2023-09-12 11:49:45
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Solidarity on the sidelines of the Morocco-Burkina Faso match which is being held this evening
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation will donate to the “Special Fund for the management of the effects of the earthquake which affected the Kingdom of Morocco” the revenue from the ticketing of the friendly match between Morocco and Burkina Faso this Tuesday evening, in Lens.
A collection of donations is also organized before the match, from 5 p.m. in front of the Bollaert stadium.
10:48
The Red Cross launches an appeal for around 100 million euros
“We need 100 million Swiss francs (105 million euros) to be able to respond to the most urgent needs,” such as health, water and sanitation and hygiene, said the operations director of the IFRC, Caroline Holt, during a press briefing in Geneva.
The association created on Saturday on son site Internet a dedicated page to raise funds. It wishes to act “in close coordination with local authorities” and gives “absolute priority to search and (rescue), in order to reach trapped people, provide them with first aid and care for survivors”.
10:43
Thunderstorms forecast this Thursday
Thunderstorms are expected in the south of the country on Thursday afternoon, particularly in Marrakech, indicates The Weather Channel.
These bad weather could complicate rescue operations as residents no longer have a place to shelter.
09:30
M 6 is organizing a charity concert this Wednesday in Paris
09:16
The earthquake is “a natural disaster made worse by negligence and poverty”, judge Nathalie Arthaud
The spokesperson for the far-left Lutte Ouvrière party deplores the very heavy human toll. “Most of the victims are among the poor, because it is not the palaces of the monarchy nor the paradises for tourists that have collapsed,” she criticizes. in a shared press release on X (formerly Twitter).
“To rebuild on solid ground, it will be necessary to build a society in which the exploited can enjoy the wealth they create,” believes the former presidential candidate, targeting the “hypocrisy” of the French state and the “great employers”.
09:03
The fear, the searches, the pain… our reporters tell the story
From the first hours following the earthquake, residents organized in the middle of the night to help the injured and survivors trapped under the rubble. Journalists from Le Parisien, special correspondents in Morocco the day after the earthquake, tell us on Source Codethe Parisian podcast.
08:33
France “supports” its “Moroccan friends”
Olivier Véran, government spokesperson, refutes any tension with Morocco. Asked about CNews-Europe 1, he recalled that 5 million euros had been released by France for the NGOs sent there. “They are the ones who know how to do humanitarian work,” he believes, while affirming that France “supports (its) Moroccan friends. »
07:56
In Tajgalte, the small streets look like cemetery alleys
Like so many others around it, the village of Tajgalte, in the High Atlas, paid an insane price for the disaster: 36 deaths for a population of less than 300 souls. Aïcha, 52, lost eleven members of her family, her parents, several brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews, buried Friday evening. ” I am destroyed. I’m afraid I’m going crazy,” she sobbed.
In Tajgalte, in the High Atlas, the earthquake caused 36 deaths. Before the tragedy, the hamlet had fewer than 300 inhabitants… LP/Laura Wocjik
07:43
In Moulay Brahim, “there is no longer a house for the living”
Nora, 8 years old, confides that she “doesn’t want anything” and especially not to sit in front of her desk. “The school is too close to the precipice,” she whispers.
Sitting under a tarpaulin in the street, afraid that the aftershocks would destroy the still standing houses of Moulay Brahim, Neda, 7 years old, waits for her parents to return from a neighboring village, where two great-uncles and her two great-grandfathers died. -mothers. LP/Christel Brigaudeau
07:35
Younass and Samira died during their honeymoon in Marrakech
This French couple got married a few days ago. Younass Boukhtam, 26, and Samira Ghanmi, 22, were on their honeymoon in Marrakech when the earthquake struck the city. The bodies of these two volunteers from the Al Badr mosque, in Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), were found on Saturday in a site near Marrakech, where only debris from the construction remained. The two newlyweds, originally from Oujda, were buried on Monday.
In Meaux, the news devastated the friends of the couple “very invested in the life of the mosque”.
07:23
“300,000 people no longer have a home, a third of them children,” warns Unicef
“A race against time, even against death, is launched. ” On franceinfo This Tuesday, Adeline Hazan, president of Unicef France, an association deployed in Morocco, warned of the humanitarian emergency.
“There are currently around 300,000 people who are affected, that is to say who no longer have a home, who are sleeping on the street. And among these people, there are around 100,000 children since there are a third of children in Morocco. 100,000 children today find themselves without a home, without a school, without a hospital,” she explains.
07:10
The race against time to find survivors continues
Moroccan rescuers, supported by foreign teams, are continuing their efforts to find possible survivors and provide assistance to hundreds of homeless people.
07:03
Paris tries to extinguish the controversy over aid to Morocco
The head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, sought Monday to nip in the bud the controversy over the reasons why Morocco did not take up France’s offer of aid after the devastating earthquake. “It’s a bad quarrel, a very inappropriate quarrel,” she said. With this refusal to grasp – for the moment – the outstretched hand, King Mohammed VI is however sending a clear signal of persistent anger towards Paris. Our article to understand the quarrel between the two countries.
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