26 people were electrocuted to death , on Monday, February 8, in a clandestine textile workshop in Tangier. The police have opened an investigation, under the supervision of the public prosecutor’s office, to elucidate the circumstances of this tragedy.
Three days after the death of six members of the same family, including a child and an infant, in their home in the Errahma neighborhood in Salé, the mystery surrounding the circumstances of this tragedy remains complete. Pending the results of the investigations by the National Brigade of the Judicial Police, the versions on this mass murder vary according to the sources.
The many efforts made by Morocco for decades to fight corruption do not seem to be bearing fruit. Launched in 2015 and implemented the following year, the national anti-corruption strategy whose deadline is 2025 has failed to overcome the evil.
Six people belonging to the same family were murdered in Salé . Investigators are working to solve this case.
A few days ago, Moroccan minors were assaulted by Guardia civil agents. The police and the General Directorate of Child Protection of the Canary Islands government have decided to open an investigation.
On the sidelines of this year’s elections in Morocco, the Institute of Social and Media Studies (IESM) conducted a survey to find out Moroccans’ views on the political class. The results of this survey, carried out on a sample of 875 women and men aged 18 and over, show that they are only very slightly interested in politics.
The police services of Marrakech have opened an investigation after intercepting a video of a naked woman on the terrace of a house. The woman was found in a "psychological and mental abnormal" state.
A former MP was arrested in Errachidia by the BNPJ. He is accused of having helped a police exam candidate obtain a false Covid-19 test certificate. An investigation has been opened.
The family of young gendarme Myriam Sakhri is still waiting to know the truth about the death of their daughter, which occurred on September 24, 2011. Vincent Brengarth, the family’s lawyer, explains the purpose of the hearing on Tuesday, January 26, to determine a reopening of the investigation by the Lyon prosecutor’s office, following an initial dismissal confirmed on appeal in 2015.
Morocco has not made any significant progress in the fight against corruption. With a score of 40/100, it even loses one point compared to last year, ranking 86th out of 180 countries ranked, compared to 80th position a year earlier. This is the finding of the new Corruption Perceptions Index 2020 (CPI 2020) of Transparency International.
Ludovic Lefèvre and his wife Mélissa left Rennes in France for Marrakech to enjoy a few moments of tranquility, away from professional and family stress. But this moment in a 5-star hotel will become nightmarish on the last of the five planned days, with the death of the head of the family, found dead at the bottom of the jacuzzi.
Central Interior commissions are on an audit mission in the local development companies (SDL). Those that are slow to regularize their status and update the agreements that bind them to the municipalities are targeted. These SDLs have in particular been prohibited from incurring expenses before their validation by the walis.