The Republic of Burundi inaugurated, Friday, a consulate general in Laayoune, bringing the number of diplomatic representations in the city to six in less than three months. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad, Nasser Bourita, and his Burundian counterpart Ezechiel Nibigira chaired the inauguration ceremony of this consulate. Since the end of last year, Laayoune has seen the inauguration of several diplomatic representations, including those of the
Morocco’s head of government Saadeddine El Othmani denounced, in speech he delivered Thursday before the members of his government, the spread of rumors about the new coronavirus. «It is absolutely unacceptable. It is necessary to check with the competent authorities before spreading rumors about the virus. We have a national monitoring and control system», he said, stressing that «the Health Ministry remains the only authority entitled to disclose information
Moroccans living in Italy and the Moroccan embassy in Rome have criticized a questionnaire distributed to the students of a high school in Lombardy for its racist and discriminatory content.
Medical device companies in Morocco have re-exported thousands of medical masks to China, after they were imported before the eruption of the coronavirus, Spanish news agency EFE reports. Morocco has two units for manufacturing medical masks, as well as another unit of the Royal Gendarmerie, which cover between 15% and 20% of the local market's needs. The rest is imported exclusively from China, according to data provided by the Moroccan Association of Medical Devices Professionals (AMPDM)
The Saudi capital has been busy receiving diplomatic delegations from several Maghreb countries. While the newly-elected presidents of Mauritania and Algeria headed to the country, King Mohammed VI sent two of his emissaries to the Wahhabi kingdom.
In Morocco, 19 suspected cases of the novel coronavirus have tested negative, the Health Ministry announced in a post published, Thursday, on its Facebook page. A source at the Marrakech Mohammed VI University Hospital (CHU) told Yabiladi that an Italian national, who was suspected of contracting coronavirus, was admitted to the facility, where he tested negative. «He was not infected with coronavirus», the same source stressed. Local media reported on
An Italian ferry linking Genoa to Tangier was blocked when it docked at the Tanger-Med port on Tuesday. Passengers and crewmembers had to stay in the ferry and undergo checks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. According to French-language newspaper Le360, which quotes a port official, «all ferries coming from countries where coronavirus cases have been recorded are checked before entering the port». This comes as the Tanger-Med port announced, Wednesday, that it is
In an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, Saudi Arabia halted, Thursday, travel to Islam’s holiest sites months before the start of Hajj pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia’s decision prevents foreigners, visiting the peninsula, from reaching the holy city of Mecca, the Kaaba and Prophet Mohammed’s mosque in medina, reports Al Jazeera. «Saudi Arabia renews its support for all international measures to limit the spread of this virus and urges its citizens to
The International University of Rabat (UIR) announced, Wednesday evening, that there was no coronavirus case recorded among its students. "Following the various reports relayed on social media related to a possible Covid-19 case contracted by one of its students, the International University of Rabat would like to inform all stakeholders that there was no confirmed case of Covid-19 at the UIR", read a communiqué sent by the educational institution to Yabiladi. "For more information, it
The secretary-general of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) has sought the help of the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani to help revive the regional grouping. During their meeting in Nouakchott, Ould Ghazouani called for the organization of a Maghreb summit as soon as possible, the Mauritanian press agency reports. For the record, the last Arab Maghreb Union summit was held in April 1994 in Tunis. The former Tunisian President Moncef El Marzouki tried to revive the dying union by calling