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Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:04:21 +0000
Raja Casablanca Reaches Mohammed VI Champions Cup Final
Moroccan football club Raja Casablanca has qualified for the final game of the 2019-2020 Arab Club Champions Cup, called the Mohammed VI Champions Cup this year. The Moroccan giant reached the final after winning 3-0 against Egyptian club Ismaily SC ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:53:00 +0000
New COVID-19 Variants: Morocco to Carry Out Tests on 30,000 Students
Rabat – Morocco’s Ministry of Health has announced that a screening operation for COVID-19 will be carried out for 30,000 middle and high school students in six regions across the country. The decision seeks to “estimate” the level of the...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:33:54 +0000
Algeria in Crisis Amid Growing Rumors of President’s Return to Germany
Agadir – Back in October, Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune contracted COVID-19, and since then his health has been slow to recover. President Tebboune flew to Germany for treatment, leaving Algeria like a “ship without a captain.”...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:10:11 +0000
Moroccan MP Stirs Controversy for Suing Employee Over 16 Eggs
Rabat – A Moroccan MP from the Party of Authenticity and Modernity, Abdellatif Zaim, is receiving heavy criticism for causing the arrest of a woman who works in his egg factory. The MP accused the woman of stealing “16 eggs.”  ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 18:15:11 +0000
Morocco’s Solidarity Fund Against Disasters to Compensate Flood Victims
Morocco’s Solidarity Fund Against Catastrophic Events has announced that it will assist citizens affected by recent floods, in accordance with the Moroccan law. Created in 2016, the Solidarity Fund Against Catastrophic Events is a public fund that ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:34:01 +0000
Morocco-US: Friendship, Diplomacy, Opportunity for Business
Agadir – By all metrics, the US delegation visit to Dakhla appears to have been a big success. One has to only look at the picture of Nasser Bourita, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the US delegation clad in traditional Sahrawi dress, to ...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:10:34 +0000
Morocco’s COVID-19 Recovery Rate Reaches 94%
Morocco’s Ministry of Health has recorded 456 new COVID-19 cases in the country in the past 24 hours. Today’s figure brings the total number of Morocco’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 452,988 as of Monday, January 11, at 6 p.m. Moroccan health au...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 16:19:27 +0000
US Ambassador to Morocco Plans to Buy House in Dakhla
Rabat – US Ambassador to Morocco David Fischer announced on Monday that he plans to buy a house in the city of Dakhla, southern Morocco. Fischer made the announcement during his visit to Dakhla. Fischer was part of a high-level US delegation th...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 15:04:27 +0000
Morocco Releases Podcast to Combat Sahara Misinformation in South Africa
Morocco’s Embassy in South Africa has released a 37-minute podcast called “Myths and Realities: Understand the Sahara Issue” to raise awareness about the Western Sahara dispute. The Moroccan embassy in Pretoria shared the podcast in a video for...

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:44:45 +0000
Independence Manifesto Day: Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Pardons 756 Inmates
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted his royal pardon to 756 inmates in commemoration of the 77th anniversary of the Moroccan Manifesto of Independence.  Most of the pardoned inmates are serving their sentences, whereas some are still being inve...



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