Moroccans living just an hour from where the global financial elite will gather for IMF and World Bank meetings next week are homeless and destitute after last month's deadly earthquake, camping amid the rubble of their devastated villages.
A view of an advertising billboard for the upcoming annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, following last month's deadly earthquake, near the Palais des Congres in Marrakech, Morocco October 1, 2023. REUTERS/Abdelhak BalhakiQuake exposed dire inequalities for rural poormeetings next week are homeless and destitute after last month's deadly earthquake, camping amid the rubble of their devastated villages.
When the quake struck remote Imi N'Tala "it was like a bomb" said Omar Ait Ougadir, who lost his two sons Khaled, 14, and Taoufiq, 10, in the disaster, among a total of 84 killed in their village. Ait Ougadir's wife and daughter survived. Authorities have promised compensation for quake victims including a monthly stipend of $250 per household and thousands of dollars to rebuild fallen homes. They have distributed tents and blankets, set up field hospitals and are removing rubble.The annual meeting had been scheduled to take place in Marrakech since long before the earthquake and is expected to address global issues including debt relief for poorer countries and economic fallout from friction between the U.S. and China.
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