In its latest statistics on earthquake casualties, the Ministry of Interior of Morocco announced that the number of dead and injured was more than five thousand people.

Iran PressAfrica: Rescuers in Morocco are racing against the clock to find survivors in the rubble and reach isolated communities after Friday's powerful earthquake. More than 2,800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured, according to state media. Authorities warn the death toll is still expected to rise.

Some 2,681 people were killed in a disaster that devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains.

Aftershocks will continue to rock Morocco weeks or months, a seismological expert has warned. Remy Mossu, the director of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, told Sky News that more than 25 aftershocks have already hit the country since the 6.8 magnitude earthquake. 219