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
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
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
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
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
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
La situation actuelle relative à la grippe saisonnière «ne doit en aucun cas inquiéter la population», ont assuré mardi le bureau de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) et le ministère de la santé en réaction aux informations rapportées dans les journaux et les médias sociaux concernant les décès dus à cette maladie. «L’OMS et le ministère de la Santé
L’Établissement de coopération intercommunale (ECI) «Al Baida» du grand Casablanca a décidé, mardi, à l’unanimité, de résilier le contrat de M’dina Bus, qui assure la gestion déléguée du transport collectif urbain par autobus dans 11 communes, depuis 2004. Les responsables des communes concernées reprochent notamment à la société délégataire
Le service préfectoral de la police judiciaire de Laâyoune a diligenté, lundi soir, sous la supervision du parquet compétent, une enquête judiciaire à l'encontre d'un brigadier de police exerçant dans le district provincial de la sûreté de Tan-Tan, pour son implication présumée dans une affaire de corruption. Selon les premiers éléments de l'enquête, ce brigadier de police est soupçonné
Le ministère du Travail et de l’Insertion professionnelle et le ministère délégué chargé des Marocains résidant à l’Étranger et des Affaires de la Migration ont signé, lundi à Rabat, une convention de partenariat visant l'accompagnement des saisonnières marocaines en Espagne. Signée par Mohamed Yatim et Abdelkrim Benatiq, cette convention intervient suite à l’éclatement,