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  • Premature Baby Dies Following Mother’s Fatal H1N1 Flu Case in Morocco
    31 January 2019, by Said

    He could not ultimately be saved by the medical team. The premature baby born by Caesarean section after the death of his mother died on Tuesday evening.
    The announcement was made by Said Adni, husband of Yousra Habachi, who died from complications of an A H1N1 flu. She had been admitted to a clinic in Fez before being transferred, in critical condition, to the Cheikh Khalifa Hospital in Casablanca.
    In a statement published the day after her death, the hospital provided more details on (…)

  • TUI Fly Launches New Summer Route from Lille to Fez, Morocco
    28 June 2020, by Sylvanus

    TUI Fly will operate flights from Lille airport to Morocco starting July 21. This is the new destination the company is offering to travelers this summer.
    Subject to the reopening of the Moroccan borders, the low-cost company will operate flights to Fez, every Tuesday this summer, reports Actu.fr. This is a former route operated by the Ryanair company in the early 2010s.
    Fez is renowned for the fortified medina of Fès El Bali, with medieval Marinid architecture... A city often (…)

  • Fire Engulfs Bus Carrying Moroccan Expats Near Tangier, No Injuries Reported
    3 July 2019, by Kamal

    A bus, connecting Tanger-Med to the city of Fès, caught fire this Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at 9 a.m., at the exit of the highway. No deaths or injuries were reported among the passengers, including 27 Moroccans residing abroad (MREs).
    According to 2M, the fire broke out a few minutes after the bus left the Port of Tanger-Med. Originally, a short circuit occurred on the front part of the bus, causing the fire.
    The fire spread, engulfing the passengers’ luggage. The vehicle was also (…)

  • Suspect Arrested in Fatal Kidnapping Over Money Dispute in Moroccan City of Jerada
    21 February 2019, by Said

    This is the second case of kidnapping in Morocco in less than a week, this time in Jerada where a man was arrested for having kidnapped and killed another person following a dispute over a sum of money.
    The details are provided by the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in a press release, which specifies that a 33-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning for his alleged involvement in a case of kidnapping and assault and battery resulting in death.
    The initial (…)

  • Low Turnout Mars Morocco’s Annual Diaspora Day Event
    13 August 2019, by Bladi.net

    The 2019 edition of the National Day of Moroccans Residing Abroad (MREs) took place, as usual, with only the presence of a handful of Moroccans of the World. At the initiative of the Regional Investment Center (CRI) of Fez-Meknes, this meeting was attended by officials and partner administrations.
    Disinterest or boycott? This is the whole question raised by the absence of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) at their National Day on August 10, 2019. Contrary to a turnout worthy of the first (…)

  • Israeli Parliament Speaker Amir Ohana to Make Historic Visit to Morocco
    28 May 2023, by Said

    Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament), is expected to visit Morocco in early June. A first for the politician, a prominent member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.
    Ohana’s visit, who is also of Moroccan origin, follows an official invitation from the Moroccan Parliament, according to information reported by the Israeli public media Kan. In Israel, the politician is well known for being the first openly gay deputy to hold the position of Speaker of (…)

  • Moroccan Soldier Gets 5-Year Sentence for Sexual Harassment and Attempted Kidnapping
    9 January 2019, by Said

    A soldier has just been sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Fès court for sexual harassment and attempted kidnapping.
    The facts date back to last November and the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) had communicated on this case, indicating that a man had filed a complaint against three individuals whom he accuses of sexual harassment against his wife following "an incident that turned into a confrontation with the suspects who then handcuffed the lady and forcibly removed (…)

  • Moroccan Man Deported from France Under Mysterious Circumstances
    1 May 2019, by Kamal

    The French authorities this week carried out the repatriation of a Moroccan national to Fès-Saiss airport, for reasons unknown to date. Is it a wanted notice or illegal stay? No information has been communicated.
    On Monday afternoon, a Moroccan national in his thirties was expelled by the French police and arrested at Fès airport by the Moroccan authorities upon disembarking from a plane from Lyon.
    No information has been communicated about the reasons for his repatriation or the wanted (…)

  • Fez Aims to Rival Marrakech as Morocco’s Top Tourist Destination
    3 June 2019, by Marcel

    Supplant Marrakech. The vision developed by Fez through the authorities and specialists in charge of bringing it back to tourist expansion. To this end, what it puts on the scale is substantial: in particular, its 9,000 historic dwellings, its 11 ancient Koranic schools, its 83 mausoleums, its 176 mosques and its 1,200 craft workshops, writes the AFP.
    In addition, its tens of thousands of alleys and, in particular, its famous tannery workshops allowing the transformation of animal skins (…)

  • Man Arrested for False Bomb Threat at Fez-Saïss Airport
    5 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    Elements of the Prefectural Judicial Police Service of Fez arrested a 45-year-old individual. He would be involved in a case of denunciation of a fictitious terrorist crime.
    The accused had called, by telephone, the Command and Coordination Room, under the Prefectural Police of Fez and responsible for receiving citizens’ calls and then managing police interventions on public roads. The person concerned wanted to denounce a fictitious terrorist crime at Fez-Saïss Airport, before hanging up (…)