Marrakech : Le roi inaugure deux projets solidaires à Hay El Mellah

Le roi Mohammed VI a procédé, mardi à la médina de Marrakech, à l'inauguration d’un Centre de soins de santé primaires et d’un autre d’addictologie, deux projets solidaires qui s'inscrivent en droite ligne du programme de requalification urbaine de Hay El Mellah. Portés par la Fondation Mohammed V pour la solidarité, ces projets, dont les travaux ont été lancés par le souverain le 10 janvier 2017,

Grippe H1N1 : Le gouvernement annonce un total de 16 cas de décès enregistrés

Le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le Parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement, Mustapha El Khalfi a annoncé, mardi à Rabat, qu'un total de 16 cas de décès dus au virus grippal H1N1 a été enregistré, alors que 20 patients se sont rétablies et 36 autres sont toujours sous traitement. En réponse à une question centrale sur la propagation du virus de

Béni-Mellal : Un policier tué et son fils grièvement blessé suite à une agression

Un policier a été tué et son fils grièvement blessé mardi à Béni-Mellal suite à leur agression à l'arme blanche par un individu présentant des signes de troubles mentaux, apprend-on auprès de la préfecture de police de Béni-Mellal. Dans un communiqué, la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) indique que selon les premiers éléments de

The former right-hand man of Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders converts to Islam

The former right-hand man of Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders has announced that he converted to Islam, reports Dutch media on Tuesday. Joram Van Klaveren is known for leading for years a fierce battle against Islam in the lower house of the Dutch Parliament, for PVV leader Geert Wilders, wrote AFP. While writing an anti-Islamic book, Joram Van Klaveren, 40, changed his mind and decided to convert to Islam. «I thought: if everything I have written so far is correct, if I

H1N1 flu : Death toll reaches 16, according to the government's spokesperson

Moroccan government's spokesperson Mustapha El khalfi announced on Tuesday, February the 5th, in Rabat that 16 people died after catching the H1N1 flu, reports MAP news agency. The Minister indicated that 20 people have fully recovered while 36 others are still undergoing treatment in public and private health facilities. The deaths are mostly related to complications, listed by the Health ministry, including age, pregnancy, and chronic diseases. As part of the national surveillance system

An Israeli politician of Moroccan origins elected as head of a far-right party

Israel's «Jewish Home» party elected, Sunday, former Education Minister Rabbi Yitzhak Levy, who has Moroccan origins, as the new Chairman of the far-right party, reports Israel National News. «Jewish Home» said it overcame all the difficulties and crises it faced, saying it was confident in the new election. «We found an excellent candidate after many days of examining and vetting the various candidates; we heard and we chose», the party said in a press

Quebec awards a Moroccan national who died in the 2017 City mosque shooting

The government of Quebec awarded several medals, Monday, at the National Assembly to the victims and heroes of the 2017 City mosque terror shooting. According to Radio Canada, authorities awarded Azzedine Soufiane the «good citizenship» medal. The 57-year-old Moroccan-Canadian man who «received the bravery award, posthumously». During the attack, Soufiane «managed to pounce on the gunman and overpower him for several seconds, but was killed when the shooter broke

H1N1 flu : The Health Ministry and the WHO reassure Moroccans

The current situation with regard to seasonal influenza «should in no way worry the population», said Tuesday the Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ministry of health following information reported by newspapers and social media about deaths due to this disease. «The WHO and the Ministry of Health are monitoring the situation very closely and recommend the usual preventive measures», they said in a joint statement. The influenza surveillance system

Imlil Murder : Investigating judge hears Swiss-Spanish suspect

The investigating judge in charge of terrorism affairs at the annexe of Salé's appeal court heard, on Monday, a Swiss national of Spanish nationality, for alleged links with the perpetrators of the murder of two Scandinavian tourists on 17 December in the commune of Imlil (El Haouz province). The investigating judge initiated this process as part of the detailed interrogation procedure, while the hearing of the other defendants in this case was postponed, says a judicial source. The

Maroc-Allemagne : Prêts et dons de 330,5 millions d'euros en faveur du développement durable

Le Maroc et l'Allemagne ont signé, mardi à Rabat, deux arrangements de coopération financière d'une enveloppe globale de 330,5 millions d'euros sous forme de prêts et de dons, portant sur le développement durable. Ces arrangements de coopération ont été signés par le ministre de l'Economie et des Finances, Mohamed Benchaâboun, et l'ambassadeur d'Allemagne à Rabat, Götz Schmidt-Bremme. «Nous venons de