Just meters from the power grid, families near Bouydmouma still live in darkness

In Bouydmouma, near Aghbala, around ten families have lived without electricity for nearly two decades despite being only a few hundred meters from the grid. Between health risks, children studying by candlelight and repeated unanswered appeals, residents say they are being left behind.

Four men convicted in rape case involving young woman with mental disability in Aghbala

Four men were sentenced to five years in prison by the Beni Mellal Court of First Instance for raping Hayat, a 24-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities from Aghbala, who later gave birth to a child. The victim’s lawyer has appealed the ruling, denouncing a sentence deemed too lenient given the gravity of the case.