Chefchaouen

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• Chefchaouen Expands Tourism Infrastructure with 200 New Hotel Beds
  16 January 2022, by Armel

  Like the major Moroccan tourist destinations, the city of Chefchaouen is developing its accommodation capacity, to prepare for the post-Covid recovery. Three new hotels were built last year.
  Thus, the city has 200 additional beds, reports the newspaper Aujourd’hui le Maroc, specifying that tourism and crafts constitute a key ecosystem of the local economy.
  Among the new hotels in the city is the Vaincii Hotel, a property of a Chinese operator. Located in the city center near other (…)

• Rescuers Race to Save 5-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Deep Moroccan Well
  4 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  In Morocco, rescue workers are mobilized to save Rayan, a 5-year-old boy trapped in a 45 cm diameter deep well since last Tuesday, after an accidental fall. A real race against time.
  Deployment of bulldozers and heavy equipment, excavators, drilling work... A team of rescuers is conducting a rescue operation to try to save Rayan, who accidentally fell 32 meters deep into a well in the village of Ighrane, in the Tamorot commune (province of Chefchaouen) last Tuesday while his father was (…)

• Canadian Ambassador Joins Global Support for Trapped Moroccan Boy Rayan
  4 February 2022, by Ginette

  As efforts continue to get little Rayan out of the well he fell into since Tuesday, the Canadian Ambassador to Morocco joins all the voices wishing for the success of the rescue operation. Nell Stewart expressed in a tweet her full support for the little boy, his family and all the mobilized people.
  "All our thoughts are with little Rayan, his family and those mobilized to save him," the Canadian Ambassador to Morocco tweeted on Friday. "We are wholeheartedly with the hero Rayan," added (…)

• Rescuers Close to Saving 5-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Moroccan Well for Days
  5 February 2022, by Armel

  The 5-year-old Rayan, trapped at the bottom of a well for five days in the Chefchaouen region, would still be alive, and his rescue would be imminent.
  It’s a race against time. The child would be "still alive, but diminished" after 5 days, 32 meters underground, reports Hespress, citing sources close to the rescuers.
  According to them, the level of water sent in the bottle has dropped, when it was brought back to the surface, which would indicate that little Rayan could have hydrated (…)

• Morocco Declines Spanish Aid in Rescue Effort for 5-Year-Old Trapped in Well
  5 February 2022, by Prince

  Morocco has refused the help of Spanish firefighters to try to save Rayan, the 5-year-old boy who fell on Tuesday into a 32-meter deep well in Ighrane (Chefchaouen).
  The team of Spanish firefighters who had rescued Julen, a young boy who died after falling into a well in Totalán (Málaga) in January 2019, offered to put their experience at Morocco’s service to save Rayan. But the Moroccan authorities declined the offer due to tensions between the two countries, according to NIUS.
  Rayan (…)

• Moroccan Boy Dies After 4-Day Rescue Effort to Save Him from Deep Well
  5 February 2022, by Prince

  It is a sad news that we have just learned. Little Rayan, 5 years old, who fell on Tuesday afternoon into a 32-meter deep well near Chefchaouen, in northern Morocco, has died.
  The news has not yet been made official, but according to the live images published by many Moroccan media, the rescuers have taken the body of the little boy on a stretcher. He did not survive.
  Rayan accidentally fell into this well located near his family residence on February 1st. For these four days, the (…)

• UAE Leader Offers Condolences as World Mourns Moroccan Boy Rayan’s Tragic Death
  6 February 2022, by Ginette

  Personalities are rushing to offer their condolences to the family of Rayan, the five-year-old boy who died on Saturday after spending four days in a dry well. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has not remained insensitive to this tragedy.
  In a message on his Twitter account, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to Rayan’s family. He also offered his condolences to the (…)

• Macron Offers Condolences as World Mourns 5-Year-Old Rayan’s Tragic Well Accident in Morocco
  6 February 2022, by Ginette

  The French president was moved by the death of Rayan, the 5-year-old child who accidentally fell into a dry well in Chefchaouen, near his home. Through a message on Facebook, Emmanuel Macron expressed his condolences to the family of the little boy, as well as to the Moroccan people.
  "Tonight, I want to tell the family of little Rayan and the Moroccan people that we share their grief," the French president wrote on Facebook. A message welcomed by Internet users, who appreciated Emmanuel (…)

• Israeli PM Bennett Offers Condolences to Morocco After Tragic Death of 5-Year-Old Rayan
  6 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, touched by the death of Rayan, the 5-year-old child who accidentally fell into a dry well near his home in Chefchaouen, has expressed his condolences to the boy’s family, the Moroccan people, and King Mohammed VI.
  After the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, the Vice-President of the Egyptian House of Representatives, Mohamed Abou El Enein, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime (…)

• French Leaders Express Condolences as Nation Mourns 5-Year-Old Rayan’s Tragic Death
  6 February 2022, by Prince

  The president of the Rassemblement national (RN), Marine Le Pen, expressed her solidarity with the family of Rayan, the 5-year-old boy who died on Saturday after being trapped for five days in a 32-meter deep well.
  "This tragedy touches us all. We accompany the family of little Rayan with our thoughts and prayers," Marine Le Pen posted on her Twitter account.
  President Emmanuel Macron, as well as several French and other personalities, have already expressed their compassion to the (…)