The Minister of the Interior has instructed local authorities to issue special permits to professional football players and their staff, allowing them to move freely for matches as well as for training sessions in the evenings of Ramadan.
Among the foreigners stranded in Morocco due to the closure of borders, there is Nathalie, a Belgian national who took advantage of the easing of measures to get married to her boyfriend who lives in Morocco. But she finds herself stuck and has no idea when she will return.
About forty people, mainly young people and a café manager, were arrested on Wednesday evening and taken to the police station for violating the state of emergency in Marrakech. This was during a raid by local authorities in a café, owned by a local official.
Singer Slimane, who in recent weeks has been shuttling between Dubai and Marrakech for the upcoming release of his new album, has been denied entry to Morocco. Vitaa’s accomplice, who was planning to spend the month of Ramadan in the Moroccan fervor, has reported on his Instagram account that he has been banned from entry.
The suspension since March 30 of air links between France and Morocco is making it difficult for some French nationals to return to their country, who found themselves facing a fait accompli. They denounce a difficult situation and above all the lightness with which the consular authorities are handling the file related to their repatriation.
The head of the Moroccan government was before parliament on Monday to explain the reasons why a night-time curfew has been imposed throughout the month of Ramadan. Saâd-Eddine El Othmani stated that this is the appropriate means to preserve the health of citizens and contain the Sars-Cov-2 virus, of which the new English variant is spreading rapidly.
Despite many precautions, epidemiologists and other health experts say that Morocco is at the beginning of a third wave of Coronavirus infections, and that it could be more deadly due to the British variant. At the digital scientific conference organized by the Dr. Abdelkrim Al-Khatib Foundation for Thought and Studies, many experts called on Moroccans to be vigilant and continue to respect preventive measures.
The services of the Royal Gendarmerie in Al Hoceïma arrested, on Saturday, April 10, 2021, Mekki El Hannoudi, mayor of Louta, who had called on his constituents to violate the night curfew imposed during Ramadan to curb the spread of the coronavirus and its variants. The USFP councilor faces up to three months in prison.
The Moroccan government attaches importance to compliance with the curfew imposed during the month of Ramadan and other health measures enacted to curb the spread of the coronavirus and its variants in the kingdom. The security services have received firm instructions.
A Moroccan teacher risks a lot for "contempt" after accusing members of the security forces of sexually assaulting her in March during a protest by "contract" teachers demanding their integration into the civil service. Nezha Majdi, in her twenties, was arrested with other protesters on Tuesday as she was participating in a march of a few hundred people.
The Council of Government, meeting this Thursday in Rabat, decided to maintain the state of health emergency throughout the national territory until May 10, 2021. This decision was taken as part of the efforts to fight against the spread of the pandemic of the new coronavirus.
Long feared, the imposition of a curfew during Ramadan is now in effect. The Moroccan government has banned nighttime travel nationwide from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., except for exceptional cases, starting April 13, the date marking the beginning of the holy month. The various preventive measures previously announced are maintained.