Moroccan News Briefs.
Four killed in aircraft crash.
Four people died on Monday after the small aircraft they were flying in crashed near Casablanca on a flight from Tangier. According to Gendarmerie Royale, the pilot is thought to have lost control of the aircraft one kilometre before it was supposed to land at the airstrip of the flying club of Tit Mellil.
The aircraft, which came from Portugal, had stopped in Tangier before heading to Casablanca.
The victims, two Portuguese nationals, a French citizen and a Moroccan, died at the scene. An investigation was launched to establish the circumstances of the accident.
'Bamun Love' opens Khouribga African Film Festival
The twelfth African Film Festival of Khouribga kicked off on Sunday with the screening of Cameroonian Daniel Kamwa's movie, "Bamun Love" - originally titled Ma Sâsâ (Mâh Saah-sah).
The View from Fez says:
Bamun Love takes place in a Bamun village, in Cameroon. Ncharé is only 16 when his father passes away. He is taken in then by his uncle Achirou, and lands in a new village where on his arrival, he crosses the glance of a 14-year-old girl named Mapon. That was the beginning of their mutual love.
Today an adult and a sculptor on bronze, Ncharé wants to deserve to be the official fiancé of Mapon, but some persistent rumours have it that he might not yet be circumcised. And he has to compete with the other pretenders during the periodic rite of the dance of seduction, under eye witnesses of all the villagers, and in the presence of Nji-Mâh'Nkam, the High Dignitary of the village. It is a delightful film, full of surprises.
Ma SâsâThe jury, chaired by Mauritanian film director Abderrahmane Sissako, also includes Nadia Al Fani (Tunisia), Lydie Diakhaté (France), Leocata Salvador (Belgium), Mano Rioual (India), Latifa Ahrar and Yassin Adnana (Morocco).
The event, held by the African Cinema Festival Foundation, is meant to celebrate different African cultures. It also aims to make Khouribga a center for African cinema. Khouribga is 205km south of Rabat.
Forest fire destroys 942 ha northern Morocco
In the latest news the figures have been increased to a total of 942 hectares destroyed by the 193 forest fires that have broken out so far in Morocco, according to the Interior Ministry.
One hundred twenty hectares were destroyed by the forest fire that broke out on Friday and continued to burn on through Saturday in the rural commune of Arekman, 40 Km east of Nador.
Firefighters along with the Gendarmerie Royale (rural police) and the forest protection services managed to partially contain the fire that spread over 4700 m2.
Fire containment was not plain sailing due to the wind and the difficult terrain in the area.
Three new swine flu cases confirmed in Morocco
Three patients out of a group of seven tested on Sunday, proved positive to the A/H1N1 flu virus.,
According to the Health Ministry, the first two cases involve a 12-year-old Moroccan boy and a 6-year-old girl both returning from the United Kingdom and hospitalized in Casablanca and Rabat respectively. The third infected person is a 41-year-old women who came from Canada and was also admitted to a hospital in Rabat.
This brings the flu toll to 31 cases, 23 of whom are reported to have made a full recovery.
The remaining eight patients are being treated for the disease without showing any serious symptoms.
Fez hit by heatwave and then storm.
Fez sweltered under 42 degrees Celsius today. Thankfully the temperature did not get to the expected 46 degrees. However two more hot days are promised.
Just before six in the evening the heat was broken by a severe thunderstorm that sent down some much needed heavy rain.
Tomorrow's forecast has now been downgraded to only 40 degrees. Have a nice day!
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