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Events in the year 2020 in Morocco.
January
- January 24 – Several organizations in Ecuador express their support for the rights of the Sahrawi people.[1]
- January 28 – February 7 – 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations: Morocco was the defending champion and successfully managed to defend their title after beating Egypt 5–0 in the final.[citation needed]
February
- February 9 – The African Union reaffirms its support for self-determination for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.[2]
- February 17 – Morocco tightens its control over the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla.[3]
- February 22 to February 23: 2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, Rabat.[citation needed]
- February 29 – 2020 Marrakesh ePrix, Marrakesh.[citation needed]
March
- March 2 – First confirmed case of coronavirus in the country.[citation needed]
- March 10 – First death from coronavirus, a French tourist[4]
- March 12 – At least 18 African countries, including Morocco, report cases of the novel coronavirus. Most are in single figures, but five deaths have been reported in North Africa.[5]
- March 13 – The government shuts down all schools, effective March 16 until further notice.[6]
- March 17 – Journalist and rights activist Omar Radi, 33, is given a four-month suspended sentence and a U $50 fine on charges of insulting a judge on Twitter, in a case that outrages advocates of free speech.[7]
- March 19 – The country declares a state of medical emergency beginning on March 20, 2020 and remaining in effect until April 20, 2020 with the possibility of extending.[8]
May
June
- June 26 – The government of Morocco "categorically denies" an Amnesty International report that they used surveillance software to spy on the phone of a prominent journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi.[10]
September
- September 4 – Dutch right-wing extremist and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders is acquitted of a hate crime despite his "unnecessarily offensive" call in 2014 for "fewer Moroccans."[11]
November
- November 15 – A 30-year cease-fire between Morocco and Polisario Front forces is broken as the government tries to open a road in the Guerguerat buffer zone near the border with Mauritania.[12]
December
- December 11 – Morocco normalizes relations with Israel and in return U.S. President Trump acknowledges Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara.[13] The deal also includes US$1 billion in military aid.[14]
- December 16 – Couscous is added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.[15]
- December 17 – Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani is sentenced to life in prison for planning the 2015 Thalys train attack in France.[16]
- December 31 – Historian and human rights activist Maati Monjib is arrested for money laundering.[17]
January
- January 30 – Larbi Chebbak, footballer (b. 1946).[18]
February
- February 24 – Mohamed El Hajjam, journalist (b. 1956).[19]
August
- August 8 – Naima El Bezaz, Moroccan-Dutch writer (b. 1974).[20]
- August 24 – Touriya Jabrane, theatre director, actress and politician, former Minister of Culture (b. 1952).[21]
September
- September 2 – Abdeljebbar Louzir, actor (b. 1928).[22]
October
- October 19 – Ahmed Adghirni, 73, lawyer, politician, and human rights activist.[23]
- October 25 – Abderrazak Afilal Alami Idrissi, 96–97, Moroccan economist and politician, MP (1977–1983).[24]
- October 28 – Mohamed Melehi, 83, painter; COVID-19.[25]
November
- November 9 – Bruno Barbey, 79, Moroccan-born French photographer.[26]
- November 15 – Mahjoubi Aherdane, 99, politician, Minister of Defense (1961–1964).[27]
December
- December 2 – Mohamed Abarhoun, 31, footballer (Moghreb Tétouan, Moreirense, national team); stomach cancer.[28]
- December 15 – Noureddine Saïl, 73, film critic and writer; COVID-19.[29]
- December 27 – Mohamed El Ouafa, 72, diplomat and politician; COVID-19.[30]
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