Nadia El A.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Moroccan companies are facing an economic slump, weighed down by the burden of salaries and unpaid bank loans. Already, several managers are rushing to consulting firms with the aim of exploring and implementing massive layoffs.
The epidemiological situation in the Kingdom has skyrocketed in recent weeks. Up to September 16, 1,121 active coronavirus outbreaks have been recorded, said Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb.
Horse breeding and trading is the finding of criminals to launder dirty money. A lucrative activity not subject to strict accounting control and which benefits from the subsidy of the Kingdom.
Morocco can now have access to the Covid-19 vaccines produced by the company "R-Pharm", under license from the "AstraZeneca" group. The Minister of Health, Khalid Ait Taleb, proceeded on Friday in Rabat to sign the memorandum of understanding for the acquisition.
The increase in life expectancy or the reduction in the burden of communicable diseases recorded in the Kingdom are explained by the performance of the health system in recent years. However, a recent OECD study recommends considerable efforts to strengthen public health spending.
Kozal and Mala Hussein who were on their way to Spain, will not reach their destination. The driver of the jet ski, of Moroccan origin who was transporting them, threw the young Kurdish-Syrian couple into the sea before reaching dry land.
A municipal official in Benslimane, his son and the night watchman, as well as three other people are being prosecuted for the murder of a young man.
The Belgian-Moroccan Salah Eddine Dassy began his first year of engineering studies at the prestigious Solvay Brussels School Economics & Management of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on Monday. On this occasion, the Moroccan ambassador to Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mohamed Ameur, organized a reception in honor of this young Moroccan genius of 15 years old.
The Christian cemetery of Mediouna, near Casablanca, is the victim of a wave of vandalism. Out of the sixty or so graves, only one remains almost intact.
In view of the health crisis context and its impact on the tourism sector, Adel El Fakir, Director General of the Moroccan National Tourist Office (ONMT), traveled to France on Monday and Tuesday to meet and reassure the main travel producers and distributors, as well as representatives of the industry.
Fruit exports to the Russian market reached 1,900 tons and generated $13.7 million in the first half of 2020. Morocco thus confirms its position as Russia’s leading fruit supplier.
The decision of "all to distance learning" imposed by the Ministry of National Education in the city of Casablanca and several other cities of the Kingdom, following the resurgence of confirmed Covid-19 cases, is not to the liking of many parents and professionals in the sector. The latter are particularly concerned about the case of nurseries and kindergartens.