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• Moroccans Urge Boycott of Mawazine Music Festival in Solidarity with Gaza
  18 May 2024, by Prince

  Many Moroccans have called on social media to boycott the Mawazine Rythmes du Monde festival, in solidarity with Gaza.
  The hashtag "Boycott Mawazine" has quickly spread on social media, a few weeks before the launch of the Festival scheduled for June 21. The initiators are asking the invited artists to this event to refrain from participating, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. According to them, the colossal budget planned for the travel and fees of these artists (…)

• Police Officer Arrested in Rabat for Alleged Recruitment Fraud Scheme
  3 January 2019, by Said

  A police sergeant-chief suspected of being involved in a fraud case was arrested on Wednesday by the prefectural judicial police service of Rabat.
  "The security services received a complaint attributing to the suspect police officer her involvement in fraud operations, by claiming to be a recruitment intermediary within the police ranks, in exchange for sums of money," says a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN).
  She is also accused of having provided false (…)

• Heroic Rabat Policeman Prevents Self-Immolation Suicide Attempt in Clinic
  18 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  A young man was narrowly saved from a suicide attempt by a policeman in an ophthalmology office in [Rabat].
  A video widely circulated on social networks shows the scene. According to the account of the facts, the young man, his body sprayed with a flammable product, threatened to commit suicide by self-immolation.
  Being on the spot, a policeman engaged in conversation. First, he tried to dissuade him by playing on his psychology. Then he managed to grab him before seizing the lighter he (…)

• Fire Quickly Extinguished at Rabat’s Arribat Center Mall, No Injuries Reported
  7 December 2019, by Bladi.net

  A fire broke out on Friday at Arribat center (Rabat) without causing any injuries or material damage.
  The technical incident that occurred on the second basement level is the cause of this fire, the mall management said in a statement.
  However, the fire was quickly brought under control by the technical teams of the mall with the help of civil protection and firefighters, the same source said.
  The premises of the two basements as well as the shopping center were evacuated as a safety (…)

• Escaped Bull Causes Chaos in Moroccan Capital, Two Injured
  22 December 2019, by Ginette

  It’s not every day that you see a bull roaming the streets of Rabat. The population experienced this incident with some fright. The runaway animal, in the middle of the city, would have even injured two people.
  Fortunately, the damage was quickly limited. The animal was captured in a net before being tied up by the security services and bystanders. It will be taken back to the slaughterhouse from which it escaped.
  As for the injured, they were taken to a hospital to receive appropriate care.

• King Mohammed VI’s Anger Prompts Urgent Demolition of Rabat Tramway Bridge
  11 May 2019, by Amine

  King Mohammed VI’s anger is said to have motivated the decision of the Agency for the Development of the Bouregreg Valley to urgently and nightly destroy part of the new tramway bridge in Rabat.
  According to Al Massae, the source of this information, the construction model of the bridge pillars would have been the source of royal anger. The Agency for the Development of the Bouregreg Valley would not have been told twice.
  Indeed, the latter would have subsequently brought in bulldozers (…)

• Former Moroccan Health Minister Tayeb Bencheikh Dies at 81
  20 May 2019, by Said

  Tayeb Bencheikh, former Moroccan Minister of Health, died on Sunday night into Monday from a long illness. He was 81 years old.
  A member of the National Rally of Independents (RNI) for 30 years, of which he was one of the founders, Bencheikh was several times a minister, notably Minister in charge of Planning and Regional Development (1979-1982), Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister in charge of Economic Affairs (1983-1985) and Minister of Health (1985-1992).
  A member of the House of (…)

• King Mohammed VI Halts Rabat Train Station Renovation Amid Delays and Mismanagement
  31 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  Delays and poor management of the renovation work on the Rabat-Ville train station would have provoked the anger of King Mohammed VI. This situation would be the reason for the temporary suspension of the work.
  King Mohammed VI would not have appreciated the many failures recorded in the implementation of this project, reports Assabah.
  In addition to the delays, the flooding and the dilapidated state of the building still under renovation would also have led to the suspension of this (…)

• Royal Air Maroc Expands European Routes with New Flights to Rotterdam and London-Gatwick
  3 July 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan airline, Royal Air Maroc, has just announced new flights, starting next fall. It is thus planned to serve Rotterdam and London-Gatwick, from Nador, Tangier and Rabat.
  Quoted by the specialized website, Air Journal, the airline indicates that from October 27 next, a flight between Nador and Rotterdam-The Hague Airport will be launched, with two connections per week: Monday and Friday. The outbound is announced in the Netherlands at 12 p.m., for an arrival in Morocco at 3:10 (…)

• Moroccan Human Rights Council Meets with Families of Hirak Protest Detainees
  7 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A group of mothers and family members of detainees in the context of the events in Al Hoceima met this Friday, July 5, 2019, at the headquarters of the National Institute of Human Rights Training in Rabat, with the President of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH).
  She had already met on May 23 and 24 and June 17, 2019, with the families of some detainees, the CNDH said in a statement. The same source indicates that on May 20 and 21, the Thafra Association and a delegation from (…)