Barid Cash and Al Barid Bank have mobilized their agencies to facilitate the filing of driver’s license and vehicle registration applications for Moroccans, without having to go to vehicle registration centers. The operation starts first in Casablanca on August 9.
A 32-year-old man, mentally unbalanced, killed his 60-year-old mother at their home in the Essalam district of Casablanca on Wednesday. He was arrested on Thursday by elements of the Sidi Bernoussi police station.
The elements of the judicial police of Casablanca have arrested three individuals. They are suspected of possessing explosives that could be used to manufacture smoke bombs and homemade fireworks. An investigation has been opened.
The government has just announced a series of restrictive health measures, including a national curfew from 9pm to 5am, a ban on travel to and from Casablanca, Marrakech and Agadir. These measures, which will come into effect on Tuesday, August 3 at 9pm, aim to control the Covid-19 pandemic.
Convicted of "contempt of constitutional institutions, insults to a constituted body and incitement to commit a crime," activist Noureddine Aouaj was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison by the court of first instance in Casablanca.
A 31-year-old man well known to the police has been indicted and remanded in custody. He is accused of his alleged involvement in the murder of two men with a bladed weapon.
The oldest Acheulean in North Africa dating back 1.3 million years has been discovered on the outskirts of Casablanca . This information comes from Moroccan researchers who participated in the research program.
The manufacture of automotive parts for the Tesla brand of billionaire Elon Musk entrusted to the American company STMicroelectronics, located in Bouskoura in the Casablanca region, propels Morocco into the electric vehicle market. It is on the verge of becoming the first African country to enter this market.
Thomas Pesquet has just published a photo of Casablanca taken at night from the International Space Station. Since April 24th when he joined the ISS, the French astronaut has been in the habit of posting his shots on social media.
With the new prevention measures dictated by the government in order to effectively fight the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation should normally improve within two weeks. However, if the deterioration persists, the government will be forced to take much stricter measures.
The regional accounts for 2019 are now available. Greater Casablanca, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima are the three regions that contribute more than half of the Moroccan GDP .
The Wilaya of Casablanca-Settat relaunched on Friday its call for increased vigilance in the face of the resurgence of Covid-19 with a surge of the Delta variant . It insists on compliance with barrier gestures, on granting facilities to employees to get vaccinated, but also encourages the adoption of telework when possible.