Morocco has tightened preventive health measures in recent days to counter the surge in positive Covid-19 cases . A situation that raises many questions, to which the Head of Government, Saadeddine El Othmani, has tried to respond.
The Pegasus affair in which some organizations have made serious accusations of espionage against Morocco continues to be controversial. Mohamed Fizazi , one of the most media-savvy Salafist leaders in Morocco , said that "it is up to the media consortium to prove in accordance with the law the facts necessary for the success of its claims against Morocco".
Soufiane El Bahri , the administrator of a Facebook page that republishes private photos of King Mohammed VI, was sentenced to one year in prison. This is the verdict handed down by the court of first instance in Salé on Thursday, June 17.
Subject to obtaining the agreement of the Moroccan authorities, the French embassy in Rabat announced on its Facebook page that a ferry to repatriate French citizens stranded in Morocco to France will take place on May 22, 2021. The company La Méridionale is in charge.
The Administration of the Local Prison of Ain Sebaa 1 reacted to the statements of the wife of journalist Souleimane Raissouni. She had claimed on social networks that the penitentiary institution had not allowed the journalist to contact his family.
A large majority, or 84% to 90% of Moroccans, use the WhatsApp messaging service. In this group of users, 79% are true addicts, while nearly 3 out of 4 Moroccans regularly use Facebook.
Incarcerated at the local prison of Oukacha in Casablanca, journalist Souleimane Raissouni was transferred on Monday to the prison clinic in critical condition, according to his wife Kholoud Mokhtari. According to her, the editor-in-chief of the daily Akhbar Al Yaoum would have his right leg paralyzed.
Comedian Tarik Bakhari, who was the subject of serious allegations of sexual harassment by his colleague Najat Khairallah , reacts. He flatly rejects these accusations and describes the alleged victim as a "fragile person, with a vulnerable psychology".
French comedian Brahim Bouhlel and influencer Zbarbooking have been sentenced to prison by the Moroccan justice system for posting an allegedly insulting video on social media.
Former player Abdeslam Ouaddou risks having to pay his former teammate Houssine Kharja the sum of 40,000 euros for insults and defamation. This is what the former captain of the Atlas Lions demanded before the court in Nancy.
The resumption of relations between Morocco and Israel is making Israeli citizens of Moroccan origin happy, who no longer miss any opportunity to display their identity. This is the case of the Israeli Minister of Transport Miri Regev, who, on her Facebook account, shared a photo of herself wearing a Moroccan caftan on the occasion of the Mimouna festival, celebrated on April 3 last.
In 2019, hackers had hacked 500 million Facebook accounts, including 18 million belonging to Moroccans. The personal data of these Facebookers "has just been released for free".