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News Roundup: Coronavirus Madness

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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.

Morocco reports 2nd coronavirus case

Source: Anadolu Agency
(Anadolu Agency is a state-run international news agency headquartered in Ankara, Turkey)

Lead: Morocco on Thursday confirmed its second case of COVID-19, the virus that has spread to 79 countries since it surfaced in Wuhan, China last December.

Key Background: The second person infected with coronavirus is a Moroccan citizen who returned from Italy late Wednesday, the North African country’s health ministry announced.

Soccer in Morocco: Gateway to a Life Across Seas

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BY IMANI BRAMMER

Hardened concrete ripping through his thin socks, the only barrier between his feet and the pavement, Anwar Sbiyaa scores three of the seven goals for his team. Sbiyaa, a 20 year-old local of Sbaa Rouadi, a rural village in Morocco, plays with a group of American college students facing off against a team of local Moroccans from his neighborhood.

Sbiyaa’s love and dedication to soccer is what led him to think that the game could be his gateway out of the village’s streets. Unfortunately, circumstances have not led him to the path he envisioned.

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