In Morocco, a devastating earthquake occurred on the night of September 8 to 9, 2023. It left at least 2,122 dead and 2,421 injured, according to a latest report published Sunday by the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior. More than two days after this natural disaster, RFI takes stock of the situation in its special edition.
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THE Morocco announced on September 10, 2023 to have accepted help from four countriesafter the powerful earthquake which struck it on the night of September 8 to 9: Spain, Great Britain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
On the spot, the rescuers accelerated their search to try to find survivors trapped under the rubble of villages razed by a powerful earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people to the south-west of the tourist city of Marrakech.
The earthquake that occurred late Friday evening, magnitude 7 according to the Moroccan Center for Scientific and Technical Research (6.8 according to the American Seismological Service), is the most powerful to have ever been measured in the country.
More than 48 hours after this natural disaster, RFI takes stock of the situation with a special edition presented by Andréane Meslard: what is the situation on site, particularly in the most isolated territories? How is solidarity, mutual aid and care organised? How to decipher the political and diplomatic aspect of this drama?
To accompany it:
– Nora Fitzgerald Belahcenfounder of the Amal association, in Marrakech
– Omar BrouksyMoroccan journalist and academic
– Jean-François Cortyassociate researcher at the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (Iris), Doctor, vice-president of Médecins du monde, specialized in humanitarian action issues
– the Radio France correspondent, Seddik Khalfi
– Mohamed TozySecretary General of the association TARGA AIDE
– and the special correspondents of RFI, Mounia Daoudi And Guillaume Thibault.
The special edition of RFI “Earthquake in Morocco”, 1st part
The special edition of RFI “Earthquake in Morocco”, 2nd part
You can also listen to the special edition of RFI from September 10:
Three days of mourning, an assessment still provisional, Morocco heals its wounds: RFI in special edition