00:00 Hello and welcome to the magazine Maghreb press.
00:07 At the beginning of our edition of this Monday, the rise in fuel prices in Morocco, which
00:12 does not cease to make the press react.
00:14 "Fuel prices are exasperating at the bottom of society ", writes the daily
00:19 Numeric Express.
00:20 A fourth increase in a fortnight, only, it's practically new,
00:26 the motorists will now have to pay for the liter of diesel at least 13.30 dirhams.
00:33 For those driving on gasoline, it will cost them at least 15 dirhams for the liter.
00:38 The news does not sing war, Moroccan citizens and other residents of the kingdom continue
00:43 the publication.
00:44 The new increase arouses anger road users and professionals
00:49 of transport who have addressed their grievances to the authorities so that they take the measures
00:54 necessary to reduce prices.
00:56 Even the competition council has been solicited, adds the same source.
01:00 Quoting specialists, the newspaper specifies that the rise in fuel prices in Morocco
01:05 during the month of August is explained by the flyovers of the Brent barrel course, which
01:10 have recorded an increase of $ 14 in two months.
01:14 The increase in the price of oil products such as gasoline and diesel can lead to
01:19 an increase in transport and production costs.
01:22 This can be translated into an increase in the prices of goods and services, thus contributing
01:27 to global inflation, concludes the publication.
01:30 The other subject that interests the Moroccan press concerns the virus of rage that turns out
01:35 endemic.
01:36 Faced with this scourge, the awareness that the rural world is imposing, titled "The
01:41 Abiladi portal", Moroccan researchers published a study on rage in Morocco,
01:46 focusing on the epidemiological aspects, the post-mortem and prevention,
01:52 which Abiladi notes that the research has highlighted the need for better knowledge
01:57 of rage, especially among populations in the rural world, and to specify that it is
02:02 a zoonotic disease transmissible to humans and deadly as soon as clinical signs appear.
02:08 In Morocco, dogs remain the main source of the disease, according to the study.
02:13 Every year, 21 cases of rage are confirmed in humans, according to statistics from the
02:18 pastor cited in the research, and this despite the control measures implemented
02:23 for many years, including the "Fighting Rage" program launched in 1986 by the
02:30 Ministry of the Interior and Health.
02:32 The research was based on data collected in February 2021 from
02:37 patient files identified between 2016 and 2019 in the city of Ouarzazate.
02:42 During this period, 1,758 bites were recorded in the region, the prevalence
02:48 of which is the most important, has been observed in rural areas, and mainly concerns
02:53 children aged 5 to 14, concludes the publication.
02:56 Still in touch with Morocco in terms of uranium reserves, Morocco outclasses Tunisia.
03:02 This is the title of an article published by the Tunisian newspaper Webdor, citing an
03:07 analysis by Professor Michael Tanchoum published on the portal of the American think tank
03:12 Medalist Institute. The journal indicates that Morocco could become one of the world leaders
03:18 in uranium production thanks to its immense reserves of phosphate. According to the researcher,
03:24 the kingdom holds about 73% of the world's natural phosphate reserves, which contain
03:30 about 6.9 million tons of uranium. According to geological estimates, Moroccan phosphate
03:37 contains more than three times the 1.9 million tons of uranium contained in the largest
03:43 world reserves of uranium ore in Australia under the Util line. In the 1960s,
03:49 Tunisian engineers and doctors, at the Tunisian Nuclear Research Center,
03:55 had extracted uranium, recalls the publication. According to Webdor, Tunisia would have a
04:01 reserve of 30,000 tons of uranium. The ton of uranium costs today about $ 50,000,
04:06 while the ton of phosphoric acid costs $ 500, concludes the publication.
04:11 Direction now Mauritania, more precisely the city of Nouakchott. Its inhabitants are
04:17 thirsty and the government is looking for solutions, quotes Sahra Media. Many neighborhoods
04:23 of the city of Nouakchott have been experiencing serious water shortages for a few days,
04:27 after a significant drop in the quantity driven by the project of the "Aftout Sahli"
04:32 draining the waters from the Senegal River. The government has justified this water shortage
04:37 by increasing the turbidity of the waters of the Senegal River, due to the rain recorded
04:43 on the heights of the river. Quoting the Mauritanian Minister of Hydraulics and
04:48 Sanitation, the newspaper specifies that among the major causes of this crisis is the delay
04:53 in the implementation of an extension and rehabilitation operations of the
04:58 infrastructures of the "Aftout Sahli" which was planned for 2020. This crisis that hit the
05:04 districts of Nouakchott led the majority of the inhabitants of the poor neighborhoods of the city
05:09 to resort to carts to meet their needs.
05:13 We are coming to the end of the Maghreb press review. Thank you for following it.
05:16 Excellent continuation of the programs.
05:18 Thank you.
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