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• French Mayor Faces Death Threats for Hosting Yazidi Refugee Families
  27 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  Jacques Tabarly, Mayor of Septfonds, has been the subject of death threats for offering hospitality to several families of Yazidi refugees, an Iraqi minority persecuted by the Islamic State (IS) group. The French justice system has opened an investigation.
  Septfonds is one of the municipalities that welcome Yazidi families upon their arrival in France. Indeed, on August 8, 31 Yazidi women and their children had landed in Toulouse as part of a reception program, which is in line with the (…)

• Morocco to Boost Family Allowances for Private Sector Workers Starting September
  29 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The National Social Security Fund (CNSS) is working to implement the increase in family allowances. This decision taken during the social dialogue will take effect on September 1, 2019.
  According to a source close to the Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Othmani, the Council of Government will adopt, on Thursday, August 29, 2019, the decree implementing the decision to pay the increased family allowances for the private sector.
  This information will be confirmed by Mohamed Yatim, (…)

• Morocco Approves Increase in Private Sector Family Allowances Starting September
  31 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Council of Government adopted the implementing decree No. 2.19.750 amending Decree No. 2.08.358 published on July 9, 2008 providing for an increase in family allowances for the private sector.
  Things are becoming clearer as the deadline for the effective implementation of the increase in family allowances approaches. By adopting implementing decree No. 2.19.750, the Council of Government paves the way for the effective implementation of the social dialogue agreement as of September 1, (…)

• Moroccan Actress Dounia Boutazout Reveals She’s Expecting a Baby Girl
  1 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Pregnant for some time, actress Dounia Boutazout has just officially revealed the sex of her baby on social media.
  The one who has long embodied "Chaabia" seems very happy to know the sex of her child. "It’s a girl," the actress exclaimed, announcing the news to her fans on her official Instagram account.
  The least we can say is that Dounia, who had recently announced that she wanted to end her career in order to devote herself to her family life, is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her (…)

• Moroccan Families Struggle with Soaring Private School Costs
  11 September 2019, by Kamal

  Education in Morocco has become too expensive. The commercialism of private schools places families in a delicate situation, due to fees that are not subject to any price control. Registration and insurance fees as well as the imposed monthly fees do not follow any pricing logic.
  According to Akhbarona, while the reference premium for school insurance does not exceed 10 dirhams per student, parents have to pay amounts ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 dirhams.
  This insurance, whose premium (…)

• King Mohammed VI Offers Condolences to Family of Moroccan-Canadian Pilot Killed in Plane Crash
  10 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  Following the death of the young Moroccan-Canadian pilot, Hind Barch, King Mohammed VI sent a message of condolence and compassion to her family.
  According to the website assahafa.com, Soraya El Othmani, the Moroccan Ambassador to Canada, conveyed King Mohammed VI’s condolences to the family of the young Moroccan-Canadian pilot, who died in the crash of her Cessna plane, which disappeared on the night of Wednesday, September 4 to Thursday, September 5, before being found on Saturday, (…)

• Elderly Moroccan Seamstress Rescued from Libya, Reunites with Family After Years
  12 September 2019, by Kamal

  Hajja Zahra will finally be able to reunite with her family and loved ones in Marrakech, after years of loneliness and abandonment in Libya. She had gone to work as a seamstress, and had remained anonymous since she fell ill.
  Significant efforts have been made by the Ministry in charge of Moroccans Residing Abroad, in coordination with the Directorate of Consular and Social Affairs within the Ministry and the Consul General in Tunisia, to find her family.
  Born in 1945 in Marrakech, (…)

• Moroccan Singer Latifa Raafat Welcomes Baby at 54, Surprising Fans
  13 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  The singer Latifa Raafat, at the age of 54, is a mother again. This news, which delights the many fans of the Moroccan diva, was published on social networks by the Moroccan artist, Mohamed Choubi.
  A mother in her fifties! This is a miracle. And yet, well into her fifties, the interpreter of "Alach Ya Ghazali" has given birth to a newborn.
  Moved to be pregnant at this age, the artist had announced the news on social networks, before displaying her baby bump on stage, on the occasion of (…)

• High School Principal Assaulted in Fès, Morocco; Three Arrested
  22 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  The police arrested the mother of a student and two of her relatives in Fès. They are accused of having assaulted the principal of a high school in her office.
  "Facial injuries and head trauma". This is what the mother of a student and two of her relatives inflicted on the principal of a high school in Fès.
  According to the police reports, the student’s mother had gone to the principal’s office to request a certificate of departure for her daughter from the high school.
  In response to (…)

• Spanish Court’s Light Sentence Shocks Family of Slain Moroccan Immigrant
  3 October 2019, by Kamal

  A Moroccan family, originally from Béni Mellal, was surprised by the light sentence handed down by a Spanish court against the murderer of their son, a Moroccan residing in Spain.
  The story goes back to 2014. A Moroccan national named Mohamed Najib Benaqqa, living with his small family in the Albacete region, was fatally stabbed by a South American.
  According to the Hespress website, while witnesses mention a premeditated murder committed by the defendant and his accomplices, others (…)