King Mohammed VI just gave his High instructions to «immediately solve the situation of a group of thirteen Syrian refugee families stranded at the border between Morocco and Algeria» near Figuig. The communiqué issued by the Palace on the evening of the 20th of June 2017, which also happens to be the World Refugee day, does not provide further details regarding the «immediate» solution. Is Morocco going to grant the Syrian families entry to the territory after
Les antivenins contre les morsures de serpents sont disponibles, tandis que les sérums antiscorpioniques ne sont plus utilisés mondialement, en raison de leur inefficacité, a indiqué le ministère de la Santé. Selon un communiqué du ministère, la stratégie nationale de lutte contre les envenimations a permis de réduire le taux de mortalité due aux piqûres de scorpion de 2,37% en 1999 à 0,21% en 2016, en
Une vague de chaleur est prévue de mercredi à samedi dans plusieurs régions du Royaume avec des températures maximales pouvant atteindre 46 degrés, indique la Direction de la météorologie nationale (DMN). Selon un bulletin météorologique spécial de la DMN, des températures maximales de 41 à 44 degrés sont attendues mercredi et jeudi à Aousserd, Oued-Edadhab, Boujdour, Laâyoune Tarfaya,
Economic growth is expected to accelerate and attain 4.4 percent in 2017 and to reach 3.1 percent in 2018, according to Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) forecasts. Driven by a rebound in cereal production according to estimations of the Department of Agriculture at 102 million quintals, agricultural inputs would increase by 13.4%, while the rate of non-agricultural GDP would improve by 3.1% to 3.3%, BAM announced on Tuesday after the quarterly meeting of its Board. In 2018, the recovery in
During his visit to Morocco, the Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed alongside his Moroccan counterpart, Salah eddine Al Othmani announced in a joint-statement following the 19th session of the Tunisian-Moroccan High Joint Commission in Rabat that the two countries support a political solution to the crisis in Libya, ASHARQ AL-AWSAT reports. The two politicians highlighted their states' will back and accompany the Libyan people «in the path towards a comprehensive political
Lawyers and rights activist groups announced on Tuesday that the Moroccan authorities have arrested more protesters in the biggest protest movement that the country is witnessing since the Arab spring, Reuters reports. The same source indicates that 100 individuals belonging to the «Hirak» movement were arrested since the end of May, as Abdessadak Elbouchattaoui, one of the movement's lawyers declared. «There are arrests on a daily basis, on average, there were about four
Nabra hassanin, a 17-year-old Muslim teenager, was killed on Sunday in Virginia, USA, New York Times reports. The victim’s body was found in a pond as the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Monday night. According to the same source, Nabra was out on Sunday night with a group of her friends when they argued with a 22-year-old driver identified as Darwin Martinez Torres. The police said, as New York Times indicates, that the group were heading to a fast food restaurant in their
The European Council of Moroccan Ulema condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted Muslims in London, when a man in a van drove over worshipers on their way out of a mosque in Finsbury park. The council ensures in a communiqué, that it has followed with «astonishment» the horrifying attack that took place near the mosque of Finsbury Park and which left one dead and several injured. Strongly condemning «this Islamophobic criminal act which is likely to
Le Conseil européen des Ouléma marocains a condamné, lundi, l’attaque à la voiture bélier ayant visé des Musulmans à la sortie d’une mosquée à Londres. Le Conseil affirme, dans un communiqué, avoir suivi avec "stupéfaction" l’attaque ayant visé des fidèles près de la grande mosquée de Finsbury Park et qui a fait un mort et plusieurs blessés. Condamnant fermement
L’Institut national de formation aux droits de l’Homme (INFDH) sera baptisé du nom de feu Driss Benzekri, en hommage à ce militant qui a marqué de son empreinte l’histoire des droits de l’Homme au Maroc. Selon un communiqué du Conseil national des droits de l’Homme (CNDH), la cérémonie marquant l’attribution du nom de feu Driss Benzekri à l’INFDH sera organisée le 5 juillet à Rabat, en