Ministry of the Interior Morocco

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• France and Morocco Form Task Force to Expedite Migrant Repatriation
  15 April, by Prince

  Visiting Rabat this Monday, Bruno Retailleau, the French Minister of the Interior, announced the creation of a Franco-Moroccan working group that will be tasked with identifying the nationality of migrants in irregular situations in France in order to facilitate their return to their country of origin.
  Bruno Retailleau was in Rabat this Monday. A visit that follows Emmanuel Macron’s state visit last October and is part of the dynamic of warming bilateral relations between France and (…)

• Morocco Launches Probe into Building Permit Irregularities in Major Cities
  14 April, by Prince

  Suspecting irregularities concerning the issuance of building permits, the central services of the Ministry of Interior have reportedly sent requests for explanation to presidents of communes in the regions of Casablanca and Rabat.
  Are commune presidents in the hot seat? The competent authorities of the Ministry of Interior have reportedly sent them requests for explanation regarding irregularities in the procedure for issuing occupancy permits, according to sources at Hespress, (…)

• Morocco Advances Major Highway Project to Connect Northern and Southern Regions
  3 December 2019, by Ginette

  Dual carriageways will soon connect Agadir, Dakhla and Guergarat. The Ministry of Equipment and the Ministry of the Interior are preparing to start the feasibility studies for these very ambitious road projects.
  The team of experts led by Abdelkader Amara will travel to Dakhla on December 16 to examine the route of these two road sections, which will bring the provinces located in the North and those in the South of the kingdom closer together in the coming years, passing through the (…)

• Video Shows Officer’s Aggressive Enforcement of COVID-19 Lockdown Measures
  26 March 2020, by Kamal

  A widely shared video on social networks reveals the aggressive behavior of an authority agent towards certain citizens caught in flagrant violation of the state of emergency.
  Some individuals did not hesitate to violate the confinement measures imposed by the Ministry of the Interior to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
  These behaviors often expose them to severe fines from the law enforcement officers, before the criminal sanctions in force.
  However, the attitude of certain (…)

• King Mohammed VI Launches Ramadan Aid Program for 3 Million Moroccans
  6 April 2022, by Ginette

  King Mohammed VI proceeded, on Tuesday, to the launch of the 23rd edition of the national "Ramadan 1443" solidarity operation.
  It was in the old medina of Rabat that this action was launched. For this Ramadan 2022, this solidarity has mobilized a budget of 103 million dirhams, intended for nearly 3 million people living in 83 provinces and prefectures of Morocco and grouped into 600,000 households, including 459,500 in rural areas. Over the years, the operation has become a (…)

• Powerful 7.0 Earthquake Strikes Morocco, Killing at Least 296 and Injuring 153
  9 September 2023, by Said

  The Moroccan Ministry of the Interior has published a provisional toll of 296 deaths and 153 injured following an earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale that hit a large part of the country on Friday evening.
  The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the commune of Ighil, in the province of Al Haouz, and the tremor was felt well beyond Morocco’s borders, reaching countries like Spain, Portugal and even Mauritania. An aftershock of magnitude 4.8 was also recorded near (…)

• Morocco Faces Cemetery Crisis: Overcrowding and Neglect Plague Burial Grounds
  7 November 2023, by Prince

  The management of cemeteries is a problem in Morocco. According to a report from the Ministry of the Interior, the existing sites are saturated or in a state of deterioration and the local authorities are struggling to rehabilitate them and identify viable land that can accommodate new cemeteries.
  In this report submitted to parliament during the presentation of its budget, the Ministry of the Interior reveals that 57 million dirhams have been allocated to municipalities, between (…)

• Morocco Closes Wholesale Markets for 30 Days to Prevent Coronavirus-Related Shortages
  18 March 2020, by Kamal

  This decision, which is part of the management of the crisis period induced by the Coronavirus epidemic, will temporarily (30 days) stop the activities of the wholesale market, the main distribution channel for agricultural products.
  Implemented to prevent any eventuality of overbidding or stock shortages, the measure will ensure the regular supply of the market with agricultural and fishery products.
  Until next June, the current stock will largely cover the population’s needs for (…)

• Morocco Considers Mandatory Voting Ahead of 2021 Elections
  11 September 2019, by Kamal

  The Ministry of the Interior has asked the heads of Moroccan political parties to study the possibility of making electoral voting compulsory. This measure comes ahead of the elections of professional chambers, local authorities and the two houses of Parliament, which will take place throughout 2021.
  According to the Akhbarona website, the 2016 parliamentary elections had seen a low voter turnout with only 43% of the 15 million registered voters marking their presence at the polls.
  The (…)

• Morocco Cracks Down: Over 100 Local Officials Dismissed for Corruption
  9 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The Ministry of the Interior is currently carrying out a purge within the municipal elected officials. About a hundred people are concerned.
  In total, 33 commune presidents, 15 vice-presidents and 34 members of local councils have been dismissed and are also being prosecuted for acts contrary to the laws and regulations in force, undermining the ethics of the public service and the interests of the commune, indicates a report from the Ministry of the Interior.
  In detail, 21 elected (…)