Nadia El A.
Morocco is receiving this week the visit of the Pentagon chief, also expected in Tunisia and Algeria, where he will be the first American Defense Minister to go in nearly 15 years. Mark Esper comes to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the Maghreb.
The drug baron called El Ouazzani fell into the trap of the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Benslimane, last Friday. The one who was the subject of 40 local and national wanted notices, was also being prosecuted for drug trafficking, rape and kidnapping of a girl.
The Mamounia palace, which has been undergoing renovations for a few months, hopes to reopen its doors from October 16th. All that tourism operators are waiting for is the lifting of the state of emergency and real air programming.
The image of Moroccan sport internationally is not the best. The cases of doping of Moroccan athletes are countless, as are the disputes that Moroccan clubs submit to the international sports authorities, which can have consequences on several sports federations.
Many young drug-addicted migrants, mostly of Moroccan origin, addicted to drugs, are increasingly being arrested for burglaries and thefts in the Paris region. The authorities, concerned, want to tackle the root of the problem.
The results achieved by the Kingdom in terms of health remain below expectations. The social sectors in general, and the health sector in particular, require more coherence in terms of governance of public policies.
Morocco reaffirmed during the high-level meeting of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly its determination to find a definitive solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, within the framework of territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
After months of closure due to the state of health emergency, several hotels in Marrakech are preparing to reopen their doors next month. This is the case, for example, of the legendary "La Mamounia" and the famous "Royal Mansour" on October 15, as well as the "Opéra" and "Four Seasons" hotels, which are resuming their activities on October 31.
"The participation of Moroccans residing abroad in the 2021 legislative elections" was at the heart of a conference initiated by the Coordination of the Istiqlal Party in Europe on Friday, September 25. An important point discussed was political representation and the right to vote, in the run-up to the 2021 legislative elections.
A homeless man discovered "SIF" (Without Fixed Identity) for the six different names he answers to himself, was sentenced to one year in prison. The Moroccan is guilty of intruding into a houseboat, snatching a necklace on Place d’Erlon and making insulting remarks to the police.
Morocco has started clinical trials of the Chinese vaccine against Covid-19. Among the very first volunteers, the bosses of the DGSN, the Royal Gendarmerie, the DGST and the DGED.
Relations between real estate developers and the tax authorities are on good terms. The agreement signed at the beginning of the year between the National Federation of Real Estate Developers (FNPI) and the tax administration is now effective.