Day: June 20, 2024

Fru Joseph is still not in a happy mood after gunmen set on fire his Taxi in Bamenda on June 18, 2024. That fateful day, his driver who set out for the daily hustle, called around 3 PM to inform him that some armed men had stopped him and were furious over the color of his taxi.

‘I was at home on Tuesday 18 of June when my driver called me and said unknown gunmen stopped him and removed him out of the car took everything that was with him asking him if he had not been warned not to use a taxi with yellow color,’ Fru told CNA.

Despite pleas for mercy, the armed men set the car on fire, before leaving the scene.

‘He pleaded, lying on the ground telling them to pardon him but they refused and set the taxi on fire

Then he called me and told me they had burnt my taxi.’

Fru Joseph who was seen shortly after the incident, crying uncontrollably, said this was the only source of his livelihood.

The separatist group, Ambazonia Governing Forces, ordered its fighters to destroy Taxis painted in Yellow said they are
unshaken and will continue the policy of no Yellow Taxis in the capital city.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

Rabat – A partnership agreement to improve refugees’ access to healthcare was signed on Thursday in Rabat between the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Moroccan Family Planning Association (AMPF).

Signed on the occasion of World Refugee Day by Yasmine Lahlou-Filali, Vice-President of the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation, François Reybet-Degat, UNHCR Representative in Morocco, and Abdellatif Maamri, Executive Director of the Moroccan Family Planning Association, this tripartite partnership agreement aims to strengthen the joint medical program between the UNHCR and the AMPF for the benefit of refugees.

It marks a significant step in the ongoing commitment of the three stakeholders to work together to create an inclusive and supportive environment to support refugee populations.

Under the terms of this partnership, which takes effect in 2024 and runs until 2026, the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation undertakes to donate medicines worth one million dirhams
over three years for the benefit of refugees on Moroccan territory, as part of the joint health program between the AMPF and the UNHCR.

The first endowment was delivered by the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation to the AMPF, which is responsible for distributing it to its Health Centers, in its capacity as implementing partner of the UNHCR Health component in Morocco.

This tripartite agreement follows on from the framework agreement signed on December 19, 2023 between the Noufissa Pharma 5 Foundation and UNHCR, covering the years 2024/2025/2026, and aimed at strengthening joint efforts to facilitate refugees’ access to medicines, education and economic and social integration in Morocco.

Indeed, the partnership between the Noufissa Foundation and UNHCR, which dates back to 2019, has already laid the groundwork for this strengthened collaboration.

By focusing on access to healthcare, education and employment, this partnership aims to offer refugees the opportunities they need to rebuild their lives and make a pos
itive contribution to the Moroccan society that welcomes them.

According to the signatories, this joint commitment is in line with the principles of solidarity and inclusion advocated by His Majesty King Mohammed VI towards refugees.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has issued a warning of a significant heatwave set to affect multiple provinces in Morocco from Saturday through Monday. According to the DGM’s announcement on Thursday, temperatures are forecasted to range between 37 and 42°C (around 99 and 108°F) during this period.

The affected provinces include Beni Mellal, Fquih Bensalah, Khenifra, Settat, Rehamna, Youssoufia, and Chichaoua, where residents are advised to prepare for high temperatures as part of an orange alert level.

Additionally, the heatwave is expected to impact several other provinces, including El Kelaa des Sraghna, Marrakech, Moulay Yaacoub, Fez, Meknes, Taounate, Sidi Slimane, Khemisset, Sidi Kacem, Errachidia, Zagoura, Tinghir, Tata, and Aousserd.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – The letter sent by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to the Head of Government on the 7th General Population and Housing Census (RGPH-2024) “outlines the contours of this large-scale operation, the data from which will serve as a basis for decision-makers and stakeholders when drawing up and implementing various sectoral policies”, said Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khalid Aït Taleb.

In a statement to MAP, Aït Taleb emphasized that “this Royal Letter has the advantage of tackling, in a meticulous and scientific manner, new themes necessary to the various public policies and strategies, in particular the Royal Project for the generalization of social protection, which reflects all the interest that has always been given by the Sovereign to improving the living conditions of citizens”.

This important Royal Project, aimed at promoting social and spatial justice, constitutes “a real social revolution in terms of its impact on a large section of Moroccan society”, added the Minister.

Aït Taleb st
ressed that the RGPH-2024 will enable decision-makers to collect and update socio-economic data on households, while providing them with a forward-looking vision of needs, particularly in the areas of health and social protection. The census will also make it easier to adapt programs to current and future realities, to better meet citizens’ expectations, he added.

The Minister indicated that the next Census will provide an updated database enabling social protection and health programs to be adapted to needs, noting that his department will use this information to implement initiatives aimed at generalizing social protection and providing universal health coverage and adequate family compensation.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – Members of the National Brigade of Judicial Police (BNPJ) arrested, on Thursday in Casablanca, a Dane, who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Danish judicial authorities for a voluntary manslaughter case against a background of settling accounts between international drug trafficking networks, according to a security source.

The arrest of the suspect, 32, is part of international cooperation in the security field and the efforts made by the services of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) to apprehend people wanted internationally in cases linked to transnational crime, the same source reported.

A check against the Interpol database revealed that the suspect was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the Danish judicial authorities, according to the same source. A prison sentence was imposed on the suspect, who was implicated in a case of voluntary manslaughter, against a background of settling accounts between international drug and psychot
ropic trafficking networks.

Searches also led to the seizure of a quantity of cannabis and a falsified German passport bearing his personal photograph and a false identity.

The suspect was placed in police custody for the purposes of the judicial investigation being conducted under the supervision of the competent Public Prosecutor’s Office, while the Interpol National Central Bureau in Rabat, under the authority of the DGSN, was responsible for informing its counterpart in Denmark of the arrest operation under the extradition procedure.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse