Khouribga

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• Moroccan Teacher Assaulted While Thwarting Child Abduction Attempt at School
  23 April 2019, by Amine

  A teacher intervened to prevent the kidnapping of one of her students at the Oulad Abdoun school, in the Khouribga region. The kidnapper then violently assaulted her. He is currently in custody.
  On Monday, a man managed to break into the Oulad Abdoun school in Khouribga with the dark intention of kidnapping a student. But the child’s teacher bravely intervened.
  The kidnapper took revenge with violence by hitting her several times. Following this assault, the teacher was taken to the (…)

• Morocco’s Rental Market Shifts: Surge in Demand for Furnished Properties
  12 November 2020, by Jérôme

  The long-term rental market has been undergoing real changes in Morocco for a few months now. The taste for furnished properties is becoming more and more pronounced, confirms Mubawab in its latest edition of the rental barometer for the 3rd quarter.
  Apartment rentals have seen a 2% increase compared to the previous quarter, with an annual price drop of -4% year-on-year, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc, citing Mubawab. Regarding rented villas, a positive annual evolution of 3% was recorded, (…)

• Newborn Girl Rescued from Dumpster in Moroccan City of Khouribga
  27 February 2019, by Amine

  A newborn baby has just been found near a dumpster in Khouribga. This little girl would be barely a few days old...
  In Hay al Quds, in Khouribga, citizens are said to have been alerted by the incessant cries of a baby, just a few days old. This baby was left near a dumpster. The people on the spot immediately called the authorities to inform them of the whole affair.
  The newborn was hungry, judging by its incessant cries. This prompted a woman to breastfeed it, as she probably could not (…)

• Moroccan Woman Exposes Gendarmes in Corruption Sting Operation
  5 April 2019, by Amine

  Two gendarmes stationed in Khouribga have just been trapped by a woman they were blackmailing. They were asking her for 3,000 dirhams to release her son, arrested as part of a traffic violation.
  This request from the gendarmes was not to the liking of the mother who turned to the green number set up to fight corruption, anonymously or not. She explains the story, namely that two gendarmes are demanding 3,000 dirhams in exchange for the release of her son. And here is the case that falls (…)

• Retired Doctor Found Dead in Suspected Hit-and-Run Near Khouribga Highway
  19 December 2019, by Ginette

  The lifeless body of a retired doctor was found in Khouribga on the road connecting the city to the highway entrance. An investigation has been launched to elucidate this mysterious discovery.
  The victim was in the habit of taking this stretch where he was found, for his daily walking exercises. Pending the determination of the actual cause of death, everything seems to suggest that the retired doctor was hit by a careless driver, reports Barlamane.
  The gendarmes have started viewing (…)

• Saudi National Arrested in Morocco for Violating COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
  15 April 2020, by Sylvanus

  The police arrested a Saudi national on Monday in Khouribga. He is accused of violating the measure prohibiting travel between cities in the kingdom during this confinement period.
  While he had received a "temporary" authorization from the local authorities of the city of El Hajeb to go, on April 7, to Rabat, to his country’s consulate, the Saudi took the liberty of traveling to other Moroccan cities.
  Aboard a rented 4X4 vehicle, he went to Beni Mellal and Khouribga, even though the (…)

• Hospital Scandal: Nurses and Foreigners Arrested for Misconduct in Moroccan Medical Facility
  31 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Attorney General of the King at the Court of First Instance ordered the detention of the two nurses and the two foreign men caught inside a room of the Provincial Hospital of Khouribga, smoking shisha.
  The trainee nurse and the two men are being prosecuted for debauchery. Her friend, a married woman, is being prosecuted for adultery. This is the sentence of the Court of First Instance.
  The Attorney General’s Office has decided to prosecute the four accused arrested. Similarly, their (…)

• Rare "Duck-Billed" Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in Morocco Puzzles Scientists
  8 November 2020, by Jérôme

  A team of scientists has discovered the remains of a "duck-billed" hadrosaur in Morocco. A discovery that is puzzling, knowing that Africa was then isolated from the others by oceans.
  Another paleontological discovery made in Morocco that brings new knowledge about the evolution of life on Earth. This time, it is a hadrosaur - Ajnabia odysseus-, or "duck-billed dinosaur", whose remains (teeth and a jaw) found in Sidi Chenane south of Khouribga, date back some 66 million years, reports (…)

• Nurses Caught Smoking Hookah with Strangers in Moroccan Hospital Room
  28 August 2019, by Kamal

  Two nurses were caught, inside a room of the Provincial Hospital of Khouribga, smoking shisha, in the company of two foreign men. The information has been circulating on social networks this week.
  According to the Akhbarona website, the smell of shisha, which had spread through the corridors of the establishment, had attracted the attention of a security guard who hurried to find out the source.
  Two trainee nurses, on duty during the night of Sunday, August 25 to Monday, August 26, were (…)

• Truck Crashes into Clinic in Khouribga, Morocco; Two Seriously Injured
  20 November 2019, by Kamal

  In trying to avoid a collision with a light vehicle that did not respect the right-of-way, the driver performed a dangerous maneuver that saw him end up crashing into the facade of the clinic.
  Seriously injured, the driver and a passenger were taken to the hospital, while an investigation was opened by the security services to determine the circumstances of the accident.