Ali El Haddachi is an 11-year-old Moroccan kid who was killed in a car accident on Sunday. He was the youngest of his three brothers. Ali was playing football with his friends near his house in Genoa (north-western Italy). At around 7 pm, he was hit by a 57-year-old Italian in his car who was speeding, reports the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, which was quoted by 360. The incident took place in Ferrada di Moconesi, in the region of Val Fontabuona near Genoa. «The child
The former German President (2004-2010), Horst Köhler was officially appointed on Wednesday, 16th of August, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara. A press release sent by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Rabat, declares that «the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has named Horst Köhler, the former German President, as Personal Envoy for Western Saharav. The statement said that Horst Köhler «will
A 26-year-old Moroccan national who has threatened to throw himself from the window carrying his girlfriend’s baby is detained in Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, and is facing 6 months to 10 years in prison. According to Sachsische Zeitung, a German newspaper, the man argued with his girlfriend on Sunday, then things escalated when he climbed to a window and attempted to jump while holding an 8-month baby. The same source also indicates that the man was holding a
Spanish coastguard managed to rescue 339 migrants that were on seven makeshift boats in the Mediterranean sea, AFP reports. «339 people have been rescued, in seven canoes, between one o'clock in the morning and now,» the spokesman said. The rescued migrants were transferred to Tarifa (southern Spain). Among them at least 19 minors and one baby, says the same person. «The number of boats arriving on the Spanish coast this summer is unusual,» she said. «There are
La société chargée de la gestion du transport en autobus à Casablanca, M’dina Bus, a annoncé avoir renforcé son offre afin de remédier à l’interruption provisoire d'une ligne du tramway T1, très fréquentée par les usagers de la métropole. Le dispositif mis en place consiste en l'adaptation de l'offre actuelle des lignes dont les origines/destinations sont proches de celles de la ligne de tramway T1,
Le ministère de l’Equipement, du transport, de la logistique et de l’eau a annoncé la libération de la circulation dans les deux sens sur la RN 9, qui a connu, dimanche, un important éboulement rocheux au point kilométrique 339 au niveau de la section entre Taddart et le col de Tichka à 110 Km de Marrakech en allant vers Ouarzazate. En effet, l’intervention des équipes spécialisées de la direction provinciale d'Al
L'Office national des chemins de fer (ONCF) a annoncé la fermeture le 20 août de la gare de Casa-port à la circulation des trains et l'interruption du trafic entre les gares de Casa-voyageurs, Casa-port et Ain Sebaa à cause de travaux exceptionnels au niveau du carrefour ferroviaire de Casablanca. La journée du dimanche 20 août 2017, l’Office national des chemins de fer (ONCF) effectuera une phase importante des travaux de grande ampleur sur le
Une personne a trouvé la mort et une autre a été grièvement blessée, dans un accident de la route survenu dans la nuit de mardi à mercredi sur l'autoroute Khémisset-Meknès, au niveau de la commune rurale Jomaat Tolba, a-t-on appris auprès des autorités locales. L'accident s'est produit vers 2 heures au point kilométrique 70. Une collision frontale entre deux poids lourds a provoqué la mort de l’un
Morocco and Nigeria have founded a steering committee to set up an insurance scheme that would cover the Nigerian agricultural sector, This day reports today. The new committee will have to «use parametric products and leverage on the Moroccan model for crops covering selected areas of between 5000 and 10,000 hectares of land», the same source points out. According to the Nigerian online newspaper, this committee will bring together representatives of the Moroccan Agricultural
The Moroccan cycling team will compete in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships scheduled for 17-24 September in Bergen (southern Norway), according to the Royal Moroccan Cycling Federation (FRMC). This qualification comes after the results of the national senior, under-23, and junior teams that will take part of this year’s edition. And it was also included in the program contract concluded by the FRMC with the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Moroccan National Olympic