
Moroccan Royal Holding Pledges $200 Million to COVID-19 Relief Fund
The Royal Holding Al Mada will donate 2 billion to the fund to fight the coronavirus, which was created on the instructions of King Mohammed VI .

The Royal Holding Al Mada will donate 2 billion to the fund to fight the coronavirus, which was created on the instructions of King Mohammed VI .

King Mohammed VI had ordered the establishment of a special fund dedicated to the management of the Coronavirus pandemic. In 24 hours, more than 10 billion dirhams have been collected by the Moroccan authorities.

An emergency inter-ministerial meeting agreed on the need to adopt an austerity policy in the management of the state budget, in order to deal with the risk of the spread of Coronavirus .

The body responsible for fatwas, in response to the request addressed by the King of Morocco, Amir Al-Moumine, recommended on Monday, March 16, the closure of mosques for the five daily prayers and Friday prayers.

King Mohammed VI has instructed the government council to create a special fund dedicated to managing the Coronavirus pandemic.

Faced with the spread of coronavirus in Morocco, King Mohammed VI has given instructions to the Head of Government, Saadeddine El Othmani.

Exchanges are multiplying between the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its British counterpart, with a view to a possible visit by King Mohammed VI to the United Kingdom.

King Mohammed VI received, at his request, Abdellatif Ouahbi on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at the Royal Palace in Casablanca. This meeting follows the election of this political leader to the position of Secretary General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) .

Morocco has just decided, in consultation with the Spanish authorities, to suspend, until further notice, air flights and passenger maritime traffic to and from Spain.

The project of a TGV line between Marrakech-Agadir is progressing slowly, after the speech of King Mohammed VI , delivered on November 6 last. This is at least what a technical sheet from the National Railway Office (ONCF) indicates.

The Secretary General of the Anfa prefecture has just been subject to a disciplinary transfer to Guelmim, on the sidelines of King Mohammed VI’s visit to Casablanca.

After a 15-day stay in the spiritual capital of the kingdom, King Mohammed VI left Fez on Friday, March 6, heading for Casablanca where several projects are to be inaugurated.