Here are the main headlines developed by the national press for this Wednesday, December 18, 2024
L’Opinion
• As part of preparations for the 2030 World Cup, Morocco is already working to evaluate and accelerate the development of its basic infrastructure in order to adapt them to the growing demand expected on this occasion. Invited to the monthly public policy evaluation session in this area at the House of Representatives, the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, took stock of the Kingdom’s key infrastructure while taking stock of current projects in various sectors, notably road and airport infrastructure and even digital infrastructure. Which are developed in order to support the success of this major sporting event which constitutes, according to Akhannouch, an unprecedented lever for economic and social development.
• The King’s Attorney General at the Court of Cassation, president of the public prosecutor’s office, El Hassan Daki, sent a circular to prosecutors and attorneys general, calling for the optimal implementation of law no. 43.22. Entering into force in August, the law aims to diversify the punitive approach to crime, by putting in place alternative and varied legislative choices making it possible to avoid and overcome deprivation of liberty. This project requires, however, a helping hand in the courts, where the use of alternative sentences is still lacking. It is in this sense that Daki’s circular underlines the need for public prosecutors to contribute to the healthy and fair implementation of the law.
The morning
• Morocco plans to invest more than 7 billion euros to add 7 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030. In order to support this acceleration of the energy transition, more than 50 billion dirhams will be devoted to strengthening the national electricity network. The share of renewable energies in the electricity mix should exceed the objective of 52% from 2027, to reach more than 60% by 2030, according to announcements from Minister Leïla Benali and the CEO of ONEE, Tarik Hammane , during the 9th edition of the X-Maroc Conference, organized in Casablanca.
• Over the past three months, Morocco’s dams recorded water inflows of approximately 1.07 billion cubic meters, reflecting persistent challenges related to water resources management in the country. This volume remains insufficient in the face of growing needs, in a context marked by a rainfall deficit and recurring episodes of drought.
Liberation
• Classified tourist accommodation establishments (EHTC) in the Tangier-Assilah prefecture recorded more than 1.5 million overnight stays at the end of last October, indicated the National Tourism Observatory (ONT). Thus, tourist accommodation establishments in Tangier-Assilah recorded 1,509,994 overnight stays during the first ten months of 2024, compared to 1,422,717 overnight stays during the same period of the previous year, an increase of 6%, a specified the Observatory in its monthly statistics on the evolution of tourism, noting that the occupancy rate of these establishments stood at 54%.
Al Bayane
• The president of the progress and socialism group in the House of Representatives, Rachid Hamouni, requested a meeting of the finance and economic development committee in the presence of the delegate minister responsible for investment, convergence and evaluation of public policies, as well as the Director of the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Investments and Exports, in order to discuss the subject: “To what extent the support systems for investment projects are implemented, including projects of a strategic nature. In his letter to the president of the said commission, Hamouni asks her to convene this meeting as soon as possible to discuss the subject in all its aspects, in particular in terms of perspectives and perceptions for the implementation of the micro support system. , small and medium-sized enterprises, in addition to the territorial and sectoral distribution of approved investment projects.
• The body of a man, in an advanced state of decomposition, was discovered Monday afternoon in a ravine in a forest area adjacent to the beach in the commune of Tamri, announced the local authorities of the Wilaya from the Souss-Massa region, stressing that it could be the body of the Belgian tourist missing since the end of last November, pending the results of the genetic expertise on the DNA samples of the deceased. The first observations on the ground and the personal effects discovered at the top of the ravine favor the hypothesis according to which the victim lost his life following his fall, add the same sources.
Al Alam
• To strengthen our country’s hydraulic infrastructure, the National Program for Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation 2020-2027 (PNAEPI 20-27), pays particular attention to the interconnection between hydraulic basins, such as the connection of the Sebou, Bouregreg and Oum Er-Rabia basins, where the emergency water transfer phase was completed with an initial flow of 15 m³/s, and began to be operated in August 2023. After the great success in achieving all the objectives of the emergency transfer, it is planned to start implementing additional phases to increase the flow and ensure balanced distribution of the ‘water. These remaining steps result in increasing the flow between the Sebou and Bouregreg basins to 45 m³/s, bringing the average quantity of water transported between the two basins to around 800 million m³/year.
• A tripartite partnership agreement was signed between the Ministry of Justice, the Insurance and Social Security Control Authority (ACAPS) and the Moroccan Insurance Federation (FMA), as part of efforts aimed at strengthen digitalization and innovation in the judicial and insurance sectors. Signed by the Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, the president of ACAPS, Abderrahim Chaffai and the Deputy Vice-President of the FMA, Bachir Baddou, this convention aims to simplify and modernize exchanges between courts Moroccans and insurance companies through an advanced digital platform, allowing efficient management of data and legal procedures, indicates a press release from the Ministry of Justice.
Al Ittihad alichtiraki
• Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFCA), the leading financial center in Africa, and member companies of its community, held a meeting in Dakar with economic and financial players from Senegal as part of the 1st edition of the CFC Africa Tour . This West African tour, which makes its first stopover in Dakar (December 16 and 17), before heading to Abidjan (December 18 and 19), aims to highlight the business opportunities offered by African continent through opening avenues for promising partnerships.
• Representatives from Zambia, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) agreed, during a high-level meeting in Lusaka, on the outlines of a joint roadmap for the development of channels of values bringing together the three countries, we learned from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Representatives from these countries met last week in the Zambian capital for the jointly organized High-Level Political Dialogue on the Development of Regional Automotive and Electric Mobility Value Chains. by the ECA Offices in North Africa and Southern Africa.
Al Ahdat Al Maghribia
• Aging has disrupted Morocco’s demographic pyramid after the proportion of children under 15 and the active population declined in contrast to an increase in the proportion of elderly people. The 2024 General Population and Housing Census, presented by the HCP, revealed many important details, including the decline in the fertility rate and the slowdown in population growth. The detailed results of the RGPH, unveiled by High Commissioner Chakib Benmoussa, show that fertility rates in Morocco do not help generation renewal, adding that the total fertility indicator of Moroccan women does not exceed 2, while the population pyramid in Morocco is experiencing a clear reversal in favor of old age, with a slowdown in growth, which has not exceeded 1% in a decade.
Assahra Al-Maghribia
• Princess Lalla Hasnaa and Sheikha Sara Bint Hamad Al-Thani, chaired, Tuesday at the Al Shaqab Equestrian Center in Doha, the “Tbourida Show”, a prestigious show which brings to a climax a whole year of events celebrating fraternal relations exceptional relations between Morocco and Qatar. Indeed, this Equestrian Show, organized at the end of the Qatar-Morocco Cultural Year 2024, highlights a traditional popular art engraved in gold letters in the heritage of Moroccans and practiced to celebrate festive moments.
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