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  • Morocco Cracks Down on Illegal Water Wells Amid Resource Concerns
    24 August 2024, by Sylvanus

    Sanctions for those who illegally appropriate water resources in Morocco by digging wells and boreholes in an anarchic manner without authorization. The competent authorities have just issued strict instructions.
    Complying with the instructions of the pachas and caids, the water police and the water basin agencies are conducting sweeping campaigns. Those who illegally appropriate water resources in Morocco by digging wells and boreholes in an anarchic manner without authorization will be (…)

  • New Multidisciplinary Faculty Breaks Ground in Taounate, Morocco
    22 October 2019, by Bladi.net

    The laying of the first stone for the construction of the Multidisciplinary Faculty of Taounate was effective on Sunday, October 20, in the commune of Mazraoua by the supervising Minister, Saïd Amzazi. This new Faculty, which is part of the University Sidi Mohammed Benabdellah of Fez (USMBA), will cost around 100 million dirhams.
    This temple of knowledge will be built on an area of more than 54 hectares, of which nearly 13,000 m2 are covered. According to Huffpost, the 100 million dirhams (…)

  • Moroccan Air Force Mirage Jet Crashes During Training, Pilot Ejects Safely
    21 January 2019, by Said

    A statement from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) distributed by the MAP indicates that this Mirage was on a training mission and that the pilot is safe and sound after managing to eject.
    This accident occurred in an uninhabited area and caused no material damage, it is also written.
    In 2015, a Mirage F1 fighter plane crashed six kilometers south of the Sidi Slimane air base. "The single-engine aircraft was returning from a training mission and was preparing to land on (…)

  • Moroccan Air Force Mirage F-1 Crashes During Training, Pilot Ejects Safely
    22 January 2019, by Said

    The fighter plane was on a training mission and the pilot is safe and sound after managing to eject from the aircraft, the same source said.
    The accident occurred in an uninhabited area and caused no material damage, the FAR specified.
    Here is the video filmed a few minutes after the plane crash.

  • Pregnant Police Inspector Killed in Tragic Accident; DGSN Holds Solemn Funeral Service
    5 March 2019, by Amine

    The DGSN paid tribute to a pregnant policewoman who died on February 26 in a traffic accident in Taounate. The police organized emotional funeral services in Marrakech for this purpose.
    Ikram Nouass was pregnant and leaving the provincial hospital of Taounate (her place of assignment) when she was hit by a car driving in reverse. She was at the hospital for a consultation. Ikram was an inspector and was only 35 years old.
    The DGSN paid tribute to her, last Wednesday, by organizing her (…)

  • Bridge Collapse in Morocco’s Taounate Region Critically Injures Truck Driver
    4 April 2019, by Amine

    On Thursday morning, a bridge collapsed in the Taounate region. There was a truck crossing it. Its driver is in very serious condition and suffers from serious injuries.
    As he was crossing the bridge connecting the Tissa region to Ras el Oued, in the province of Taounate, a truck driver transporting sand was unable to leave it in time when it began to collapse. This happened today, Thursday.
    The driver would have had the reflex to jump from the top of the bridge to limit the damage. But (…)

  • Overloaded Truck Causes Bridge Collapse in Taounate, Morocco; Driver Injured
    5 April 2019, by Amine

    A bridge has just collapsed in the vicinity of Taounate, at the moment when an overloaded truck was crossing it. The Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water accuses the driver as well as the company for which he works.
    The maximum authorized weight for vehicles using this bridge is 10 tons. But this truck weighed 30 tons. It was loaded with construction materials. This caused the bridge to collapse. The driver who jumped by reflex to limit the damage was seriously injured. (…)

  • Tragic Hunting Accident: 24-Year-Old Killed by Stray Bullet in Taounate, Morocco
    15 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    In Taounate, a 24-year-old man was killed at the Asfalou dam. He was hit by a stray bullet fired from a hunting rifle that his uncle was carrying.
    The victim would have gone with his uncle, accompanied by a group of hunters, before the hunting activity turned into a tragedy, on the eve of Eid al-Adha, reports Hespress. Indeed, the young man was hit by a bullet in the thighs. As a result, a hemorrhage hastened his death.
    Alerted, the elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Taounate opened (…)

  • Magnitude 4.9 Earthquake Shakes Northern Morocco’s Taounate Province
    1 July 2020, by Bladi.net

    Northern Morocco recorded a slight seismic shock of 4.9 degrees, according to the National Institute of Geophysics (ING).
    In a seismic alert bulletin, the National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network of the institute specifies that the shock occurred in the province of Taounate at 7:06:42 AM (GMT+1). The felt shock has a depth of 05 km, a latitude of 34.402°N and a longitude of 4.756°W.
    To recall, Morocco recorded, on Sunday, May 31, a new seismic shock with a magnitude of 3.7 degrees (…)

  • Tragic Selfie Attempt Leads to Fatal Fall from Mountain in Morocco
    15 May 2021, by Sylvanus

    A young man died after falling several meters while trying to take a selfie at the top of a mountain in the commune of El Bibane, Taounate province.
    This will be his last photo shoot. Hiking with his friends, a young man fell several meters while trying to take a selfie at the top of a mountain, reports Ahdath.info. He died on the spot.
    Upon arrival at the scene of the tragedy, the civil protection elements transferred the victim’s body to the morgue. Pending the results of the autopsy, (…)