The Tarajal border crossing, separating Ceuta from Morocco, will be closed to human and road traffic starting from Friday as a measure to avoid the spread of coronavirus, the local government in Ceuta told EFE. The measure was implemented this morning and was also adopted by Morocco. The local government of Melilla said in a brief statement that the land border crossings with Morocco will also be closed starting Friday. It urged all Melilla residents to return to the autonomous city as soon as
The seventh confirmed coronavirus case has been recorded in Morocco, the Health Ministry said in a press release made public Friday. The patient is a 39-year-old Moroccan who returned from Spain. He landed in Casablanca, March 4, and showed respiratory symptoms. The man tested positive for coronavirus after undergoing the tests, the Health Ministry said. The patient is currently being treated in a Casablanca hospital, the Health authorities said. The recent announcement brings the number
Morocco and Algeria have mutually agreed to suspend air travel between each other as a preventive measure to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. According to Algerian media, the country's airline company Air Algérie announced Thursday evening that this measure has been taken in concert between the governments of the two countries which will both apply it to curb contagion. Consequently, the national Moroccan carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also announced in a press
Individuals and businesses are among the thousands of victims affected by the debt recovery cases, dealt with in an extremely rapid way and unbeknownst to debtors at the Casablanca Court of First Instance. The practices did not exclude small associations and NGOs that help children, young people and people in need.
More than 81,375 recovery cases were handled by a Casablanca court in almost record periods and unbeknownst to debtors. The practices unveiled by Yabiladi are denounced by consumer rights organizations.
The Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives Habib El Malki received, Thursday, Algeria’s ambassador to Rabat Abdelhamid Abdaoui, who was recently appointed. During this meeting, El Malki confirmed that what units «Morocco with Algeria is greater than what separates them», a communiqué sent by the House of Representatives read. «Unity factors between the two countries are very strong and multiple», he added, referring to shared history, memory,
In its 2019 country report on human rights practices, the US Department of State referred to the most significant human rights issues in Morocco. Most of them were linked to torture allegations and freedom of speech.
On Wednesday, King Mohammed VI received at the Royal Palace in Casablanca the four new members appointed to the Constitutional Court. They are Latifa El Khal and El Houssain Abouchi, appointed by the sovereign, Mohamed Alami, elected by the House of Representatives, as well as Khalid Berjaoui, who has been elected by the House of Councilors. During this hearing, the four new members were sworn in before the king, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the organic law of
After Yabiladi revealed that thousands of debt recovery cases were being handled in an extremely rapid way and without giving a chance to debtors to defend their cases, the main judges involved in these practices seem to have lowered the pace of their work. Will the new pace remain the same ?
An uproar has started among lawyers, bailiffs, judges and companies involved in the industrialization of justice and the privatization of the Casablanca court of First Instance, simply known now as #MahkamaGate.