Atop North Africa, the ascent of Mount Toubkal reveals a Morocco undergoing profound reconstruction. Between mass tourism and Berber traditions, the Imlil Valley is reinventing itself after the earthquake, driven by a youth firmly focused on the future.
In contrast to the tumult of Marrakech, the Berber village of Imlil cultivates a model of slow and solidarity-based tourism. Driven by the Kasbah du Toubkal, this bastion of the High Atlas finances local development while preserving its authenticity.
The French trail shoe brand, Salomon, celebrates the mountain guides of Imlil, in its new "Salomon Advanced" collection. It also provided support to the population of the village after the powerful earthquake of September 8, 2023 that struck the province of Al Haouz, south of Marrakech.
A British family of four, including two children, was urgently hospitalized in Marrakech after suffering from a severe food poisoning .
A Moroccan hotel has just received the prestigious Versailles World Prize 2023, in the Hotels category.
A new hearing took place before the Court of Cassation in Rabat as part of the case of the murder, in 2018, of two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region.
The administrative court of Marrakech has ordered the State to pay 5 million dirhams in damages to the heirs of one of the victims of the terrorist murders committed in December 2018 in the Imlil region.
The Imlil case, whose appeal trial has started in recent days, seems rich in twists and turns. After the reduction of the sentence of one accused, it is the defense of the main accused in the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in Imlil that has renewed its request to have them subjected to a medical examination, during the hearing on Wednesday before the Criminal Chamber (2nd degree) in charge of terrorism cases near the annex of the Court of Appeal of Salé.
Nine individuals were sentenced by the Court of Appeal to a total of 51 years in prison in eight separate cases related to terrorism. The defendants were prosecuted on several counts.
The appeal trial of the 24 accused in the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region of El Haouz province has been postponed, according to the Criminal Chamber (2nd degree) in charge of Terrorism Affairs at the Annex of the Court of Appeal in Salé.
During the 3rd appeal hearing on Wednesday, September 18, at the Criminal Court of Appeal in Salé, the 24 defendants in the case of the murder of the two Scandinavian tourists in the Imlil region, the three main defendants say they have no regrets about their murderous act.
Convicted at first instance to heavy sentences, including three death sentences against the perpetrators of this crime described as "terrorist", the 24 criminals involved in the murder of two Scandinavian tourists were again before the Anti-Terrorism Tribunal of Salé on Wednesday, August 28, 2019. The appeal trial of these terrorists was postponed immediately after it opened.