Day: June 13, 2024

Tunis: The Tunisian Society of Bariatric Surgery (TSBS) has set up a special unit to deal with complications arising from obesity-related illnesses, comprising specialists in psychiatry, metabolic illnesses and nutrition, to support obese patients during their convalescence period after treatment either by surgery or laparoscopy, said Bechir Beradhia, a member of the association’s executive committee.

The creation of this unit is part of monitoring the files of patients cured of obesity, particularly during the period when complications arise, notably gastric reflux, he said.

He added that complications arising from gastric surgery for obese patients appear around two years after the operation, and treatment by laparoscopy contributes to the appearance of similar complications.

Beradhia revealed that this new structure includes doctors specialising in metabolic diseases, namely diabetologists, haematologists and endocrinologists.

Its creation is aimed at ensuring the success of the therapeutic pathway for
patients who receive equivalent treatment not only for obesity but also for the diseases that accompany it, such as fat reduction, which often leads to a reduction in insulin doses for diabetics, he pointed out.

It should be noted that 46% of the Tunisian population is expected to be obese or overweight by 2035.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The Tunis Pasteur Instiute “DiaMont” project demonstrates importance of genetic screening for monogenic diabetes

Tunis, June 13 (TAP) – The “DiaMont” project, a “multidisciplinary study of monogenic forms of diabetes in the Tunisian population”, funded by the Institut Pasteur de Tunisie, has demonstrated the importance of genetic screening for monogenic diabetes in Tunisia.

This study will contribute to the development of a DNA chip for this form of diabetes, which will allow rapid and cost-effective genetic diagnosis and help doctors make therapeutic decisions for better care of patients and their families.

The project, which started in March 2023 and will run for three years, is being coordinated by Rim Kefi, head of the research team at the Biomedical and Oncological Genomics Laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Tunis, as part of his doctoral thesis in human biology, which she defended on February 23, 2024.

The main objective of this special study is to raise awareness of monogenic forms of di
abetes in Tunisia.

The project also aims to raise awareness of the specificities of monogenic diabetes among health professionals and civil society in order to ensure early detection of the disease, prevent complications and build capacity and skills in diabetology at national level.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

In a press release dated June 9, 2024, a copy of which reached the AIB, the authorities of the special delegation of Bagassi in the province of Balé invited the populations of Bagassi and surrounding areas, to do not eat fish from the Sipohin dam.

According to the terms of the press release ‘a significant mortality of fish was noted at the Sipohin dam on the morning of Saturday June 8, 2024.’

The press release specifies that investigations are underway to determine the causes of this mortality.

While awaiting the results, the authorities invite people to avoid consuming fish from the Sipohin dam.

According to the testimony of a resident of the site, the first rains drained large amounts of waste into the bed of the dam. Also the dead fish are small, indicated the same source.

An administrative source specified that a crisis unit was convened on Monday June 10, 2024.

The Sipohin dam is one of the important water points in the commune of Bagassi.

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Source: Burkina Information Agency

Tunis: Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, on Wednesday called on the government to resume dialogue and negotiations.

Speaking at the plenary session of the 112th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva, Taboubi reiterated the demand for respect for trade union rights and freedoms. He stressed the need to implement the agreements signed between the workers’ organisation and the government.

The UGTT General Secretary highlighted the need to protect the credibility of the social dialogue and to respect collective bargaining, criticising “the lack of commitment to implement the agreements signed and to dialogue and negotiation with the trade unions”.

He said that the attacks on the independence of trade union work and the credibility of social dialogue and collective bargaining had severely damaged workers’ rights and gains.

The conclusion of contracts and charters, whether at national or international level, requires an honest and equal dialogu
e between the parties concerned, without dictation or any form of exclusion or pressure, he added.

He pointed to the urgent need for an international social contract in line with the changes in the world of work and the major imbalances that have arisen in recent decades at national and international levels.

In recent years, he said, social contracts have been concluded which have made it possible to achieve a climate of stability, to develop the means of production, to create a suitable climate for scientific and technological progress, to improve living standards and services for the benefit of millions of people.

This has brought many rights for the workers, first of all the right to trade unions and the right to collective bargaining. However, the social welfare, scientific progress and economic prosperity achieved were not consistent with the principles of justice and equality.

The UGTT General Secretary called on the Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to send a committee
to investigate the consequences of the war waged by the Zionist occupying army against the Palestinian people and the productive parties in Gaza and the West Bank.

It called on the ILO to press for the immediate cessation of the war, the withdrawal of the Zionist occupation forces, the recognition of the state of Palestine with full rights at the United Nations and practical measures to enshrine the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their state with Al-Quds as its capital.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Ouagadougou: The Burkinabe government has adopted a decree allowing it to have a harmonized framework for setting the remuneration of agents of state companies.

The decree, adopted yesterday Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, ‘allows us to have a harmonized framework for setting staff remuneration and the methods for determining retirement compensation within state companies’, reads -on in the report of the meeting.

Public social security establishments are also affected by this remuneration harmonization measure.

The government says it has noted ‘disparities’ in the treatment of staff remuneration in state-owned companies but also within public social security establishments and the absence of a general framework governing the setting of said remuneration.

The decree is based on a recommendation of the 31st session of the General Assembly of State Companies and the conclusions of the General Assembly devoted to the approval of the 2022 accounts of the Public Social Security Establishments (EPPS).

Du
ring a high-level meeting devoted to the management of state companies, in September 2023, Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambèla was offended to observe enormous differences in the remuneration of a state-owned company. State to another.

‘There is no reason why, in state-owned companies, remuneration can go from simple to five times or even ten times more. We must work on the harmonization of remuneration in state companies, because these divergences lead to frustrations,’ he said.

In 2023, there were 19 state companies having presented their balance sheet to the AGM of state companies, having achieved a turnover of 1,694.473 billion FCFA in 2022.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Tunis: Work on the seawater desalination plant at Zarat (Gabes governorate) has been completed, Ahmed Soula, CEO of the National Water Exploitation and Distribution Utility (SONEDE), told TAP on Thursday.

The station is currently in the testing phase and it will be operational very soon, providing an important lever for the drinking water sector in the south-eastern region, he said.

This project is part of SONEDE’s strategic programme to develop water resources in the South East and ensure their availability until 2035.

The plant, which will benefit around 1.1 million people, will help to meet the growing demand for drinking water, improve its quality in the governorates of the south-east and avoid the shortage of water resources experienced in recent years, particularly during peak consumption periods.

The Zarat desalination plant is estimated to have a daily production capacity of 50,000 cubic metres (m3), which can be expanded to 100,000 m3. It will benefit the governorates of Gabes, Medenine and Tatao
uine.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Dakola: Dakola customs presented, Thursday to the press, spoiled rice amounting to 1,040 tonnes that agents at this border post with Ghana seized in May 2024.

According to the Director General of Customs Adama Ilboudo, the seized rice was loaded on 20 trailer trucks of 52 tonnes each and came from Pakistan.

Mr. Ilboudo indicated that the merchandise is estimated at 322 million 233 thousand 840 FCFA.

According to Adama Ilboudo, the destruction of the seized goods will be the responsibility of the unscrupulous trader.

According to him, the latter will be prosecuted for several offenses which the prosecutor will decline.

Adama Ilboudo said that customs agents, after stopping the trucks, doubted the quality of the rice through the condition of the packaging.

To remove this doubt, samples were taken by the national health security agency.

‘The result of the analysis of the samples showed that the rice is unfit for consumption,’ said Director General Ilboudo.

The complaints and claims manager of the Consume
rs League of Burkina, Hermann Dambre, congratulated the customs agents for this seizure.

He invited them to redouble their efforts to block anything that is unfit for consumption.

Regarding traders, Mr. Dambré stressed that they endanger the health of their fellow citizens through the export of this type of product.

‘When you know that the product is not good and you bring it to sell to your Burkinabè brothers, there is something wrong,’ he lamented.

The representative of the Consumers’ League also called on the justice system to take action in order to dissuade traders who would like to take this path of illegal profit.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Minister in charge of Energy, Yacouba Zabré Gouba indicated Thursday that the Burkinabè Energy Council constitutes one of the essential links in the governance of the energy sector.

‘The council is a structure which has just emerged and will strengthen the players operating in the energy sector. It will constitute one of the essential links in the governance of the energy sector,’ declared the Minister in charge of Energy, Yacouba Zabré Gouba.

He hoped that the debates could lead to a set of recommendations and resolutions which will support the ministry in the governance of the energy sector.

The Minister in charge of Energy spoke Thursday in Ouagadougou, during the first Assembly (GA) of the Burkinabè Energy Council (CBE).

For Mr. Gouba, Burkina’s energy sector has gone through dark periods which were manifested by the insufficient supply of electricity which resulted in a certain number of power cuts.

‘This situation challenges us all as we seek reliable solutions. We need the support
of private and public actors to meet the enormous challenges facing the energy sector,’ he added.

The president of the Burkinabè Energy Council, Baba Ahmed Coulibaly, indicated that his structure will put in place mechanisms at this AG, to better serve the country.

‘Our vocation is to provide advice to the government. We must regularly produce reports on all aspects and make publications,’ he maintained.

Created in 2023, the Burkinabè Energy Council aims to contribute to the harmonious and sustainable development of the energy sector in its various components.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Twenty people were admitted to the urban Health and Social Promotion Center (CSPS) of Manni, after consuming meat soup, the AIB learned on Thursday.

According to sources reaching the AIB, it all started with the consumption of a meat soup by members of the Dabourgou family.

Which meat was brought back from the market on Wednesday evening by a member of the said family.

Some time after the consumption of this soup in the morning of Thursday June 13, 2024, vomiting followed in almost all consumers. Others also experienced abdominal pain.

Faced with the situation, all cases numbering 20, all internally displaced persons from Moipienga, were sent to the urban CSPS of Manni for their care.

According to the medical profession, their lives are out of danger.

Only 7 people were hospitalized and the others no longer showing symptoms have already returned home.

Human and animal health authorities from the commune of Manni went to the patients’ bedsides and were able to provide practical advice to the family.

Th
ey recommended caution to all citizens in order to avoid such incidents.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Twenty people were admitted to the urban Health and Social Promotion Center (CSPS) of Manni, after consuming meat soup, the AIB learned on Thursday.

According to sources reaching the AIB, it all started with the consumption of a meat soup by members of the Dabourgou family.

Which meat was brought back from the market on Wednesday evening by a member of the said family.

Some time after the consumption of this soup in the morning of Thursday June 13, 2024, vomiting followed in almost all consumers. Others also experienced abdominal pain.

Faced with the situation, all cases numbering 20, all internally displaced persons from Moipienga, were sent to the urban CSPS of Manni for their care.

According to the medical profession, their lives are out of danger.

Only 7 people were hospitalized and the others no longer showing symptoms have already returned home.

Human and animal health authorities from the commune of Manni went to the patients’ bedsides and were able to provide practical advice to the family.

Th
ey recommended caution to all citizens in order to avoid such incidents.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélem de Tambèla chaired, this Thursday morning, a government seminar on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data in the digital age.

During this seminar, the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI) will decipher the notion of cybersecurity for the benefit of members of the Government. The Commission on Information Technology and Liberties (CIL) will address the challenges of using information and communication technologies in the digital age.

ANSSI is the national authority for the protection of Information systems. Its main mission is to ensure the protection of national cyberspace. These include, among other things, reducing the vulnerability of the national cyberspace, managing computer security incidents, and strengthening the cyber security culture.

The CIL is an independent administrative authority. Its missions are, among other things, informing people of their rights and obligations regarding the processing of personal
data, monitoring the application of texts in accordance with the provisions of the law creating the CIL, protecting rights people.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Prime Minister, Apollinaire Joachimson Kyélem de Tambèla chaired, this Thursday morning, a government seminar on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data in the digital age.

During this seminar, the National Information Systems Security Agency (ANSSI) will decipher the notion of cybersecurity for the benefit of members of the Government. The Commission on Information Technology and Liberties (CIL) will address the challenges of using information and communication technologies in the digital age.

ANSSI is the national authority for the protection of Information systems. Its main mission is to ensure the protection of national cyberspace. These include, among other things, reducing the vulnerability of the national cyberspace, managing computer security incidents, and strengthening the cyber security culture.

The CIL is an independent administrative authority. Its missions are, among other things, informing people of their rights and obligations regarding the processing of personal
data, monitoring the application of texts in accordance with the provisions of the law creating the CIL, protecting rights people.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Rabat – Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has issued a weather alert predicting strong gusts of wind accompanied by local dust storms across multiple provinces of the Kingdom. The alert, classified at the orange vigilance level, covers specific periods on Friday and Saturday.

According to the DGM bulletin, wind gusts ranging from 75 to 85 kmph (47 to 53 mph) are forecasted from Friday at 5:00 PM until Saturday at 4:00 AM in the provinces of Ouarzazate, Zagora, Tata, Tinghir, and Errachidia. Residents in these areas are advised to take precautions due to the potential hazards associated with such weather conditions.

Furthermore, similar weather patterns are expected to persist on Saturday, with wind gusts fluctuating between 80 and 90 km/h (50 to 56 mph). This will occur from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM in the provinces of Midelt, Taourirt, Guercif, Boulemane, Tinghir, Zagora, Errachidia, Figuig, Berkane, Jerada, and Oujda-Angad.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Mecca – The Official Moroccan Hajj Delegation led by Moroccan Minister of Industry and Trade, Ryad Mezzour, on Wednesday evening visited some of the hotels where Moroccan pilgrims are staying in Mecca, to inquire about their situation and accommodation conditions.

The Official Delegation, which took note of the accommodation’s conditions of Moroccan Pilgrims in the Holy Sites, was pleased with the general satisfaction of the Pilgrims in terms of accommodation and the services provided in terms of supervision, care, guidance and transportation, in addition to the proximity of their lodging to Al-Haram Al-Makki.

They also expressed their gratitude to Moroccan and Saudi authorities for the facilities provided to carry out this religious rite in the best conditions.

On this occasion, Moroccan pilgrims prayed the Almighty to grant health and trabquility to HM King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, and further progress and prosperity to the Moroccan people.

On High Royal Instructions, the Health ministry
mobilized a medical unit to serve the Moroccan pilgrims during this Hajj season.

This civilian medical unit is made up of 82 executives (doctors, nurses and administrative staff), divided between members of the Health Ministry delegation (44) and health services of the Royal Armed Forces (38).

In addition to places of residence, the official delegation visited the Moroccan medical mission’s headquarters where it was briefed on its main actions to monitor pilgrims’ state of health, ensure their comfort and help them in performing pilgrimage rituals.

On this occasion, the mission’s members assured that zero cases of severe illnesses were reported among Moroccan pilgrims.

In a statement to the press, Mezzour said that the purpose of this visit was to learn about the accommodation conditions for Moroccan pilgrims, who had complied with the guidelines set out in the message addressed by HM King Mohammed VI to pilgrims on the occasion of the departure of the first group to the Holy Sites.

All the conditions ar
e met to welcome the pilgrims, who are well looked after from a religious, administrative and medical point of view, in accordance with the Royal Guidelines, added the minister, who was accompanied by Morocco’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Mustapha Mansouri, and Consul General to Jeddah, Abdelilah Oudadas.

This year, the number of Moroccan pilgrims amounts to 34,000, of which 22,500 are supervised by the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, while travel agencies supervise 11,500 pilgrims.

A total of 738 administrators, Ulamas, doctors and media professionals, including 520 guides and supervisors, are mobilized to serve these pilgrims.

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse

Rabat – The Moroccan Ministry of Equipment and Water has issued a warning to road and highway users ahead of anticipated strong wind gusts from Friday through Saturday in select provinces of the Kingdom.

In a recent press release, the ministry urged all drivers to exercise caution and remain vigilant due to expected poor visibility caused by the meteorological alert issued by the General Directorate of Meteorology. The alert predicts significant wind gusts accompanied by dust storms affecting several provinces including Ouarzazate, Zagora, Tata, Tinghir, Errachidia, Midelt, Taourirt, Guercif, Boulemane, Figuig, Berkane, Jerada, and Oujda-Angad.

For further details and updates, the ministry advised road users to contact the hotline numbers of the General Directorate of Roads (0537711717) and the Moroccan Highways Call Center (5050).

Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse