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News Roundup: Homeless Protection; Western Sahara Consulates; COVID-19 Stage 2 in Morocco

April 1, 2020 By Kathryn Jefferson

Photo Credit: Morocco World News

April 1, 2020

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Safi Authorities Launch Initiative to Shield Homeless From COVID-19

Source: Moroccan World News

Lede: Two centers in the city of Safi, 157 kilometers from Marrakech, have welcomed over 78 homeless people to defend them from the rapid spread of COVID-19.

Key background: The local authorities of Safi launched the initiative with the Provincial Delegation for National Assistance and the Al Bir Wal Ihssan Association after Morocco declared a state of health emergency.

News Roundup: 45 migrants arrested; Drought weakens economy; CNDH reports on Hirak protests

March 11, 2020 By Gari De Ramos

Photo credit: Morocco World News

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Morocco Dismantles Irregular Migration Network Near Dakhla

Source: Morocco World News

Lede: Rabat – The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie arrested 45 would-be irregular migrants on March 10 in the fishing village of Idlan, north of Dakhla, southern Morocco.

Key Background: The operation, part of Morocco’s framework to combat undocumented migration, resulted in seizing important quantities of gasoline and logistical means.

Fenced Off From the Hopes For a Better Life

October 9, 2019 By Ella Feldman

The following article was put together by three students from the spring 2019 class of SIT: Field Studies in Journalism and New Media and was published in U.S. News and World Report in October 2019. Text is by Lauren Goldfarb (Skidmore College), photos are by Catherine Brewer (Providence College), and audio is by Giulia Villanueva (Ithaca College).

TANGIER, MOROCCO — High above the sprawling concrete landscape of ships, trucks and docks of the Tangier Med Port are the words “God, Nation, King,” laid out in massive white Arabic letters on a mountainside.