The court of first instance in Casablanca began on Tuesday the examination of the drug trafficking case involving 37 gendarmes from Béni Mellal and other neighboring regions.
The investigation into the death of a hunter "accidentally" killed by his hunting companion in a forest in the commune of Ghbala is causing a scandal. It was discovered that a woman was the victim’s mistress before recently having a romantic relationship with the suspect.
A serious road accident occurred on Sunday near Azouair, near Oulad Yaïch (province of Béni Mellal), involving the bus of the youth team of the Dir El Ksiba club and a car. The toll is 26 injured.
An earthquake shook certain areas of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, more precisely in Béni Oukil, between the towns of Fquih Ben Salah and Khouribga, on Saturday. Nasser Jabbour, director of the National Institute of Geophysics (INGP), in charge of seismic monitoring in Morocco, claims that this earthquake is caused by the extraction of phosphates.
The Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water is working on the implementation of the highway project connecting Beni Mellal to Fès and Meknès, the objective of which is to accelerate the socio-economic and tourism development of central-eastern Morocco.
The National Railway Office (ONCF) has just launched a call for tenders for the preliminary studies of the future railway line connecting Casablanca to Béni Mellal, passing through Oued Zem and Khouribga.
A former MP, former president of the urban commune of Béni Mellal, and also leader of the Mouvement Populaire (MP, opposition) party, and two young women are being held in custody as part of a case involving the death of a young woman at the former MP’s villa.
A tour guide lost his life while accompanying a group of foreign tourists on the Ouzoud tourist circuit, in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region.
The launch of the construction work of a new railway line connecting Casablanca to Béni Mellal via Khouribga is imminent, according to the local authorities of the province of Béni Mellal.
The Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM) forecasts a scorching Saturday. Several provinces of Morocco including Beni Mellal, Laayoune, Kenitra, Safi and Essaouira are placed on orange alert.
The thunderstorms are giving way to heat. The Directorate General of Meteorology warns that high temperatures are expected in several provinces of Morocco such as Béni Mellal, Marrakech, Tan-Tan and Sidi Ifni from Thursday to Saturday.
The Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water launched on Friday a call for tenders for the realization of the studies of the highway project connecting Beni Mellal to Fès and Meknès. The future highway aims to accelerate the socio-economic and tourist development of the central-east of the kingdom.