Moroccan Man Jailed for Sharing Controversial Religious Cartoon on Facebook
13 August 2020
A man was sentenced to 6 months in prison and a fine of 3,000 dirhams for posting blasphemous caricatures on his Facebook account.
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Morocco Prosecutes Factory Owners for Violating COVID-19 Safety Measures
13 August 2020
After judicial investigations, the Prosecutor of the King near the Court of Appeal of Safi decided to initiate legal proceedings against the managers of the Unimer canning (…)
Fatal Hit-and-Run in Morocco: Driver Targets Minors After Beach Dispute
2 August 2020
A driver intentionally hit minors, causing the death of one of them following a verbal dispute in Safi. The provincial judicial police service of the city opened a preliminary (…)
Woman Jailed for Spreading COVID-19 Misinformation in Morocco
30 July 2020
A woman in her fifties was sentenced to one month in prison for disseminating a video in which she denied the existence of Covid-19. This was the decision of the court of first (…)
Morocco Investigates Major COVID-19 Outbreak at Safi Fish Factory
26 July 2020
A Covid-19 outbreak has been detected in a fish canning factory in Safi. The regional brigade of the judicial police of Marrakech has opened an investigation to find the causes (…)
Moroccan Student Achieves Record-Breaking 19.19/20 Score in National Baccalaureate Exam
18 July 2020
Safia Lahbib, 17, brilliantly obtained her baccalaureate with an overall average of 19.19/20 in Physical Sciences (French option), the highest average recorded in the (…)
Morocco Considers Reinstating Lockdown as COVID-19 Cases Surge
7 July 2020
Moroccans live in fear of a renewal of confinement, since a wave of positive cases have been detected in Safi. Bad news for the population who were eagerly awaiting the lifting (…)
Moroccan City of Safi Implements Lockdown Measures as COVID-19 Cases Surge
7 July 2020
The Wali of the Marrakech-Safi region chaired a meeting on Saturday, during which a series of measures were adopted to deal with the appearance of new positive cases of (…)
Morocco Reports 393 New COVID-19 Cases, Bringing Total to 14,215
5 July 2020
A new very worrying report for this Sunday, July 5. Over the past 24 hours, 393 Covid-19 infections have been recorded in Morocco, according to the Minister of Health, bringing (…)
Morocco Locks Down Coastal City of Safi as COVID-19 Cases Surge in Fish Factory
5 July 2020
From Thursday to Sunday, the number of coronavirus infection cases reached 449 in Safi. The Moroccan authorities are taking the measure of the situation.