With the spread of the novel coronavirus, information, posts and videos about the situation in several countries, including Morocco, have showered social media. However, some of the content shared online can be far from the truth and deceiving.
Artisanal fishing is no longer a male-dominated job. In Belyounech, a group of Moroccan women has set up the country’s first artisanal fishing cooperative, American news agency Associated Press (AP) reports. «We live in the sea and if we separate from it, we will die like fish. The sea is my entire life and that of my children and the people of the village», Fatima Mekhnas, president of the Belyounech cooperative, told AP. The residents of Belyounech who previously worked in
Morocco has decided to install thermal-imaging cameras at its border with Ceuta because of coronavirus. According to El Faro de Ceuta, the device, which instantly indicates body temperature and helps control people entering the Moroccan territory, was installed on Tuesday, sources said. The local newspaper wrote, however, that «this method is not completely reliable» and that it is «rather a preventive tool». Installing this device is part of Morocco’s measures
The Lower House’s commission on social sectors is expected to hold an urgent meeting on Friday, March 6, to review Morocco’s action plan to combat the spread of coronavirus. The meeting will be attended by several parliamentary groups from different political parties, including Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Constitutional Union (UC), Istiqlal (Independence) party, the Popular Movement (MP), Socialist Union of Popular
A British truck driver was arrested, Tuesday, in Morocco for trying to smuggle 100,000 medical masks out of the country, French-language newspaper Le360 reported, quoting well-informed sources at the Port of Tanger-Med. The driver, who was planning to bring the masks to the UK and sell them for 350 dirhams each amid coronavirus spread, was arrested by customs officers and put in police custody, the same source added. According to the same source, the masks carried by the truck worth MAD30
The US State Department has approved a $239 million sale of M88 Hercules armored recovery vehicles to Morocco. The deal includes machine guns and smoke grenade rounds.
Did a Royal Air Maroc flight have a minor accident trying to connect Brazzaville to Casablanca ? Congolese and then Moroccan media relayed images and reports that were far from being true.
After securing her place for this year’s Paralympic Games taekwondo tournament in Tokyo, Moroccan fighter Rajae Akermach said that it is a «dream» coming true. Akermach won the women’s K44 over-58 kilograms title at the African qualification tournament on February 24 in Rabat, qualifying for the Tokyo 2020. Speaking to Olympic news website Inside the Games, Akermach said that «since 2015 [she has] been working for this dream». «Really, I don’t
After a diplomatic truce that lasted for a year, Morocco seems to have reviewed its policy towards Algeria.
Moroccan officials returning from overseas have reportedly underwent coronavirus tests, Arabic-language daily Akhbar Alyaoum reported on Tuesday. Quoting a source from the joint commission for epidemiological surveillance, the newspaper reported that these tests were carried out to «rule out cases of COVID-19». «I cannot reveal the names of Moroccan officials who underwent the tests, but I can assure you that the information is true. When it comes to the virus, there is no
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