Arrived in France on February 13 for a tourist visit, Ahmed has been stuck there since March 14 due to the suspension of air flights. Instead of moping around, this trained and professional dressmaker is joining the national effort by making protective masks in a country where needs are constantly increasing.
Mimouna, a mother, is stranded in Morocco due to the state of health emergency and the suspension of air travel due to covid-19. Tired of these involuntarily extended holidays, she is making an urgent call for help to return to Orléans where her children are waiting desperately.
Foreign and Defense Minister Philippe Goffin stated that 264 Belgians were repatriated from Morocco on a flight on Friday, May 1. Another plane took off from Casablanca on Saturday, May 2, to reach Brussels Airport.
While he was supposed to return to his post in Nairobi after his vacation, the Moroccan ambassador to Kenya, El Mokhtar Ghambou, finds himself stuck in Kenitra due to the suspension of air travel and maritime transport.
Khalil Zeguendi, a Moroccan from Brussels, is renouncing his Moroccan nationality on the grounds that his sick brother is among the 4,500 Belgo-Moroccans still stranded in Morocco since the suspension of air flights. He accuses the kingdom of not having facilitated their repatriation to date.
Air traffic suspended due to the health crisis seems to be gradually resuming. The French airline Air France has announced on its website the resumption of flight bookings to Morocco and other Maghreb countries.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that the suspension of flights due to covid-19 would have cost the Moroccan economy $4.9 billion, or 48.9 billion dirhams.
Air France has scheduled a series of special flights for the repatriation of French and dual nationals stranded in Morocco for weeks due to the closure of air links.
A woman was the victim of a snatch-and-grab theft on Tuesday, April 21, just after leaving her home in the Maata Allah neighborhood in Boujdour .
Denis Ferrero is one of the many French people stranded in Morocco since the suspension of air flights due to the coronavirus. Forced to extend his vacation, this resident of Saint-Chaffrey recounts his ordeal.
Since the suspension of air flights to and/or from abroad as well as the closure of air borders until further notice, some dissatisfied passengers complain of receiving no response by phone to the Royal Air Maroc (RAM) call center. The airline provides clarification.
An individual was arrested for his alleged involvement in a theft case in the commercial establishment where he is employed, located in the "El Oulja" industrial zone in Salé.