Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]
Morocco allocated 2.35 billion dirhams to upgrade five of its centuries-old towns and help develop handicrafts and revenue generating activities. At a ceremony chaired by King Mohammed VI in Marrakesh Monday, measures were introduced to develop the medinas (old towns) of Marrakech, Salé, Meknes, Tetouan and Essaouira. In Marrakech, the project to rehabilitate an old […]
Morocco has submitted its ratification documents of the Paris Agreement to the UN general assembly in New York, thus joining the 60 other countries that have adhered to the climate deal. In a comment on this ratification, Morocco’s foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar, who is also the COP22 president, said Morocco’s adherence to the Paris agreement […]
