Residents of Figuig have been demonstrating for over three months against their municipality's decision to delegate water and electricity management to the regional intercommunal group, Oriental Distribution. The arrest of some protest figures yesterday has reportedly heightened tensions.
Authorities in Casablanca have ordered the closure of car wash shops and public baths three days a week to rationalize potable water consumption.
Morocco has been associated with the discovery of seven planets orbiting around a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. The Oukaimeden Observatory has also participated in a new study which examines the composition and density of these planets that are the same size as ours.
Meteorites, found in Morocco in 2011 and 2012, have showed evidence of water on Mars 4.4 billion years ago. They showed signs of oxidation which could have occurred as water formed, according to scientists.