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In total, 950,000 employees are unemployed due to the coronavirus. Following its meeting on Friday, the Economic Monitoring Committee (CVE) provided more information on the support provided to these employees for the month of April.
According to American economist and Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) research center, Hinh T. Dinh, Morocco has a golden opportunity to position itself among viable sites for manufactured goods, including medical products.
The Maghreb is experiencing an unprecedented Ramadan this year. The Covid-19 pandemic has turned everything upside down. The ban on prayers, evening gatherings and community meals has taken away all the flavor and fervor that characterized this Ramadan.
Morocco is preparing for deconfinement. The first available scenarios are contained in a draft that details the measures to be taken to successfully navigate this important turn in the fight against coronavirus.
The head of the Moroccan Royal Guard , General Mimoun Mansouri, has been relieved of his duties. He is replaced by General Abdelaziz Chater. The detection of positive Covid-19 cases within this unit would be the reason for his departure.
Moroccan travelers will be able to get reimbursed for hotel and plane fares. A bill has been submitted to the Moroccan parliament by the government for this purpose.
Some African countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia are currently suffering from the scourge of desert locusts for weeks. Morocco and all the Maghreb countries risk suffering the same fate in the coming weeks.
Kathy, a Belgian from Charleroi, is stuck in Morocco with her 3 and 5 year old children for several weeks. The closure of Morocco’s borders due to the coronavirus is at the root of this blockage, the outcome of which is difficult to envisage, even though Kathy wants to return to take care of her other children left in Belgium.
The suspension of customs duties on soft wheat will be extended beyond June 15 in Morocco. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Agriculture.
An individual was arrested on Monday evening by elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) . He is accused of having inflicted blows with a bladed weapon, resulting in the death of an individual in Al Fida-Mers Sultan, in Casablanca .
The artist Gad Elmaleh is sick and hospitalized. The Franco-Moroccan would be affected by covid-19
Maritime companies operating in the Strait of Gibraltar are severely affected by the consequences of covid-19. Passenger traffic could resume in June, not before.