MOULAY BRAHIM, MOROCCO — When a historic earthquake struck Morocco in September, Ahmed Aazab tightly hugged his wife and four children as their home’s brick walls tumbled around them. The roof…
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Morocco’s Army Set up Two Medical-Surgery Hospitals in Earthquake-Hit Areas
by Kan Khineby Kan KhineRabat – Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces (FAR) deployed two additional field medical-surgical hospitals to provide critical medical assistance to earthquake-stricken areas. The two medical facilities are part of the ongoing…
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Tennis unites to support North Africa after earthquake, floods
Tennis is uniting once more through Tennis Plays For Love to support those in need in North Africa. Following devastating events earlier this month — an earthquake in Morocco and floods in…
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Thousands dead after earthquake and flooding in North Africa
by Deepak Mirzaby Deepak MirzaRelief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding.…
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Morocco Earthquake: Government Says Public Employees’ Donation Will Be Voluntary
by Prasad Bandaby Prasad BandaRabat – Morocco’s government has reassured citizens that the contribution of public employees to the special fund for managing the earthquake will be voluntary. The government stressed that the contribution of government…
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Rabat – Pop icon Madonna has expressed her solidarity with Morocco following the tragic earthquake that hit the Al Haouz region last week. Taking to Instagram, Madonna shared her heartfelt…
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After Morocco’s Devastating Earthquake, the Tourism Industry Rallies Round
by Kan Khineby Kan Khine“My family is safe,” our tour guide Sara Chakir said as we huddled in the streets outside Fez’s medina, waiting for aftershocks until the early hours. Morocco’s 6.8 magnitude earthquake…
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The West is Right to Offer Morocco Help – But Disaster-Hit Countries Are Not Obliged to Accept It
The international narrative around the aid response to Morocco’s earthquake has been a rather shabby one. Unnamed western officials have sniped over how Rabat was slow to ask for help…
