Africa Diabetes to launch a school of diabetes

Africa Diabetes, a social enterprise that supports people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in living and managing their condition, launched its training center dedicated for diabetes in Africa and the Middle East. After targeting health professionals (doctors, nurses, pharmacists and dieticians), diabetic patients and their parents as well as businesses, today AfricaDiabets seeks to reach schools in Morocco, says its associate director Rachid Jankari on his LinkedIn account. Africa Diabetes

Démantèlement d’une cellule terroriste à Fès : Les produits saisis utilisés dans la fabrication d’explosifs

Les produits suspects saisis dans une «planque sûre» à Fès et dans une voiture appartenant à l’un des éléments arrêtés dans le cadre du démantèlement samedi dernier par le Bureau central d’investigation judiciaire (BCIJ) de la cellule terroriste pro-Daech, sont des liquides et poudres chimiques essentiels utilisés dans la fabrication d’explosifs. Les membres de la cellule projetaient de les

Chicago : Souad Mekhennet named recipient of the 2017 Daniel Pearl award

The 2017 Daniel Pearl Award for courage and integrity in Journalism was awarded to Souad Mekhennet, the Washington Post’s international reporter, who became the first Muslim woman to receive this prestigious prize, the Chicago Journalists Association (CJA). Souad Mekhennet will receive the award on November the 10th, during the 78th annual dinner of the CJA. Born in Germany to a Moroccan father and a Turkish mother, the journalist was recommended by the parents of Daniel Pearl, the

After 12 years of incarceration, Spain to expel a Moroccan national accused of terrorism

A Moroccan national in Spain sentenced in 2005 to 12 years in prison over links to the terrorist attacks of March the 11th 2014 is about to be released. Said El Harrak will leave the penitentiary center of Mansillas Las Mulas (Léon) on October the 25th, a Spanish media platform reported. However, once released, the man will be immediately deported to Morocco, the same source added. A measure already applied last January against Youssef Belhadi, another Moroccan national and member of

Italy : Khalid Chaouki elected as the new president of the Mosque of Rome

Khalid Chaouki, a Moroccan-Italian national, was elected on Tuesday head of the Great Mosque of Rome, the biggest Islamic institution in Italy, reports the Italian online newspaper La Stampa. «Several years after being founded, the Great Mosque of Rome plays an important role in breaking up with past by choosing Khalid Chaouki, a portrait of a second generation of Muslims in Italy,» said the same source. The latter believes that his election will open a new chapter in «Islam

Hundreds of Sahrawis welcomed Horst Kohler on Wednesday

The Polisario Front welcomed Horst Kohler, the Personal Envoy for Western Sahara pointed recently by the UN Secretary-General, on Wednesday morning. Trucks and utility vehicles transported hundreds of Sahrawis to the «Aousserd camp» to receive the UN official. History is repeating itself in the Polisario camps as the same thing happened in March 2016, when Ban Ki-moon, the former personal envoy to Western Sahara visited the region. The former German president is supposed to stay

Le ministère de la Santé appelle à l'encouragement du don d'organes

Le ministère de la Santé a appelé à encourager la culture du don d'organes pour répondre aux besoins croissants des patients, à l'occasion de la célébration, le 17 octobre, de la Journée mondiale de la transplantation d'organes et de tissus humains. Les opérations de transplantation d'organes et de tissus humains ont connu une évolution remarquable au Maroc, a affirmé le ministère de la Santé dans

Le projet de loi de finances 2018 adopté par le conseil du gouvernement

Réuni sous la présidence du chef du gouvernement, Saâdeddine El Othmani, le conseil du gouvernement a adopté le projet de loi de finances (PLF) 2018. Ce dernier table sur une croissance de 3,2% et prévoit de contenir le déficit budgétaire à 3%. «L'adoption du PLF 2018 intervient dans un contexte marqué par une amélioration du niveau du taux de croissance qui a atteint 4,6% en 2017, de la valeur ajoutée des

Salim Bouazzati wins the IEMed Literary contest for his novel «Loaf of bread»

The young Moroccan writer Salim Bouazzati won the first prize of the 2017 edition of the literary competition «A sea of words» launched by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed) and the Anna Lindh Foundation. Salim Bouazzati (22 years old) won for his work «Loaf of bread», which describes the despair of a young emigrant in Melilla, IEMed said on Tuesday in a press release reported by MAP news agency. Bouazzati’s novel was chosen among 225 works that

Littérature : Salim Bouazzati remporte le concours littéraire de l’IEMed et la Fondation Anna Lindh

Le jeune écrivain marocain Salim Bouazzati a remporté le premier prix de l’édition 2017 du concours littéraire «Une mer de mots» de l’Institut européen de la Méditerranée (IEMed) et de la Fondation Anna Lindh. Salim Bouazzati (22 ans) s’est adjugé le premier prix de ce concours littéraire pour son œuvre «Loaf of bread» (Une miche de pain), qui relate le désespoir d’un