In Morocco, audit reports conducted by magistrates from the Regional Accounting Courts of the Casablanca-Settat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra and Béni Mellal-Khénifra regions, as part of inspection missions dedicated to the control of subsidies and public aid granted to associations by municipalities, reveal numerous irregularities.
Suspicions of malfunctions in the application of the law, as well as in the administrative procedures and rules relating to the repression of urban planning offenses and the demolition of illegal constructions, have led to the suspension of the governor of the province of Nouaceur, on the outskirts of Casablanca, Jalal Benhayoun.
Marrakech is working on the implementation of an urban planning police force to strengthen territorial control and management.
The vast provincial campaign against anarchic constructions and urban planning violations led by the authorities of the province of Nouaceur for weeks continues. Since Wednesday, one of the most luxurious buildings located on the territory of the commune of Bouskoura is in the process of being demolished due to a blatant violation of urban planning and land use laws.
The program to rehouse the inhabitants of the slums in affordable apartments, supervised by the authorities of the Casablanca-Settat region, is progressing normally. A slum located in the medina of the economic capital of the kingdom is currently being demolished.
Moroccan prisons have a total of 95,685 inmates, including 1,598 foreigners, including French, serving sentences for drug trafficking offenses among others. This is indicated in a recent report by the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration.
Less than a year away from the 2026 elections, some members of Aziz Akhannouch’s government are accused of prioritizing the close ones, the sons of notable families, and other prominent supporters over the nation.
An opposition elected official has questioned a Vice-President of the Council about the authorizations issued by the urban municipality of Bouznika. He denounces what he calls a "scandal of dubious commercial authorizations".
Hundreds of companies, mainly based in Casablanca, Tangier and Rabat, are in the sights of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) due to fraudulent practices related to deductible expenses included in tax returns.
In a letter, Mohamed El Aâti Allah, president of the Association for the Defense of Moroccan Victims of Forced Displacement, asks the president of the National Human Rights Council to issue a recommendation on the forced and collective displacement of Moroccans from Algeria in 1975.
Mixed inspection commissions are carrying out a series of visits to olive oil presses in the prefectures of Chefchaouen, Ouezzane and Larache. The persistent environmental threat of olive mill wastewater (OMW) is forcing action.
The Ministry of the Interior has instructed the walis and governors to take firm measures to put an end to absenteeism in local administrations and restore the efficiency of public service.