• Much of the death and destruction that Morocco suffered following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in September, 2023, could have been avoided. (engineeringforchange.org)
  • The statement below was released by members of the Aspen Ministers Forum on February 18, 2020. (aspeninstitute.org)
  • ABTA picked Morocco as one of its 2020 destinations to watch in this year's ABTA Travel Trends report, for its dramatic mountains, windswept beaches and magical ancient cities. (abta.com)
  • So, if your 2020 travel list requires some adventure, culture or seaside, then Morocco should be printed on your boarding ticket. (abta.com)
  • Travel Trends brings together news and insights from ABTA Members, market information and ABTA research, offering a review of the last 12 months and looking ahead to 2020. (abta.com)
  • The national flags of Morocco, Israel and the United States on an El Al plane to Morocco flying a delegation to finalize a normalization deal between Jerusalem and Rabat, at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, December 22, 2020. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • Jerusalem, Israel - December 22, 2020 … Israel has renewed diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Morocco. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • With the information currently available for the novel coronavirus, WHO advises that measures to limit the risk of exportation or importation of the disease should be implemented, without unnecessary restrictions of international traffic.Read more on https://www.who.int/ith/2020-24-01-outbreak-of-Pneumonia-caused-by-new-coronavirus/en/ . (who.int)
  • Cancer in Morocco: An Assessment stages, with the goal of full cohesion in Press staff member in December 2020. (who.int)
  • Washington, D.C. - The Kingdom of Morocco and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) are hosting the 2022 OGP Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting on November 1-3, 2022 in Marrakech, Morocco. (opengovpartnership.org)
  • Le gouvernement marocain est honoré d'organiser la rencontre régionale Afrique et Moyen-Orient du PGO 2022 en tant qu' opportunité pour mettre en évidence les meilleures pratiques et les progrès réalisés dans la région et fournir un espace pour l'apprentissage par les pairs et pour la création de partenariats. (opengovpartnership.org)
  • MGI Worldwide's Kenya-based member firm MGI Alekim LLP celebrates #EarthDay 2022 with an exciting tree planting initiative! (mgiworld.com)
  • Events in the year 2021 in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • 26 March-4 April - Tour du Maroc July - Morocco is scheduled to host the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. (wikipedia.org)
  • S for Cancer Prevention (PDF and print) variety of communications materials, members, is a priority for the Agency, · A Checklist for Dad (print) was announced in September 2021. (who.int)
  • Data gathered by the Moroccan Center for Renewable Energy Development (CDER) confirms that Morocco has several areas with excellent potential for exploiting wind energy, particularly in the regions around Essaouira, Tangier and Tetouan (with average annual average wind speeds between 9.5 and 11 m/s at 40 metres) and the areas of Tarfaya Dakhla, Laayoune and Taza (with annual average wind speed between 7.5 and 9.5 m/s at 40 metres). (evwind.es)
  • A survey by the Moroccan news website Le Desk and the international media freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has identified the Moroccan media sector's leading players and their interests outside the media. (rsf.org)
  • Many Israeli citizens, members of the Moroccan community, have longed for this moment. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • The statement highlights the cases of Samad Iach, a journalist and member of the Moroccan Association for Investigative Journalism, and Maati Monjib, a journalist and academic, who have both been prevented from travel and been questioned by the authorities in recent weeks. (cpj.org)
  • The statement also highlights the case of Karima Nadir, vice-president of the Moroccan Association for Digital Rights, who faces charges of spreading false news in relation to a report prepared by human rights group Privacy International on surveillance in Morocco. (cpj.org)
  • The earthquake shook most of Morocco and caused injury and death in other provinces, including Marrakech, Taroudant and Chichaoua. (yahoo.com)
  • Although such powerful tremors are rare, it isn't the country's deadliest: Just over 60 years ago, Morocco was rocked by a magnitude-5.8 quake that killed over 12,000 people on its western coast, crumbling the city of Agadir, southwest of Marrakech. (yahoo.com)
  • Marrakech, Morocco. (magnumphotos.com)
  • Poverty was a significant indicator of vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco. (who.int)
  • Morocco faced several challenges in addressing mental health issues during the pandemic. (who.int)
  • Two unions from Benin affiliated to Education International have decided to join forces to raise awareness among their members on prevention and protection against COVID-19 and on inclusive education and building the role of union leadership within the context of the pandemic in public sector nursery and primary schools. (ei-ie.org)
  • This is why SYNAEM and SNEP-Benin, working jointly, have decided to raise their members' awareness on prevention and protection against the Coronavirus and on inclusive education and strengthening union leadership within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in public nursery and primary schools to ensure social and political dialogue for the revival of education after the reopening of schools in Benin. (ei-ie.org)
  • Appoline Mawouna Fagla, General Secretary of SNEP-Bénin, emphasises that, thanks to this project, their union has been able to raise the awareness of its members on the importance of leadership by and within the union during the pandemic. (ei-ie.org)
  • On 8 September, a 7-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco , affecting several regions, killing 2,960 people and injuring 6,125 others in addition to major material destruction, according to the latest data from the Ministry of the Interior. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • More than 2,000 people died when a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Morocco on September 8th. (engineeringforchange.org)
  • The Executive Board of the University of Twente is deeply saddened to hear about the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco late Friday night. (utwente.nl)
  • Members of our community will have seen the distressing news from Morocco, where an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck near Marrakesh on Friday 8 September. (bath.ac.uk)
  • The first wind farm in Morocco was installed in 2000 with a capacity of 50.4 MW in El Koudia El Baida (Tlat Taghramt -Province of Tetouan), a site with mean wind speeds of about 10.94 m/s and maximum wind speeds of 36.5 m/s at 10 meters height. (evwind.es)
  • While shooting a stunt sequence for 'Gladiator 2', several crew members were injured on the Morocco set of the sequel to the 2000 film starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix. (outlookindia.com)
  • The two nations have maintained low-level ties from 1975 to 2000, until Morocco called them off with the Palestinian outbreak of the Second Intifada terror uprising in Israel. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • The Eurasian Plate pushing against the Nubian Plate is what led to the formation of the Atlas Mountains, which run through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. (engineeringforchange.org)
  • Offshore, along the Azores-Gibraltar transform fault and the Alboran Sea, and another one onshore, along the Rif mountains in northern Morocco and the Tell Atlas mountain range in north-western Algeria. (engineeringforchange.org)
  • Algeria blames its recent deadly fires on two groups it recently designated as "terrorist" organisations, adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel. (aljazeera.com)
  • The incessant hostile acts carried out by Morocco against Algeria have necessitated the review of relations between the two countries," the statement said. (aljazeera.com)
  • Algeria and Morocco, its most populous neighbour, have had bad relations for decades, with Algiers backing the armed Polisario movement that seeks independence for Western Sahara, a territory Rabat sees as its own. (aljazeera.com)
  • Companies of focus are Al-Fakher and Al-Nakhla (currently two of the largest companies globally), and countries of focus include Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. (who.int)
  • The most significant, recent earthquakes affecting Morocco were in 1994, 2004 and 2016, with magnitudes ranging between 6.0 and 6.3. (engineeringforchange.org)
  • Specifically, in its judgment ( Case C-104/16 P ) of December 21, 2016, the court determined that the 2012 "Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products" provided no legal basis for including Western Sahara within its territorial scope. (hrw.org)
  • Dear News Media, Analysts and Friends of W3C, Today W3C issued a report on Web and Virtual Reality from the Workshop it held 19-20 October 2016 in San Jose, California, hosted by Samsung. (w3.org)
  • TAFEGHAGHTE, Morocco (Reuters) - Hamid ben Henna had just asked his young son Marouane to fetch a knife to cut a melon for the family's evening meal when Morocco's earthquake hit on Friday night. (yahoo.com)
  • 2 March - Morocco cuts off communication with the ambassador of Germany to Morocco following German criticism of the government's stance on Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
  • it further held that trade agreements with Morocco, if they are to be applicable to Western Sahara, require obtaining the consent of its people. (hrw.org)
  • However, the relationship between Morocco and Western Sahara is also one of occupation and, as such, treaties affecting the territory must comply also with IHL. (hrw.org)
  • In Western Sahara, Hezbollah and Iran have armed and trained the Polisario Front against Morocco. (express.co.uk)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • Agreement, or the Liberalization Agreement, aimed at liberalizing the European imports from Morocco, is also applied to Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • What this means is that cherry tomatoes from Western Sahara can be sold at the European market labeled as originating from Morocco. (lu.se)
  • Results: We performed 17 interviews: three from Egypt, six from Jordan, four from Morocco, and four from Sudan. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods: We developed a questionnaire to assess the perceptions and attitudes regarding genetic research of researchers from Egypt, Sudan, Morocco, and Jordan. (bvsalud.org)
  • On February 12, 2019, the European Parliament is scheduled to vote on a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the exchange of letters accompanying the Agreement. (hrw.org)
  • Lemine Al-Kitab allegedly offered to support the Polisario Front, but stressed that its resources were not yet sufficient to attack the Israeli embassy in Morocco. (express.co.uk)
  • We left on a direct and historic Israeli flight to Morocco with the intention of adding tangible agreements to the diplomatic achievement that has been made. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) - An earthquake has sown destruction and devastation in Morocco, where death and injury counts continue to rise after rescue crews dug out people both alive and dead in villages that were reduced to rubble. (yahoo.com)
  • Firefighters from Kent Fire and Rescue Service have told of the "devastation" they have witnessed in Morocco as they helped a dog from the rubble on Wednesday. (yahoo.com)
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  • Online news reported that this latest case, coincidentally, is the second such measles incident involving possible exposure on an Air Canada flight from Switzerland in a matter of weeks. (who.int)
  • During her time at Indagare, Elise Bronzo has collaborated with various institutions to provide exclusive access and special experiences for Indagare members, hosted Indagare Journeys to Italy, Morocco and India and scouted such locales as Jordan, Israel, India, Peru, Botswana and Tanzania. (indagare.com)
  • The findings of this survey, entitled Media Ownership Monitor Morocco (MOM), and the first database about Morocco's media are now available to the public at www.maroc.mom-rsf.org - a trilingual website (French, Arabic and English) that was unveiled in Casablanca today. (rsf.org)
  • Morocco has declared three days of national mourning after an earthquake killed at least 2,000 people - with Britons among those missing amid fears the death toll could climb even higher. (dailymail.co.uk)
  • Upon landing, tea and fruit juices were served as members of the delegation waited for a nose or throat swabbing to test for the coronavirus. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • Busy and fascinating days in Rabat, the capital of Morocco that peaked with the first visit of an official delegation from Israel that arrived on the first direct ElAl flight. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • The renewed relations with Morocco were the fourth, following similar agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • In his book "Chemical Arms of Mass Destruction in the Rif", he claimed that the majority of cancer patients in Morocco come from the Rif region, with more than 70 percent of the adults and 50 percent of the children suffering from cancer in 2015 at the oncology hospital in Rabat being Riffian, particularly from the Nador and Al Hoceima regions - where the bombardment was mainly concentrated. (euobserver.com)
  • for domestic calls from Morocco, call British Embassy Rabat +212 (0) 537 63 33 33 - for international calls to the UK , call +44 (0) 207 008 5000. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Both sides celebrated the first flight from Israel to Morocco with the historic El Al flight 555 flying from Tel Aviv to Rabat. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • Abdel Wahed Al-Mutawakkil, who heads the political circle of Morocco's Justice and Charity Movement, the largest political Islamist group in the kingdom, revealed yesterday that the group has instructed its members to refrain from criticising or blaming the authorities after the massive earthquake that hit the country last month and to prioritise relief and humanitarian field work. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Monjib has been accused of spreading false news and working to undermine Morocco's image. (cpj.org)
  • There is hope that loved ones didn't die when the quake hit the Atlas Mountains here in Morocco , but the smell of dead bodies is at times overpowering and the grim faces of rescue workers speak volumes. (yahoo.com)
  • Morocco has deployed ambulances, rescue crews and soldiers to the region to help assist with emergency response efforts. (yahoo.com)
  • The liaison offices, which never shared embassy status, that Israel and Morocco plan to open in the coming weeks in each other's countries are the same facilities used during that period. (israelnewsagency.com)
  • In a context where check-off is not yet practiced, it was difficult to conduct campaigns to raise awareness and mobilise members, or even to collect union dues. (ei-ie.org)
  • As an English-language private media outlet in Azerbaijan, News.Az Online News Agency aims to raise awareness of the world community about Azerbaijan, its domestic and foreign policy, economy, culture and traditions, as well as about its people. (news.az)
  • Try activities like 4x4 driving in the Sahara Desert, kite surfing and kayaking or taste of another side of Morocco by heading into the High Atlas Mountains for hiking trails. (abta.com)
  • Through its members in-depth understanding of foreign policy, and continued leadership as members of parliament and advisers to governments, the group has examined and provided recommendations on issues including the fight against terrorism, Middle East peace, humanitarian intervention, and reform of the international architecture. (aspeninstitute.org)
  • Algiers to review relations with Morocco after accusing it and group with 'Zionist links' for the deadly forest fires. (aljazeera.com)
  • Going from smaller to larger in scale, the main units recognised are Bed, Member, Formation, Group and Supergroup. (wn.com)
  • is providing support and guidance on healthy maternal lifestyle choices to members of the "Young Mother's Support Group" in her community. (peacecorps.gov)
  • The group was started by community members and local health workers to help provide peer support, health information and business development skills for mothers. (peacecorps.gov)
  • We are a group of passionate community members with expertise ranging from medicine, public health, marketing, and law. (who.int)
  • Over the last thousand years, earthquakes affecting Morocco have tended to take place mainly in two areas . (engineeringforchange.org)
  • A former Roman Catholic priest who fled to Morocco after it was discovered he had sexually abused a child in the US has been sentenced to 30 years in prison almost three decades on from his crime. (independent.co.uk)
  • When his criminal conduct was made public he fled the country, only to be found and arrested in Morocco 25 years later and extradited back to the US. (independent.co.uk)
  • Study authors looked at data from 34 World Health Organization (WHO) member states on the African continent that report surveillance data to Global Influenza Surveillance and Response (GISRS) and used the 25 countries that had at least 3 years of consecutive surveillance data for their analysis. (cdc.gov)
  • This lack of access to timely healthcare worsened chronic health conditions, including psychological issues, and created a sense of helplessness among individuals and their family members, leading to increased psychological distress. (who.int)
  • We offer our deepest sympathies to all those affected and our thoughts are with those who have lost loved ones and those who are concerned about family members, friends or colleagues. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Leach also educates patients and their family members about HIV through lively activities and discussions. (peacecorps.gov)
  • After a rebellion led by Riffian leader Abdelkrim Al-Khattabi concluded in an overwhelming victory for the Amazigh tribes of northern Morocco, and in the liberation of the region from two decades of Spanish colonial rule, Spain and the other European colonial powers were in a state of fear. (euobserver.com)
  • It also includes World Central Kitchen, Doctors Without Borders, and GlobalGiving, which created a Morocco Earthquake Relief Fund and had raised more than $500,000 as of Tuesday morning. (yahoo.com)
  • It said there would also be an "intensification of security controls on the western borders" with Morocco. (aljazeera.com)
  • The strategy adopted jointly by the two unions consists of regular consultation among the project team members, strong mobilisation of members and awareness raising on preventive measures against COVID-19. (ei-ie.org)
  • The education unions of Benin argue that the health crisis linked to COVID-19 has become an education crisis that has dangerously affected the educational community in Benin and, consequently, their members and activists. (ei-ie.org)
  • We recognise that members of our University community may be distressed and upset by these events, or have family, friends or colleagues who been affected by the earthquake. (bath.ac.uk)
  • The committee members will meet regularly to discuss topics including maternal health, education, community leadership and methods of addressing common challenges related to motherhood. (peacecorps.gov)
  • The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution Tuesday that deplores all acts of violence against holy books as a violation of international law, News.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency. (news.az)
  • All of the impacted crew members were treated for burn injuries, according to an individual with knowledge of the production. (outlookindia.com)
  • On Saturday, the Madagascar Makis, named after the island's national animal, a species of the legendary lemur, face Morocco in the Top Nine final. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Learn about online and offline exhibitions, photography fairs, gallery events, plus fine print news and activities, on a monthly basis. (magnumphotos.com)
  • This is an overview of upcoming events and activities taking place at, and around COP 22, that UNEP FI members can contribute to. (unepfi.org)
  • 25 February - Morocco is one of four countries added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of places that are only partially in compliance with international efforts against financing terrorism and money laundering. (wikipedia.org)
  • This month, Aouam joined Landry and University of Dallas President Thomas W. Keefe on an international visit to the Kingdom of Morocco to begin implementing this partnership with Al Akhawayn University. (udallas.edu)
  • Follow advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Morocco travel advice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and remember that all staff and students planning international travel on University business are expected to follow University travel guidance . (bath.ac.uk)
  • About the World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. (w3.org)
  • That quake prompted changes in construction rules in Morocco, but many buildings - especially rural homes - aren't built to withstand such force. (yahoo.com)
  • In 2006, Aouam arrived in the United States from the Kingdom of Morocco with only $300 in his possession, a little bit of English literacy and a whole lot of determination. (udallas.edu)