Khadija Ayad al-Qotri has turned her place into a refuge for cancer patients in Rabat, after realizing that some of them have decided to stop the treatment because of the high cost of traveling, says Reuters. The 72-year-old woman founded the Jannat association in 2009, a few months after her husband died of cancer. Her NGO provides patients and their families with free accommodation, free transport to Rabat’s oncology center and free meals. Khadija Ayad al-Qotbi relies on her
La ville de Casablanca lance le Concours «Casa rues vertes» en vue de sensibiliser les Casablancais à la propreté de leurs rues et de leur donner la possibilité d’améliorer leur cadre de vie. Ce concours annuel, organisé à l’instar de nombreuses villes dans le monde, tend à la sensibilisation et à la responsabilisation des citoyens afin de s’impliquer dans la gestion de leur quartier et leur ville, et
Moroccan-Dutch national Said Chaou might be extradited to Morocco after a court in Breda, a city in the southern part of the Netherlands, couldn’t maintain the decision, reported Dutch online newspaper Bode on Tuesday. The Public Prosecution Service appealed the decision pronounced on February the 22nd which suggests that Said Chaou could not be extradited to the Kingdom. According to the body of public prosecutors in the Dutch criminal justice system, the court has wrongly assumed that
Des journalistes ont accusé le président et le secrétaire général du Syndicat national de la presse marocaine (SNPM) d'avoir exclu des journalistes d'une réunion régionale des syndicats de journalistes du monde arabe et du Moyen-Orient, organisée à Marrakech par le SNPM en collaboration avec la Fédération internationale des journalistes et la Fondation Friedrich-Ebert. Un communiqué signé par des
The Moroccan authorities have recovered 11 bodies and rescued 32 people near Nador, said a communiqué released on Tuesday. The boat that was carrying sub-Saharan migrants was stuck near the coast of Nador on Monday, local authorities told AFP. «Thirty-two sub-Saharan Africans were saved and the bodies of 11 migrants were recovered», said the same source. The authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Malian national, who was suspected of helping these migrants cross the
Morocco is canceling customs duty on soft wheat, starting from the 1st of November, reports Reuters quoting the Kingdom’s ministry of agriculture. The decision, which will have to be approved by the government council, will allow importers to «better plan reserves», added the ministry. «The duty cancellation would ensure regular supply in light of the slow pace of the collection of national output», said the ministry in a statement relayed by the British
French coach Hervé Renard, who currently manages the Atlas Lions, revealed on Tuesday, 2nd of October, the names of the 26 footballers to face Comoros in two games for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification. The first match will be hosted by Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca on Saturday, 13th of October, while the second game will be played on Tuesday, October the 16th, at the Said Mohamed Cheikh stadium in Mitsamiouli in Comoros. The Atlas Lions will head to a training camp on
King Mohammed VI chaired, on Monday at the Rabat royal palace, a working session on upgrading vocational training offer, diversifying and developing jobs and modernizing pedagogical methods, said a statement by the Royal Office. The meeting is in line with the implementation of the priorities and measures set by the monarch, especially in the speeches on the Throne Day and August 20. For the record, in his speech dated Aug. 20, the King drew attention anew to the problem of youth employment,
Spanish activist Helena Maleno has announced on Tuesday, October the 2nd, the death of 34 migrants who were stranded in a semi-submersible boat near the Moroccan shores with 26 other people, says Europa Press. The journalist and spokesperson for «Caminando Fronteras» (Walking Borders), denounced the death of these migrants who were accompanied by two children, when trying to cross the Mediterranean for Spain. «34, including a baby and a child, out of
The Moroccan and Spanish authorities have decided to suspend the transfer of goods at the borders on Tuesday, 2nd of October, as Spain’s national police is commemorating its annual festivities known as los Santos Ángeles Custodios, reports EFE. Police sources told the news agency that Spain issued a calendar last week, indicating that the Trajal transfer will take place on Obtober the 2nd. However, at the last minute, they decided to postpone the operation until
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