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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Tuesday, November 19, 2019

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC
Morocco is preparing for the extreme cold:
In recent days, several provinces of the Kingdom, namely Azilal, Ifrane, Midelt, Khenifra, Al Hoceima, have been affected by a cold snap and snowfall. The monitoring and follow-up committees of these provinces, chaired by the governors, met on Friday and Saturday to present the measures and proactive measures to deal with the cold snap...

World Bank: Morocco needs 6 to 7% growth:
"Morocco needs growth of 6 to 7%". Rates are set in Rabat on Thursday by Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Vice-President for the MENA region, at a media round table during his visit to the Kingdom. For him, the current growth of 2 to 3% does not help to absorb the large number of young people who seek the job market. "In 2050, 300 million young people will ask for work in MENA," he says, making an observation about the region...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA
Renewable energies: MASEN strengthens its risk management:
The Moroccan Sustainable Energy Agency (MASEN) is about to set up a risk management system and manage compliance with the various legal, regulatory and contractual requirements. The objective is to ensure good governance of the group, particularly in financial and environmental terms, and to consolidate the confidence of the various partners, particularly shareholders, investors and lenders...

Child protection across borders: International experts promote the application of the Hague Convention:
The Ministry of Justice organised an international expert seminar on the protection of children across borders at the Higher Institute of the Judiciary in Rabat on November 14 and 15, 2009. This event, organised with the technical support of UNICEF and the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), brought together representatives from West African, North African and European countries in addition to experts from international organisations to discuss ways to strengthen the protection of children living outside their home country far from their parents and whose numbers are constantly increasing...


LES INSPIRATIONS ÉCO
Private clinics. Grouped fire on the Government:
Khalid Ait Taleb, the new Minister of Health, is awaited with a firm hand by the managers of private clinics. With the appointment of the new Minister of Health, the National Association of Private Clinics (ANCP) is reactivating its claim file, ready since 2018...

Development model. The Istiqlal and RNI cross swords:
The show Décodage, broadcast by Horizon Press last Friday and hosted by Samir Chaouki, Director of Publishing, focused the spotlight on a subject that will no doubt animate the political, economic and social scene in the near future. The new development model was the high point of the royal speech at the start of the parliamentary year in October 2017. Two years have passed, and we are still at the beginning of what must be a social project...


LIBERATION
The flow of migration is not about to fade away: A development model of inequality and frustration deprives Africa of a high-potential youth:
The number of irregular migrants arriving in Europe continues to decline. It has just reached 7,900 people in the first ten months of the current year, a decrease of 16% compared to last year. The number of those who came from Africa reached less than 21,200 people, half of the total recorded over the past year...

Tribute to the first generation of Moroccans in Belgium in Brussels:
The Moroccan ambassador to Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mohamed Ameur, paid a vibrant tribute in Brussels on Saturday to several members of the first generation of Moroccan immigrants, during a ceremony organized on the occasion of Independence Day...