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• Three Arrested in Morocco for Social Media Posts Urging Bus Vandalism
  7 September 2019, by Sylvanus

  Three individuals are paying for their recklessness. They are suspected of having published calls on social networks, inciting to cause material damage to the fleet of new urban buses recently put into service in the cities of Rabat, Salé and Témara.
  In posts on their personal "Facebook" accounts, the accused, aged 22 to 25, were as clear as possible in their calls to damage the new urban buses put into service recently by the operating company in the cities of Rabat, Salé and Témara, (…)

• Moroccan Minister: State Should Not Interfere in Private Sexual or Religious Practices
  4 December 2019, by Sylvanus

  On this occasion, the Minister of State in charge of human rights addressed three essential issues, reports Assabah. Addressing consensual sexual relations between a man and a woman, Mustapha Ramid asserts that the State has no right to break into the private space, spy and break down the doors of adults to transgress their intimacy.
  "Breaking the fast during the day is also a private matter. Everyone has the right to practice their beliefs as they wish, provided they do it in a closed (…)

• Morocco Engages Mosques in National Campaign to Combat Violence Against Women
  31 December 2019, by Ginette

  The 17th national awareness campaign against violence against women ended last Thursday with a meeting organized in Salé by the Minister of Solidarity. During the meeting, Jamila El Moussali said that this campaign was able to reach 6 million young people thanks to the involvement of the public media.
  Placed this year under the theme "The involvement of young people in the fight against violence against women and girls", the campaign took place from November 25 to December 20, 2019.
  The (…)

• Parents in Salé Protest Shisha Cafes Near Schools, Demand Action
  28 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  The establishment of shisha cafes near school premises in Salé is not to the liking of parents of students. They are calling on the competent authorities to put an end to this phenomenon that is spreading in the city.
  Shisha cafes are numerous in the Marina Salé area, on Boulevard de Lalla Meryem and Boulevard de Lalla Amina in the Al Mazraa district of Tabriquet-Salé. In the sights of the inhabitants of the city, an establishment closed in February 2022 following a police raid. The (…)

• Massive Hashish Haul Washes Ashore Near Moroccan Capital
  29 May 2024, by Prince

  Bags containing large quantities of hashish, washed up by the sea, were discovered on Sunday on the beaches of Sidi Moussa in Salé. The area has been secured and the drugs seized.
  Alerted of the discovery, the prosecutor of the king near the court of first instance of Salé, the head of the regional security of Salé, the commander of the fourth annex, the auxiliary authorities and the auxiliary forces took their responsibilities, proceeding to the cordoning off of the area where the bags (…)

• Morocco’s Mawazine Music Festival to Return in 2024 After Pandemic Hiatus
  2 February 2023, by Said

  After a three-year interruption due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Maroc Cultures association announces the return of the Mawazine-Rhythms of the World festival in 2024 for its 19th edition. This festival is considered one of the largest cultural events in the world.
  "The Maroc Cultures association is pleased to announce to the Mawazine public that the festival will resume its activities as early as 2024 to meet the expectations of festival-goers who are longing for the return of this (…)

• Moroccan Activist Jailed for Facebook Post Calling for Prime Minister’s Death
  20 January 2019, by Said

  Back to square one for the former founder of the February 20 movement Oussama El Khlifi, who has just been sentenced to a prison term for calls for murder broadcast on Facebook.
  The Court of First Instance in Salé sentenced the young man to a three-month prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 dirhams for "public incitement to murder." He had described the PJD leaders as "terrorists" before continuing on Facebook: "I wish that all members of the PJD die, and that their heads be hung on (…)

• Violent Offender Arrested in Salé After Police Officer Draws Weapon
  25 November 2019, by Ginette

  To avoid a knife attack, a police inspector was forced to brandish his service weapon. The incident took place last Saturday in Salé.
  The police intervention in the "Al Fath" neighborhood to arrest a 19-year-old repeat offender with a violent criminal record almost turned into a tragedy. The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN), in a statement, indicated that the young man fiercely resisted his arrest. This forced the inspector to draw his service weapon.
  Once neutralized, (…)

• 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 (…)

• Rabat Region Taxi Drivers Protest Work Stoppage, Seek Royal Intervention
  24 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  "This decision has only been applied at the level of the Rabat region, unlike the 11 other regions of the kingdom where large taxis were still in operation," said Ibrahim Taie, representative of the taxi drivers, to Hespress. The wali of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region had forced this professional category to stop working for 3 months. According to Ibrahim, this work stoppage has caused "an unprecedented financial crisis among taxi drivers, who earn their living day by day, and who for the (…)