Customers were eager to attend the "Black Friday" 2020 event in Morocco. However, the promotional event was affected by the preventive restrictions imposed by the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Casablancans are prohibited from entering certain neighborhoods of Rabat, even with the exceptional travel authorization. This is the decision of the local authorities, in an attempt to protect themselves against the explosion of Covid-19 infections that many Casablanca neighborhoods are experiencing.
Two individuals, a young woman and a young man, were arrested on Saturday and brought before the general prosecutor’s office in Rabat, for their alleged involvement in a case of human trafficking, kidnapping a baby for begging purposes, and endangering the life of others.
The local authorities of Rabat do not want to take any risks. They have decided to close cafes and shops that violate the preventive and health measures put in place to counter the Covid-19 epidemic.
The "Clean Hands" operation led by the services of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has just pinpointed four other offenders of the provisions of the state of health emergency in the city of Casablanca. Thus, no less than 117 restaurants in the metropolis have been closed since the launch of this operation.
An agreement in principle has been reached between private laboratories and the National Health Insurance Agency (ANAM) to make the cost of Covid-19 screening tests (PCR) more accessible. The price will drop from 700 to 450 dirhams in the private sector and from 500 to 300 dirhams in public institutes.
Upon his return from Rabat , the Spanish Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, reaffirmed his country’s position on the Sahara issue, thus framing the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, a supporter of the Polisario .
The support of the Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (Icesco) for the Moroccan military intervention in the Guerguerat buffer zone is not to the liking of the Algerian ambassador to Rabat, Abdelhamid Abdaoui.
The increase in the price of real estate assets recorded in the third quarter of 2020 has affected Moroccan cities in a specific way. This increase is more observed in Rabat.
Last month, Fernando Villalonga had been appointed as Spain’s consul in Morocco. But the diplomat preferred to forgo this mission entrusted to him, stating that his resignation is due to personal reasons.
The police managed to identify the alleged perpetrator of a series of burglaries committed in several prestigious villas in the Riad district of Rabat . He is now facing justice.
Morocco has decided to use treated wastewater to irrigate green spaces, due to the scarcity of rainfall. The city of Rabat has been chosen for the experimental phase of this process, which helps to fill the gap left by the drought.