The Member States of the European Union approved, on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, the provisional list of 15 "safe" countries, including Morocco, to which Europe will reopen its borders as of July 1st.
Tunisia reopened its borders on Saturday, June 27, to Moroccan, French and Spanish tourists, but not yet to Algerians...
King Mohammed VI had a telephone exchange with the Tunisian President, Kaïs Saïed. An exchange that comes a few days after the second surgical intervention that the sovereign underwent.
The alleged murderer of Mohammed , a young man from Dionysien killed on June 5th for intervening in a fight between young people from the Stalingrad housing project, has been arrested.
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will operate, on Monday, June 22, repatriation flights for Moroccans stranded in France, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and the Netherlands.
Relations between the Maghreb countries are far from being smooth. And for good reason, many contentious issues.
While Morocco and Tunisia are deploying massive resources to effectively manage the health crisis related to the coronavirus, Algeria is lagging behind. The country is not able to decree a gradual deconfinement like its neighbors.
The French anti-terrorism judges are expected in the so-called Nice attack case, whose perpetrator was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Franco-Tunisian. It is up to them to make a decision concerning the eight suspects charged in this case.
Sahrawi activist Mohamed Dihani, arrested in Tunisia on Friday, May 15, could be expelled in the coming days to Morocco . He is the subject of an extradition warrant issued by the Moroccan justice system for links to terrorism.
A Moroccan and a Tunisian are facing justice for joking about the coronavirus. The first is incarcerated in the prison of Errachidia . The second will face the same fate in the coming days.
After several weeks of waiting, Tunisian nationals stranded in Morocco have been able to return to their country. They are among the foreigners who were surprised by the preventive measures put in place by Morocco to curb the spread of covid-19.
Latifa, 20, is a student in Rennes. French through her mother, and of Tunisian origin through her father, her mixed heritage is far from being an advantage for her, as she always has to choose which country she would be most worthy of belonging to.