
Fatal Truck Collision on Agadir-Marrakech Highway Leaves 2 Dead, Causes Major Fire
Two people died in the collision between two trucks on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, on the Agadir-Marrakech highway, near the commune of Amskroud.

Two people died in the collision between two trucks on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, on the Agadir-Marrakech highway, near the commune of Amskroud.

Following the death of President Béji Caïd Essebsi, King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolences to the President of the Assembly of People’s Representatives of Tunisia, Mohamed Ennaceur, and, beyond, to the Tunisian people.

It was Friday, July 23, 1999. Moroccan television had suddenly interrupted its programs to broadcast Quranic readings, before announcing the death of the late King, Hassan II, which occurred that day around 4:30 pm.

He was arrested. 5 days after the discovery of the body of a young boy, the Meknes police have just announced the arrest of a suspect. The latter has already had to deal with justice in the past.

The operation to repatriate the Moroccans killed in the air raid by Marshal Khalifa Haftar against a migrant center in Tajoura has started, announces the Moroccan Consulate in Tunis in a press release.

Moroccan music is orphaned. The singer-songwriter, Hassan Mégri, who was long a member of the music group "Les frères Mégri", died on Sunday, July 14, 2019, after a long illness.

The causes of the death of a young man of Moroccan origin are, for the time being, still unknown. But an investigation, currently open, will have to determine all the responsibilities in the death of Ilyas, in a center for minors, in Almería, in southern Spain.

The number of Moroccans killed in the air raid that targeted a migrant center in Tripoli, Libya, has just been revised upwards by the Moroccan Consulate in Tunis.

A new tragedy shook the Azilal region yesterday. Indeed, a thirty-year-old man drowned in the Ouzoud waterfalls, known for their dangerousness.

Collecting donations for the repatriation of deceased Moroccans abroad is now prohibited by the Kingdom of Morocco, which fully assumes this operation, hammered Abdelkrim Benatiq, Minister of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Migration Affairs.

A national campaign to fight scorpion stings is launched every year to prevent this scourge that causes many deaths in Morocco. Indeed, each year, about fifty people die from scorpion stings, while a dozen people die from snake bites.

A joint circular was signed on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 by the Ministries of Health and the Interior. It deals with the establishment of a national system for registering causes of death, in line with international standards.