
Rescuers Close to Saving 5-Year-Old Boy Trapped in Moroccan Well for Days
The 5-year-old Rayan, trapped at the bottom of a well for five days in the Chefchaouen region, would still be alive, and his rescue would be imminent.

The 5-year-old Rayan, trapped at the bottom of a well for five days in the Chefchaouen region, would still be alive, and his rescue would be imminent.

As efforts continue to get little Rayan out of the well he fell into since Tuesday , the Canadian Ambassador to Morocco joins all the voices wishing for the success of the rescue operation. Nell Stewart expressed in a tweet her full support for the little boy, his family and all the mobilized people.

In Morocco, rescue workers are mobilized to save Rayan, a 5-year-old boy trapped in a 45 cm diameter deep well since last Tuesday, after an accidental fall. A real race against time.

The government reacted on Thursday to the #SaveRayan operation. Mustapha Baitas, the delegate minister in charge of Relations with Parliament, government spokesman, said that efforts are being made to rescue the 5-year-old child who fell into a well in the village of Ighrane, in the Chefchaouen region.

Like the major Moroccan tourist destinations, the city of Chefchaouen is developing its accommodation capacity, to prepare for the post-Covid recovery. Three new hotels were built last year.

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The torrential rains that poured down on the province of Chefchaouen on Wednesday caused significant damage to boats moored in the fishing centers of "Arkoub", "Sidi Yahya Aârab" and "Jnane Niche".

The fires that had been ravaging the "Soukna" forest near Chefchaouen for five days have been "totally" brought under control. The toll: 1,100 hectares of forest went up in smoke.

The Canadair CL-415T amphibious water bomber aircraft acquired by Morocco have been a major ally of the FAR in fighting the flames that engulfed the "Sougna" forest last week. Zoom in on this sky firefighter that unfortunately very few countries have.

Efforts continued on Monday to bring under control the fire that ravaged, in less than two days, about 725 hectares of the Sougna landscape, located between the communes of Tanakoub and Derdara in the province of Chefchaouen.

A forest fire whose causes are still unknown broke out in the forest area of Chefchaouen near the Bouhachem mountain. Three Canadair aircraft from the Royal Air Force (RAF) were mobilized to limit the damage in this difficult to access area.

Indian hemp farmers in the provinces of Al Hoceima and Chefchaouen have created a coordination committee for the areas of origin of the cannabis plant. It is mandated to monitor the evolution of the cannabis legalization project with a view to effectively taking into account the main demands of producers in this area.