Maghreb

Boys jump into a river to cool down after lockdown measures were lifted in Rabat, Morocco. (AP)
Moroccans savour the outdoors as lockdown is lifted
Employees work on a Moroccan ventilator at a factory following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Casablanca, Morocco April 10. (Reuters)
Morocco medical equipment to meet coronavirus needs
Saad Guerraoui
People walk past a closed mosque outside Tunis. (AP)
Religious authorities, Islamists not in driver's seat as Maghreb copes with pandemic
Lamine Ghanmi
Bourita: The main thing is not the timing, but the impact of such an approach without overbidding and without haste. (AFP)
Bourita says repatriation of Moroccans stranded abroad must be done in optimal conditions
Saad Guerraoui
A February 2020 file picture shows a Royal Air Maroc (RAM) aircraft landing at Morocco's Benslimane airport carrying repatriated Moroccan citizens from China's Wuhan province following the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)
Thousands of stranded Moroccans urge govt help to get home
Saad Guerraoui
Guards belonging to Tripoli government forces stand in front of a prison in Ain Zara, south of Tripoli, Libya, April 11. (REUTERS)
Maghreb governments urged to release prisoners to prevent more COVID-19 contagion
Lamine Ghanmi
The Moroccan monarch and other ministers wearing face masks during the appointment ceremony.
Morocco king announces minor government reshuffle
Saad Guerraoui
Egyptian men perform the "Zuhr (noon) prayer" at a public park in the capital Cairo, on March 27, after a decision from the Ministry of Awqaf (religious emdowments) to close mosques and suspend Friday prayers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP)
Coronavirus pandemic exposes radical Islamists’ waning influence
Lamine Ghanmi
A 2017 file picture shows a Salafist protester talking to a police officer during a demonstration against the ban on the sale and manufacturing of the burqa in Rabat. (Reuters)
Moroccans reject Salafists’ ‘irresponsible’ attempt at assailing closure of mosques
Saad Guerraoui