As of Wednesday afternoon, Morocco recorded 69 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the Kingdom to 4,321. 28,609 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far, Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and fight against infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, said during the daily press briefing. Casablanca-Settat (25%), Marrakech-Safi (21%), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (13%) and Fez-Meknes and Daraa-Tafilalet (12%)
In 1959, Morocco witnessed one of the most tragic sanitary catastrophes, with hundreds of people suffering from a mystifying paralysis. The crisis was managed a year later when the source of the disabling disease was finally revealed.
Many families in the Tindouf camps have heeded the call, launched on Thursday April 23 by the Polisario leadership to settle in the areas east of the security wall, heading towards the Mauritanian borders. The Mauritanian army has foiled a number of previous escape attempts. On Tuesday, a military patrol stopped a car carrying 10 people including 3 children as it was preparing to enter the city of Zouerate, local online newspaper Zouerate Media reported. The operation is not the first of
Morocco’s total cereal production for 2020 is expected to stand at about 4.1 million tonnes, one-fourth lower than the previous year’s «already weather-stricken harvest and about 50 percent below average», the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said. In a food security snapshot published, Wednesday, the UN body stressed that drought and high temperatures are behind unfavorable prospects for 2020 crop production in Morocco. The note explains that «crop
A bill, planning to restrict freedom of expression when using social media platforms, has stirred controversy in Morocco. After internet users rejected it, the bill received mixed views from party leaders in the Kingdom.
37 new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded in Morocco between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of covid-19 infections in the kingdom to 4,289, the Health Ministry announced in a recent update. The Ministry indicated that the total number of recovered Covid-19 patients stands at 890, while 167 people have died from coronavirus complications since the start of the outbreak. The suspected cases excluded following negative tests are
After the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights referred to Morocco when talking about police brutality in enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, the country refuted the allegations, Reuters reports. The Kingdom’s diplomatic mission in Geneva said that it rejects said allegations, adding that the measures adopted by the country are «in line with the rule of the law in full respect of human rights». «False information on alleged violations shared by some media are
As of Tuesday afternoon, Morocco recorded 132 new confirmed coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the Kingdom to 4,252. 26,998 suspected cases have tested negative for the virus so far, Mohamed Lyoubi, head of the epidemiology and fight against infectious diseases department at the Ministry of Health, said during the daily press briefing. Casablanca-Settat, Marrakech-Safi and Fez-Meknes are the regions with the highest number of Covid-19 infections, the
Morocco’s growth for the second quarter of 2020 is expected to shrink by -6.8% year-on-year. The forecasts were revised by the country’s planning agency after it set growth for the same period at -1.8%, Reuters reports. The forecasts are influenced by the coronavirus crisis and the lockdown that followed the outbreak. During the first quarter of the same year, growth was estimated at 0.7%, the planning agency indicated, referring to a sharp decline.
The Boeing AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles that the United States approved for Morocco’s Royal Air Force to purchase are the «non-coastal target suppression» version, the US Federal Register revealed on Monday. «This reduction in capability was not mentioned when the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 14 April that the US State Department had approved the sale of 10 AGM-84Ls for an estimated USD62 million for use by the RMAF's F-16 multirole
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