Morocco’s COVID-19 App "Wiqaytna" Struggles with Low Adoption Amid Trust Issues
16 July 2020
The Covid-19 exposure notification app "Wiqaytna" has only mobilized two million Moroccans. And for good reason.
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Morocco’s Health Minister Warns Against Relaxing COVID-19 Precautions After Lockdown
15 July 2020
Deconfinement should not be considered as a relaxation in compliance with the measures to fight the spread of Covid-19. Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb continues to call on (…)
Moroccan Man Kills Father-in-Law in Domestic Dispute Over Divorce Request
15 July 2020
A son-in-law killed his father-in-law with a stone last Thursday in Azilal. He is accused of interfering in the dispute between him and his daughter.
Morocco Implements Health Measures for Eid Al-Adha Amid Pandemic
15 July 2020
This year’s Eid Al-Adha will take place in the midst of a health emergency. In this sense, the Ministries of the Interior and Agriculture are working to take all the necessary (…)
Morocco Resumes Train Service to Tangier After Two-Day Suspension
15 July 2020
Two days after the authorities’ restriction on train traffic to and from Tangier, previously decreed on Monday, July 13, 2020, the National Railway Office (ONCF) announced the (…)
Moroccan Official Suspended After Filing Complaint Against Colleagues’ WhatsApp Mockery
15 July 2020
A woman Caid, head of the 18th district of Oujda, was suspended from her duties by the Minister of the Interior. She would have violated administrative procedures and would (…)
Morocco Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions, Threatens Neighborhood Lockdowns
15 July 2020
As part of the state of health emergency, the Ministry of the Interior announced on Monday that neighborhoods that do not comply with health measures and are likely to become (…)
Morocco Reports 165 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Rise to 16,262
15 July 2020
Over the past 24 hours, some 165 new infections have been recorded in the kingdom, bringing the total to 16,262 since the start of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Moroccan Airline Overwhelmed as Thousands Rush to Book Repatriation Flights
15 July 2020
Hundreds of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) stranded in Morocco due to the lockdown decreed since mid-March, rushed to the agencies of the national airline, Royal Air Maroc, (…)
EU and AU Back Morocco’s UN Call for Global COVID-19 Response
15 July 2020
The European Union and the African Union are supporting Morocco, whose permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, launched on Saturday, June 11 in New York, a "call to (…)