A new study has revealed that silicosis, a fatal disease that affects miners in particular, can be prevented. Conducted by a group of researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the University of Orléans, biotechnology company Antimmune and the Turkish Clinicians from the Ataturk University, the study was able to identify a mechanism of lung inflammation induced by silica exposure, which leads to silicosis. Entitled «Sting-dependent sensing of
While she was trying to catch the train at the Oasis railway station (Casablanca), Fatima, a 76 years old woman, died after trying to reach the facility through an underground tunnel full of water. Contacted by Yabiladi, her niece Houda said that her aunt left home on Friday morning. The deceased had to catch the train to go to Marrakech, where she was expected to spend the weekend at a friend's place. Fatima took a taxi at around 8 am, which dropped her at the Mecca Boulevard.
«How much would the population of your country change if everyone who wanted to move to another country actually moved where they wanted ?». This is the question research company Gallup asked when conducting the «Potential Net Migration Index», a report that presents the estimated number of adults who would like to move permanently out of a country if the opportunity arose. The index’s findings were based on interviews with nearly «half a million adults in
Amending the 1905 French law on the separation of the church and the State, suggested by President Emmanuel Macron and currently studied by the government, was not well-received by the representatives of the Muslim communities in the country. On the 9th of December at a conference hosted by the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) at the Arab World Institute (IMA) in Paris, the leaders of Muslim federations in France were reluctant to the idea of amending the law, Le Monde
«For the first time in history, the international community adopts a pact on migration», said Monday in Marrakech the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita. «The document is the first of its kind and it is expected to fill the gap in this area», he told reporters on the sidelines of the Intergovernmental Conference for the adoption of the Marrakech Pact on Migration. The Marrakech Pact on migration was adopted by 123
While United Nations member states are planning to meet in Marrakech to adopt the Global Compact for Migration, international activists form Peoples’ Global action (PGA) are gathering on the 8th and 9th of December in Marrakech for their own alternative forum. Their forum is expected to allow participants to develop «strategies to strengthen the actions of civil society» to defend the rights of migrants. The event will be attended by the Moroccan Association for Human Rights
Morocco is among the ten top Arab countries, ranked by the second edition of the Global Knowledge Index, a report conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF). Studied alongside 134 nations, the Kingdom was ranked 94th by the index, made public on December the 5th. Morocco is positioned behind Bolivia 93rd and ahead of Rwanda 95th. Granted 42 points out of 100, the North African Kingdom fell by 17
Minister of Employment and Vocational Training Mohamed Yatim said, recently in Rabat, that his department is working on the creation of a «circular migration model for seasonal workers sent to work in Spain's strawberry fields». During a meeting attended by officials from the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Competencies (ANAPEC), which is tasked with selecting the women sent to Huelva, the minister said that «the 2019 operation is expected to include
Morocco is ranked 103rd among 149 countries studied by the 2018 Prosperity Index, an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute. Released on Wednesday, 28th of November, the report indicates that the Kingdom has fallen by one position moving from 102rd to 103rd when compared to last year. Positioned behind Tunisia and ahead of Tanzania, Morocco «has moved down the ranking table by 8 places», since the Prosperity Index began in 2006, says the British institute. The
Men and women born in the Netherlands to Moroccan migrants prefer to get married and have children later in life, compared to their parents, reveals a study conducted by the Dutch Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and published in Statistics Netherlands’ Annual Report on Integration 2018. The conclusion brought by the survey pinpoints the differences in relationship formation between native Dutch people and second-generation migrants of Moroccan descent. It mainly focuses on the
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