8), Marrakech (3), Fez (3), Tangier (2), Sefrou (2), Meknès (1),
In August 1953, France exiled the Sultan of Morocco Mohammed V and his family. The International Court of Justice, thanks to the United States, seriously questioned the decision.
German authorities have revealed that a Moroccan wedding, that took place on August 15, triggered a coronavirus hotspot in Wiesbaden, in the western German state of Hesse. «After the rules of physical distancing between guests were ignored, dozens of people were infected with the coronavirus in Wiesbaden, prompting authorities to toughen containment measures in the city», wrote Deutsche Welle (DW). Thus, the couple of Moroccan origin held their wedding ceremony in the
During the 2019-20 school season, several students in Morocco were unable to access quality education following school closures. In Morocco, parents, students and teachers told Human Rights Watch about their struggles with distance leanring.
Algeria repatriated, Wednesday, 197 of its nationals who had been stranded in Morocco since the start of the health crisis. The group of Algerians was flown to Oran the same day through Mohammed V airport in Casablanca. According to Algerian newspaper el-Bilad, the returnees were sent to three hotels to observe a compulsory quarantine for one week.
Australian terrorist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers while they were praying at two mosques in Christchurch was sentenced, Thursday, to life imprisonment without parole. It is the first time that the country hands a similar sentence. Brenton Tarrant had pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in March 2019. He admitted during the start of his trial that he planned the attacks. Delivering the sentence on
A Dutch-Moroccan man who placed a fake bomb at the door of a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam was sentenced, Wednesday, eight months in prison by a court in the capital. According to Dutch News, the man was also handed a suspended four-month sentence. Known as Hassan N., the man put in January a cardboard box in front of HaCarmel restaurant. «The box had masking tape fastening wires and a black electric trigger switch to its top», but included no explosives, JTA wrote. Hassan N. was
1,336 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 55,864. 2,293 new recoveries were recorded in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries in the Kingdom to 40,586. 29 deaths were recorded between yesterday and today, bringing the total number of deaths to 984. These deaths were recorded in Casablanca (5), Marrakech (3), Errachidia (3), Fez (3), Meknès (2), Al Hoceima
Democrats have questioned an Alexandria consulting company about a contract that has allowed the chief scientific adviser to President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed Moncef Slaoui. Said contract, according The Washington Post, has allowed Moroccan-born researcher Moncef Slaoui to «maintain personal investments and avoid making ethics disclosures of his holdings in pharmaceutical companies». In a letter, Democrats asked the firm to «explain its role in