The speech addressed by His Majesty King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of the revolution of the King and the people was clear and limpid in setting the rules that should henceforth govern Morocco’s relations with its partners, believes the writer-journalist, Abdelhamid Jmahri. In a statement to MAP, the editor of the Arabic-language daily ”Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki” notes that the Royal speech once once more highlighted the fundamentals of the Kingdom, namely in the first place that the Sahara issue is the prism through which Morocco considers its international environment. He adds by saying that the Royal speech underlined that the achievements made by Morocco are “the result of an intelligent and thoughtful reading of international upheavals”, considering that Morocco’s traditional partners must turn the page of positions ambiguous and that ”a partner cannot, in this case, claim neutrality on this issue”. Concerning the Moroccans of the world, the editorialist points out that the Royal speech is a clear message aimed at ”doing justice to the Moroccan community residing abroad and giving it the place it deserves”. He also indicates that the Royal speech pleaded for ”improving the performance of institutions and governance” while encouraging them to take advantage of the skills and scientific knowledge of Moroccans around the world, before affirming that the Moroccan community residing abroad represents ”an essential lever in terms of materializing the new development model”. Abdelhamid Jmahri also points out that the Sovereign has called on the institutions concerned to set up a mechanism to support Moroccan skills abroad and to institutionalize their links with the homeland while effectively getting involved in the promotion of investments by expatriates. Moroccans in their country, with a view to encouraging their participation in the sustainable development of Morocco.
The dirham depreciated by 0.90% once morest the euro and 1.57% once morest the US dollar, during the period from August 11 to 17, according to Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) .
During this period, no auction operation was carried out on the foreign exchange market, indicates the Central Bank in its last weekly bulletin.
As of August 12, 2022, official reserve assets stood at 336.9 billion dirhams (MMDH), up 1.7% week-on-week and 12.5% year-on-year, reports the MAP.
During the same period, the overall outstanding amount of BAM’s interventions amounted to 105.5 billion dirhams, including 39.7 billion dirhams in the form of 7-day advances on calls for tenders, 38.6 billion dirhams in the form of pension delivered and 27.1 billion dirhams as part of the program to support the financing of very small, small and medium-sized enterprises (TPME).
On the interbank market, the average daily volume of trade stood at 3.7 billion and the interbank rate was 1.50% on average during this period, notes BAM.
During the call for tenders of August 17 (value date August 18), the Bank injected an amount of 39.57 billion dirhams in the form of 7-day advances.
On the stock market, the Masi recorded a rise of 1.5%, bringing its poor performance since the beginning of the year to 8.9%, the Central Bank said.
This weekly evolution mainly reflects increases in the indices of the telecommunications sectors by 2.4%, banks by 1.6% and buildings and construction materials by 1.5%, specifies the same source.
Conversely, those of the electricity and pharmaceutical industry sectors fell back by 1.3% each.
As for the overall volume of trade, it amounted to 296.8 million dirhams (MDH) once morest 160.8 MDH a week earlier. On the central equity market, the average daily volume amounted to 49.3 MDH following 32 MDH.
Here is the weather forecast established by the General Directorate of Meteorology for Sunday, August 21, 2022.
– Relative heat, even scorching weather in places inland in the regions of Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma, northern Oriental, Souss-Massa, Draâ-Tafilalet, as well as in the Saharan regions.
– Clouds at low altitude will be at the origin, in places, of a light rain, or will be accompanied by banks of mist along the Atlantic coasts and the Mediterranean shore.
– Some sporadic rains and thunderstorms are expected in the Atlas, Tafilalet, southern Oriental and in the extreme south of the Kingdom.
– Sand-hunting in the south, including Tafilalet.
– Relatively strong gusts of wind along the coasts between Agadir and Sidi Ifni, as well as in the Sahara.
– Highs up compared to yesterday in Tangier and its region, in Souss-Massa and in the northern Sahara, and slightly down or almost stationary everywhere else.
– Fine to slightly choppy seas in the Mediterranean, in the strait as well as between Tangier and Larache, choppy to strong between Safi and Tan Tan, slightly choppy to choppy elsewhere on the rest of the Moroccan coast.
– Here are the minimum and maximum temperatures forecast by the General Directorate of Meteorology for the day of Sunday August 21, 2022.
Oujda : min (+23°C) ; max (+38°C)
Bouarfa : min (+27°C) ; max (+37°C)
Al Hoceima : min (+22°C) ; max (+30°C)
Tetouan : min (+18°C) ; max (+35°C)
Sept : min (+19°C) ; max (+32°C)
Melilia : min (+21°C) ; max (+30°C)
Tanger : min (+21°C) ; max (+36°C)
Kenitra : min (+18°C) ; max (+30°C)
Rabat : min (+18°C) ; max (+32°C)
Casablanca : min (+19°C) ; max (+28°C)
El Jadida : min (+19°C) ; max (+32°C)
Settat : min (+24°C) ; max (+41°C)
Safi : min (+24°C) ; max (+34°C)
Khouribga : min (+25°C) ; max (+41°C)
Beni Millal : min (+29°C) ; max (+41°C)
Marrakech : min (+27°C) ; max (+44°C)
Meknès : min (+24°C) ; max (+41°C)
Fes : min (+25°C) ; max (+40°C)
Midelt : min (+23°C) ; max (+35°C)
Ifrane : min (+19°C) ; max (+33°C)
Taounate : min (+24°C) ; max (+38°C)
Errachidia : min (+30°C) ; max (+41°C)
Ouarzazate : min (+27°C) ; max (+41°C)
Agadir : min (+18°C) ; max (+30°C)
Essaouira : min (+19°C) ; max (+25°C)
Laayoune : min (+22°C) ; max (+35°C)
Smara : min (+26°C) ; max (+45°C)
Dakhla : min (+20°C) ; max (+25°C)
Aousserd : min (+25°C) ; max (+40°C)
Lagouira : min (+20°C) ; max (+27°C).
One death, 78 new cases of contamination and 103 recoveries were confirmed in the Kingdom on August 19 and 20, 2022. The still active cases stand at 723, while more than 6.73 million people received the third dose. . Monitoring the pandemic, in figures.
New cases of contamination, remissions, number of screenings carried out, vaccinations, etc. To learn more regarding the evolution of the coronavirus in Morocco, click on this link: https://covid.le360.ma.
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In the Maghreb, Algeria does not communicate the number of screening tests, which suggests that the number of contaminations is much higher than the official figures. The latest assessment stopped reports 94 cases of contamination and 84 recoveries. The country totals 269,650 cases of contamination, including 6,878 deaths and 181,251 recoveries.
In Tunisia, 181 cases of contamination, 341 recoveries and no deaths have been recorded, according to the latest report available. The country has totaled 1,141,668 cases of contamination, including 29,207 deaths and 1,126,568 recoveries since March 2020.
In Mauritania, 2 new cases of contamination have been recorded, according to the latest report available. The country has recorded 62,726 cases of contamination, including 992 deaths.
The Canadian federal ministry gave the green light on Friday to administer a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine to children aged 5 to 11.
The chief administrator of the Public Health Agency of Canada, Dr Theresa Tam, stressed that updating vaccines before the fall was a top priority.
This booster dose offers an excellent option for restoring protection to this age group, especially for those at high risk of disease, she explained. The booster dose can be given at least six months following the second dose. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized as a booster dose for this age group in the country.
According to the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), 42% of the population aged 5 to 11 in Canada had received two vaccines as of July 17, 2022.
Chinese health authorities are now also testing fish caught at sea to ensure they are not carriers of SARS-Cov-2, in hopes of limiting the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
Videos of anti-Covid screenings carried out on fish in the port city of Xiamen have accumulated several thousand views and provoked many reactions on social networks.
The pandemic has officially killed at least 6,467,104 people worldwide since the end of December 2019.
The United States is the country with the most deaths (1,064,780), ahead of Brazil (682,276), India (527,253) and Russia (383,427).
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, taking into account the excess mortality directly and indirectly linked to Covid-19, that the toll of the pandemic might be two to three times higher than that officially established.