Chefchaouen

Articles

• Teacher Hospitalized After Scorpion Sting in Chefchaouen, Morocco
  22 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  In Chefchaouen, scorpions continue to claim victims. The latest case concerns a teacher recently sent to Béni Smih.
  Another person has fallen victim to a scorpion sting in Chefchaouen. This time, it is a teacher who was recently transferred to Chefchaouen, reports Barlamane.
  The incident took place at the teacher’s home, in the locality of Béni Smih, a rural area without educational opportunities or a school culture, the same source indicates.
  After this scorpion sting, the victim was (…)

• Moroccan City Launches Suicide Prevention Campaign Amid Rising Concerns
  26 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  Suicide is causing desolation in northern Morocco. To circumscribe the evil, the civil society actors of Chefchaouen have mobilized. In addition to conferences and awareness campaigns, the associations are now demanding a toll-free number and the creation of a Suicide Studies Center.
  In Chefchaouen, civil society actors are more determined than ever to overcome suicide, a social phenomenon of which the region holds the record in the entire Kingdom.
  Even more worrying is the scale the (…)

• Morocco Dismantles Terrorist Cell: Six Arrested in Anti-Terror Operation
  25 October 2019, by Ginette

  An anti-terrorist operation carried out simultaneously in Chefchaouen and in three neighborhoods in Dar Bouazza in Casablanca by the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) led to the arrest of six individuals as they were about to act, on Friday, October 25.
  As the investigation is ongoing, it is difficult to draw conclusions at this stage. "At this stage, all I can tell you is that these arrests are the result of a long investigation," said a source from Medias24 requesting (…)

• Tragic Double Suicide Shocks Morocco’s Blue City of Chefchaouen
  15 September 2020, by Kamal

  She was 25 years old and he was 17 years old, and they lived in a douar in the immediate suburbs of the blue pearl, reports Tanja24. The two victims decided to end their suffering the same day.
  The young woman ingested a rat poison and died before even arriving at the hospital. The teenager, for his part, chose to hang himself in the family’s stable.
  The reasons that led the two young people to commit suicide are still unknown. These circumstances will have to be clarified by an (…)

• Moroccan Teen’s Suicide Highlights Forced Marriage Crisis
  22 February 2021, by Kamal

  It is a very sad story that happened on Saturday in Stehat, a village near Chefchaouen. A 17-year-old teenager committed suicide by hanging, while she was in the midst of preparing for her wedding.
  A few days before the big celebration, the body of the young high school student was found lifeless by her parents. Refusing her forced marriage, she decided to end her life by committing suicide in her room.
  The reasons, let alone the circumstances, of this suicide have not yet been (…)

• Tragedy Strikes Again: 4-Year-Old Dies in Moroccan Well, Echoing Rayan Case
  11 February 2024, by Said

  A tragedy occurred in the Al Hoceima region of Morocco. A four-year-old child lost his life after falling into a well.
  The accident occurred in one of the hamlets of the Bni Gmil region. The child’s family tried to transport him to the hospital to provide first aid, but he could not be saved, reports the local site Nadorcity.
  This new tragedy recalls the tragedy of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who died in February 2022 after falling into a 32-meter deep well near Chefchaouen. His story (…)

• Morocco Arrests 7th Suspect in Casablanca Terrorist Cell Bust
  27 October 2019, by Sylvanus

  This latest arrest took place in Douar Mkansa, in Casablanca (near Bouskoura). In total, 7 individuals were arrested as part of the dismantling of a terrorist cell last Friday in Tamaris II.
  Under the command of Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security (DGSN), also Director General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), the special forces arrested four individuals in Tamaris II and Dar Lkaria. The latter held a formidable arsenal of war.
  This was followed by the arrest of (…)

• Chinese Entrepreneurs Dominate Morocco’s Growing Tourism Market, Sidelining Local Businesses
  15 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Chinese market no longer benefits Moroccan professionals. The reason is that many Chinese people living in the kingdom animate this market more than the natives, who face tough and unfair competition.
  Buying riads in Chefchaouen, opening Chinese restaurants, controlling Chinese intermediaries, unfair competition... The Chinese control the Chinese tourist market in Morocco to the detriment of Moroccan travel agents.
  Since the abolition, in June 2016, of visas for Chinese nationals, (…)

• Morocco’s Blue City: Chefchaouen Named Among World’s Most Beautiful Streets
  22 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  The city of Chefchaouen stands out thanks to its streets, ranked among the ten most beautiful in the world.
  The typical traditional architecture and the multiple natural landscapes of Chefchaouen have convinced the jury members. In this regard, the blue pearl has been distinguished as was the case with tourism organizations and specialized press.
  Its streets, ranked among the ten most beautiful in the world, managed to take 9th place in the last competition organized by the (…)

• Suicide Rates Surge in Morocco’s Blue City, Chefchaouen Sees Alarming Increase
  6 January 2020, by Sylvanus

  The suicide rate has taken on a worrying trend in Morocco in general and in Chefchaouen in particular, where 20 people took their own lives in 2019.
  In total, 1,104 people committed suicide in 2016 (or 2.9 per 100,000 inhabitants), including 613 women and 400 men, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). In Chefchaouen, nicknamed the Blue Pearl, more than 20 people committed suicide in 2019, reports Hespress.
  According to Dr. Jaouad Mabrouki, an expert in (…)