AL BAYANE :
The President of the AU and the Republic of Guinea: Alpha Condé, guest speaker at the 9th Assises de l'Agriculture: ""The 9th Assises de l'agriculture, which will be held in the 17th of April in Meknes, will be attended by Mr. Alpha Condé, the President of the African Union (AU) and the President of the Republic of Guinea," announced on Wednesday the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests. "Featured guest of this edition, Mr. Condé, will give an opening speech at the start of this meeting and will also attend the inauguration, in the 18th of April, of the 12th edition of the International Exhibition of Agriculture in Morocco (SIAM)," says the ministry in a statement.
The singer Saad Lamjarred released in Liberty: ""The Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred has been released by the French justice. He is under house arrest with an electronic bracelet," announced his lawyer Eric Dupond-Moretti in a statement to the MAP on Thursday. "Saad Lamajarred will not be able to leave the French territory. His passport was confiscated by the judicial authorities and has no right to contact either the witnesses or the complainant," says a source close to the file. In the pre-trial detention at the Fleury-Mérogis Prison (Paris region) in the 26th of October 2016 after the accusations of a 20-year-old French woman claiming that he had abused her, the singer has always claimed his innocence. Saad Lamjarred was heard by the court in the 11th of April. His lawyers filed a new application for provisional release. The examining magistrate had three days to rule on this request."
LIBERATION:
Holding of an institutional parliamentary seminar in the eve of the opening of the second legislative session: "The House of Representatives will hold a plenary session this Friday in the opening of the second legislative session, in accordance with the provisions of Article 65 of the Constitution. This session will be followed by another session devoted to the elections to fill vacancies in the organs of the Chamber. Two days earlier, the House had hosted a mid-term seminar of the institutional twinning project "Support to the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco" whose results of which were unanimously described as very satisfying by the officials and representatives of the parliamentary institutions involved in the project."
A new cell affiliated with Daech dismantled by the BCIJ: ""The Central Office of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), under the Directorate General of the Territorial Surveillance, dismantled on Wednesday a terrorist cell affiliated with Daech, composed of seven individuals that are active in Fez and Moulay Yacoub," says the Interior Ministry in a statement relayed by the agency MAP. "The investigations revealed that the members of this cell had links with an extremist network that had been dismantled recently and was working to strengthen the organization by Moroccan fighters," adds the ministry in a statement, pointing out that the searches were used to seize weapons, military uniforms and sums of money, as well as electronic equipment."
LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
A few days before the meeting of the Morocco-European Union Joint Committee: The President of the House of Representatives calls for a review of the neighborhood policy and an immunization of the agreements between the Kingdom and the EU: "In the eve of the 8th annual meeting of the EU-Morocco Joint Committee, scheduled in Rabat in the 18th and 19th of April, the President of the House of Representatives called for a review of the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP), which was set up in 2006. For Habib El Malki, the ENP is outdated in the light of the new geopolitical issues related in particular to the immigration and the intensification of the terrorist threat. Otherwise, El Malki said that Morocco-EU relations are facing obstacles built up from scratch, hence the importance of immunizing the agreements and treaties binding the two parties and surrounding them with the necessary political guarantees."
Women Entrepreneurship: An investment fund in the starting blocks: "In collaboration with GCMC and several financial partners, the African Development Bank is planning to launch an investment fund for women's entrepreneurship in Morocco. This fund, which will have to be activated this year, is intended to be a variation of a global fund of 3 billion Dollar created by the AfDB for the African women entrepreneurs."
AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC:
The government forming: El Othmani unveils behind the scenes: "The head of government, Saad Eddin El Othmani emerges from his silence. After the multiplication of information and rumors about the negotiations that led to the forming of the government, El Othmani reveals part of the backstage. In a review published on the PJD website, the number one executive says that Driss Lachgar, the first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), was not even a candidate to join the current government team. This media release is far from fortuitous since he wanted to deny the information about his veto against Lachgar's entry to the government."
Health: The national strike of the nurses in 19th of April: "The National Federation of Health affiliated to the UMT (Moroccan Labor Union) announces a national strike in the public health sector on Wednesday, the 19th of April. This protest movement concerns nurses. "The doctors, the public pharmacists and other health personnel may participate in this disengagement in support of the nurses", says Mohammed Ouardi, the General Secretary of the National Federation of Health."
Les Inspirations Eco:
Citrus export: The decline in revenues aggravates the crisis: "Abundance of supply, difficulties linked to the marketing and the diversification of the export markets, quality problems, lack of synergy between the professionals, change of the varietal profile of the orchard and low capacity of the local market... The problems facing the Moroccan citrus industry are back this year and they are insurmountable because of their structural nature. The figures are revealing..."
Telecoms: The quality of mobile service improving: "The results of the latest mobile quality of service measurement campaign, for the year 2016, showed a significant improvement compared with previous years. It shows that over an 81% of (sample of cities, the success rate is higher (better) than the thresholds allowed in the specifications of the operators."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
