The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Monday the postponement of the 2020 World Expo in Dubai for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic affecting almost all countries in the world. Morocco and the other 191 participating countries will have to wait until 2021 to showcase their potential.
Pardoned on February 9 by the Emir of Dubai, Moroccan-born actress Mariam Hussein opens up, in tears, about her difficult time in prison.
Contrary to what some Saudis and Emiratis are stirring up in public opinion in these times of COVID-19, Morocco is not facing a food crisis. With its agricultural lands, Moroccans produce well beyond their needs.
In application of the instructions given by the ministry in charge of Foreign Affairs, the Moroccan Consulate General in Dubai has set up a crisis cell with three telephone numbers dedicated entirely to citizens.
The United Arab Emirates express their dissatisfaction with countries, including Morocco , which have not yet repatriated their nationals stranded on its territory. The country threatens to impose restrictions on them.
Several Israelis, expected to return to their country for the Passover holiday, are stranded in Morocco due to the diplomatic tension between the kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
Israeli and Emirati nationals, stranded in Morocco due to border closures, will not be able to return to their country on the plane chartered by the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Following the decision of the Emirati authorities to close all restaurants in the country, Moroccan restaurants on site are working to offer an impeccable home delivery service throughout the month of Ramadan.
Moroccan internationals in the Gulf are eagerly awaiting authorization from the authorities of their country to return to Morocco to spend the month of Ramadan there.
Moroccans stuck in the United Arab Emirates because of the COVID-19 pandemic are living in complete destitution. They have neither housing, nor food, nor even medicine.
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention announced the complete recovery of 5 new patients, of different nationalities, including a Moroccan, who had contracted the Coronavirus , bringing the number of people cured to 17.
A cold wind seems to be blowing on Moroccan-Emirati relations. This tension was confirmed by Morocco’s recent recall of its diplomatic representatives from the United Arab Emirates.