Khenifra

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• COVID-19 Surge Prompts Strict Travel Checkpoints in Moroccan Cities Khénifra and M’rirt
  12 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  The local authorities have tightened control measures at the entrances and exits of Khénifra and M’rirt. This measure follows a surge in Covid-19 cases in these two cities.
  Checkpoints are now installed at the entrances and exits of Khénifra and M’rirt to control people wishing to go to these two municipalities. This means that the compliance of each passenger’s special travel authorization will be checked. Then, he will have to be questioned about the reason for his trip. The regularity (…)

• COVID-19 Surge Prompts Lockdown in Moroccan City of Khénifra
  23 September 2020, by Sylvanus

  Faced with the increase in deaths and positive cases due to Covid-19, the local authorities of the prefecture of the province of Khénifra have decided to restrict movements to and from several neighborhoods of the city from Thursday, September 24 at noon.
  In a press release, the prefecture of the province of Khénifra indicates that the Provincial Coordination Post (PCP) in charge of managing the Covid-19 pandemic has decided to restrict all movement to and from the neighborhoods of Al (…)

• Moroccan City Imposes Lockdown on Neighborhoods as COVID-19 Cases Surge
  25 September 2020, by Ginette

  Certain neighborhoods of the city of Khenifra are subject to new restrictive measures regarding movements. These measures have been in effect since Thursday, September 23 at noon, in order to curb the wave of contamination and deaths observed in the city.
  A large security device composed of agents and auxiliary authorities as well as elements of the National Security and the Auxiliary Forces has been deployed at the entrances and exits of the Assaka, Al Fath and Raouda neighborhoods to (…)

• Suspicious Fire Kills Mother of 3 at Lover’s Apartment in Khenifra, 9 Questioned
  15 December 2020, by Kamal

  A married woman died in a fire on Thursday in the apartment of her lover in Khenifra. The track of a voluntary homicide is favored by the investigators, who have summoned 9 people to date.
  This mother of 3 children was there in the company of her lover, when a fire broke out in the middle of the night, reports the Achkayen site, specifying that the 42-year-old woman did not survive the incident.
  For the moment, the investigation is following several leads, adds the same source, even if (…)

• Suspect in Moroccan Kidnapping Ring Arrested for Murder in Algeria
  2 May 2021, by Ginette

  The elements of the judicial police of Berrechid arrested a 25-year-old individual who would be involved in the murder of a Moroccan in the region of the Algerian city of Annaba in January. The individual would be part of a criminal network specializing in kidnappings, ransom demands and murders.
  In a statement, the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) indicated that the initial elements of the investigation show that the suspect was acting within a network bringing together (…)

• Moroccan Expats’ Summer Return Revives Tourism in Khénifra Province
  27 June 2021, by Prince

  The tourism sector, which has long been in agony due to the health crisis, is gradually resuming its activities in the province of Khénifra thanks to the arrival this summer of Moroccans living abroad (MREs).
  Tourism professionals (hoteliers, carriers, restaurateurs and others) in the province of Khénifra are preparing to welcome the MREs, after the easing of restrictive measures decided by the government and in particular, the authorization to reopen public swimming pools and water parks (…)

• Béni Mellal Region Launches Campaign to Attract Moroccan Expat Investors
  14 July 2021, by Armel

  After a series of changes made to make the Béni Mellal region attractive, the Regional Investment Center (CRI) Béni Mellal-Khénifra organized an operation to seduce the Moroccans Residing Abroad. To this end, communication is being made to present the investment opportunities offered in the region.
  "This meeting is an opportunity to focus on the positive dynamics of investments at the regional level, especially since the reform of the CRI and the creation of the Unified Regional (…)

• Morocco Braces for Record-Breaking Heat Wave with Temperatures Nearing 50°C
  22 July 2021, by Armel

  Extreme heat is expected from Thursday to Saturday in several provinces of Morocco. "Absolute records" of temperatures this weekend during an exceptional heat wave, with the mercury approaching 50 degrees and exceeding the monthly normal by 5 to 12 degrees in places.
  This scorching forecast announced by the Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) in a bulletin, began on Wednesday, in the interior of Souss, while temperatures ranging from 42°C to 45°C will concern, on Thursday, Assa Zag, (…)

• Moroccan Educator Wins India’s Top Teaching Award for Math Innovation
  15 September 2021, by Jérôme

  A Moroccan has just received the award for best teacher and academic of the year 2021 in India. The researcher was honored for his contributions in the field of teaching, mathematics training, didactics and scientific research.
  Hicham Maadan, professor at the Regional Center for Education and Training Professions of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, was awarded in the category "Innovation in Mathematics, Research and Didactics" for his project "innovation in the learning and teaching of (…)

• Tragic Accident Mars Election Celebration in Morocco: 6 Dead, Several Injured
  23 September 2021, by Ginette

  As they were preparing to celebrate the electoral triumph of their candidate at the head of the Lahri Municipal Council, near Khénifra, an accident occurred, leaving six dead and several injured.
  The stunned residents learned the news on Tuesday morning. Six people killed and several others injured while trying to celebrate their candidate’s victory.
  According to the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia, a pick-up truck carrying several people driving at high speed, misjudged a turn. Four (…)