Chtouka Ait Baha

Articles

• Morocco’s Chtouka Ait-Baha Province Unveils Winter Preparedness Plan
  25 November 2019, by Ginette

  The governor of the province of Chtouka Ait-Baha presented during a meeting a series of preventive measures against the cold wave affecting the entire region.
  During the meeting reported by 2M.ma, the governor indicated that the measures put in place are intended for the populations of the various local authorities and this, throughout the year. He also expressed the determination of the territorial administration to support individual efforts as in the past.
  Among the measures taken, (…)

• Elderly Taxi Driver Murdered in Brutal Knife Attack Near Agadir Airport
  13 January 2021, by Ginette

  As he was leaving his home on Monday, January 4, this 65-year-old taxi driver had no idea he would end his life, killed by 25 stab wounds. The murder took place at the entrance to the Tine Saïd douar.
  For this grand taxi driver, it was an ordinary day until he found himself face to face with death. That day, at the Biougra station, Chtouka-Ait Baha province, he parks his car and picks up his clients as usual. The clients will get out one by one, until he has only one left, a young man (…)

• Married Couple Arrested for Public Adultery in Moroccan Town
  11 June 2019, by Amine

  Two lovers were arrested in the act of sexual relations in a car in Chtouka Ait Baha. An aggravating factor for them, according to the penal code, is that they were both married...
  Extramarital relations in a car, in public! This is the case that broke out in the commune of Chtouka Ait Baha, and more precisely in Ait Ouadrim. A married man and woman, but not to each other, were arrested.
  Rue20 explains that this arrest was carried out by gendarmes on the night of Sunday to Monday in one (…)

• Search Continues for Body of Young Moroccan Swimmer Drowned at Tifnit Beach
  30 September 2019, by Ginette

  A routine swimming moment ended in tragedy. A young Moroccan died at the Tifnit beach in the city of Sidi Bibi on September 28.
  Wanting to enjoy himself at the beach, the young man, from Doua Akram, died in the province of Chtouka-Aït Baha.
  According to Hespress, the victim had gone to the beach to spend a good time in the sun.
  But he was swept away by the fury of the waves as his body was not recovered by the large contingent of Royal Gendarmerie and Civil Protection elements (…)

• Mysterious Hysteria Outbreak Strikes Moroccan High School, 6 Students Affected
  20 March 2019, by Amine

  After the collective hysteria crisis in a middle school in Casablanca, this time it is one in a high school in Chtouka Ait Baha. 6 students affected. Medical tests are underway.
  A new collective hysteria crisis has just broken out in an educational institution in Morocco, this time in Chtouka Ait Baha. Six young students reportedly started screaming for no apparent reason, as one voice. This happened on Tuesday morning.
  The management, at a loss, called the ambulances, the police, and (…)

• Morocco Launches 100-Hectare Argan Tree Planting Project in Souss-Massa Region
  14 February 2020, by Ginette

  King Mohammed VI launched the project to plant 100 hectares of argan trees. This was on Thursday, February 13, in Chtouka Ait Baha, in the Souss-Massa region.
  This project is part of the agricultural argan tree planting program on an area of 1,250 hectares. It concerns 7 communes and is intended for 729 people, for an investment of 28 million dirhams.
  It is part of a global program (2017-2022), which mobilizes a budget of 490 million DH, financed by the Green Climate Fund (390 MDH) and (…)

• Morocco’s Largest Desalination Plant Set to Launch in Agadir Region
  17 July 2021, by Ginette

  Since May 14, the desalination plant of Chtouka Aït Baha has been undergoing tests that will last three months. Its commissioning is scheduled for the end of October 2021.
  It is a satisfaction for the work team that from the 1st day of the tests they were able to produce drinking water. Thus, the desalination plant, in its final phase, will be commissioned in October 2021.
  The commissioning of this plant was scheduled for April 2020, but the Covid-19 pandemic prevented its start-up at (…)

• Tensions Escalate Between Nomads and Locals in Southern Morocco Amid Coronavirus Crisis
  1 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  Relations between nomads and the local population are not the warmest. Since early April, the province of Chtouka Ait-Bah has been living to the rhythm of the confrontation.
  65 kilometers from Agadir, the clashes between the local population and nomads coming mainly from the Sahara are raging in these times of coronavirus. One camp denounces an "invasion" while the other defends an "ancestral habit". "This is the first time our commune has seen nomads pass through. [...] They are (…)

• Moroccan Businessman Arrested After 3-Hour Chase for Illegal Antelope Hunting During Lockdown
  14 May 2020, by Sylvanus

  The gendarmerie elements of Anzi proceeded to the arrest of a businessman and two other individuals, after a three-hour chase. They are accused of having hunted antelopes at night, during the confinement.
  The facts date back to May 4. A businessman, rifle in hand, was hunting long-horned antelopes at night. He had gone to the commune of Tafraoute AL Mouloud, aboard a 4x4 vehicle accompanied by his driver and another individual.
  The three individuals had opened fire with a rifle, before (…)

• Morocco Unveils "Generation Green" Plan to Boost Agricultural Development and Rural Economy
  15 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  This new agricultural development strategy, called "Generation Green 2020-2030", aims to consolidate the achievements of the past ten years, while giving priority to the human element, in order to emerge a middle-class agricultural class capable of playing an important role in the socio-economic balance of rural areas.
  During his presentation of the project, the Minister of Agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch, dwelt on the achievements made under the Green Morocco Plan, launched by the Sovereign (…)