Beni Mellal

Articles

• Morocco Enlists Private Doctors to Combat Rising COVID-19 Cases in Béni Mellal
  17 August 2020, by Jérôme

  The governor of the province of Béni Mellal, Khatib El Hebil, calls on private sector doctors in Béni Mellal to the rescue, in the relentless fight against the pandemic. He asked these quality health professionals to join their public sector counterparts to put an end to the expansion of Covid-19.
  In response, private sector doctors have agreed to work together with their public sector colleagues and to actively engage in this battle against the coronavirus. Thus, on a rotational basis, (…)

• Fatal Mountain Excursion Crash in Morocco Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
  17 August 2020, by Kamal

  A terrible accident, which occurred on Friday evening in the Beni Mellal region, left one dead and several injured. The driver lost control of his vehicle in a bend.
  The driver’s lack of vigilance and excessive speed would be the cause of this tragedy that left one dead and four seriously injured. Two people are in critical condition, reports Akhbarona.
  The vehicle suddenly left the road, falling into a ravine after missing a bend, the same source points out, specifying that the (…)

• Military Deployed to Enforce COVID-19 Measures in Major Moroccan Cities
  23 August 2020, by Bladi.net

  After joining the barracks, following the lifting of the lockdown, a few weeks ago, the military are back in the cities marked by the resurgence of coronavirus contamination cases.
  In Casablanca, Marrakech and Béni Mellal, the army is mobilizing to ensure compliance with preventive measures to counter the coronavirus. Photos and videos of these armored vehicles spotted, Friday, August 21, on Boulevard Brahim Roudani, near the headquarters of the BNPJ (National Brigade of the Judicial (…)

• Gas Truck Collision in Beni Mellal Leaves One Dead, Two Injured
  8 September 2020, by Kamal

  A terrible accident occurred on Saturday evening on the national road connecting Beni Mellal to its industrial zone. A violent collision between a truck carrying gas cylinders and a family car resulted in one fatality and two serious injuries.
  The driver of the car and his wife, seriously injured, were taken to the city hospital. The violence of the impact was, unfortunately, fatal for his mother.
  Several hypotheses were mentioned by the police, including excessive speed and lack of (…)

• Moroccan Police Officers Arrested in Corruption and Adultery Investigation
  11 September 2020, by Jérôme

  Three individuals in Beni Mellal, including two police officers, would be involved in a case of corruption and adultery. The prefectural service of the judicial police of the city has opened an investigation.
  A peace officer and a senior police inspector are implicated. They are suspected of having received money from a third suspect (apprehended in a tourist circuit in Beni Mellal) who is suspected of adultery, informs a press release from the General Directorate of National Security (…)

• Moroccan Newlyweds Arrested as Wedding Parties Violate COVID-19 Restrictions
  16 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  In Béni Mellal and Meknes, the police elements arrested, last weekend, several people participating in wedding parties for violation of the state of health emergency. The couples spent part of their wedding night at the police station.
  While the cases of Covid-19 contamination continue to increase in the kingdom, many Moroccans continue to violate the state of health emergency recently extended until October 10.
  Following an alert, the local authorities and the security services had to (…)

• Morocco Expands COVID-19 Response: 100-Bed Field Hospital Underway in Beni Mellal
  18 September 2020, by Bladi.net

  A new field hospital will soon be set up in the Beni Mellal region to strengthen health services in this Covid-19 context.
  The work to set up a new field hospital has been launched in Beni Mellal. This work will help relieve the pressure on the Covid-19 service of the hospital center due to the increase in positive cases related to this pandemic.
  With a capacity of 100 beds, the hospital will be set up within the site of the Beni Mellal regional hospital center. Last Wednesday, the Wali (…)

• Missing Moroccan Sisters Found Safe After 48-Hour Search in Beni Mellal Region
  1 October 2020, by Kamal

  48 hours after the disappearance of two underage sisters, the services of the Beni Mellal police prefecture succeeded in shedding light on the mystery surrounding this eventful case.
  On September 27, two 15 and 17-year-old teenagers had left the family home located in a hamlet near Khouribga, reports Akhbarona. With no news, their mother cried out for help on social media.
  Close collaboration between the Royal Gendarmerie of Khouribga and the judicial police of Beni Mellal made it (…)

• Moroccan Imam Arrested for Alleged Child Exploitation in Treasure-Hunting Ritual
  11 October 2020, by Jérôme

  Suspected of sacrificial rituals in search of treasure, an imam was brought before the Attorney General of the King near the court of Beni Mellal. The obsession with the search for a "zouhri" led him to approach and examine the palms of the students of a school in Khenifra.
  The suspect, the imam of a mosque in the locality of Ait Amri, is suspected of having tried to exploit children in charlatanism and "treasure hunting", reports the daily Assabah, adding that criminal charlatans believe (…)

• Morocco Modernizes Highway Tolls: New System Promises Faster Travel on Major Routes
  15 October 2020, by Jérôme

  The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) is taking action to facilitate traffic in the kingdom. It has just carried out the construction of a new generation of toll plazas on the Casablanca-Berrechid axis, thus allowing users to optimize travel conditions.
  To allow users of the axes connecting Casablanca, Marrakech, Agadir and Beni Mellal to travel with ease, ADM is innovating, by moving from an open toll system to a closed toll system, so that the journey between the starting city (…)