Migrant vessel sinks off Morocco Oct 10, 2008
The body of one man has been found on a beach near the northern city of Kenitra and at least one male survivor has been rescued ... The survivor told authorities the boat had capsized half an hour after setting off on Tuesday night from Kenitra, 40km (25 miles) east of Rabat ... Kenitra was an unusual starting point for a trip to Spain, our correspondent notes, as the boat would have had to cross more than 250km of open sea. (BBC News)
A Cold War Story -- Author Jim Conkey Tells a Thoroughly Riveting Story Based On Actual Events in North Africa Toward the End of the Cold War Sep 13, 2008
At that time, Turner was a U.S. Navy Lieutenant, Junior Grade, and officer in charge of a special weapons/explosive ordnance disposal team at the Naval Ordnance Facility at Port Lyautey (now Kenitra) Morocco. Representatives from the CIA and State Department will be attending the meeting in preparation for questions that might slow or prevent a plan to reestablish a small U.S. special operations presence in a number of North African countries as part of the U.S. war on terrorism. (Primezone Releases)
Morocco:Firing Squads Silent - But Death Hovers Aug 20, 2008
Kouhlal said the suffering and isolation of the death row inmates was made worse by imprisoning most of them in the central jail of Kenitra, 130 kilometres north of Casablanca. "This is far from their families. It really amounts to a form of collective punishment." Most of their relatives were poor and the travel costs were a burden. (allAfrica.com)
Islamist prisoners stage hunger strike in Morocco Jun 22, 2008
A hunger striker reached by telephone in a prison in Kenitra, just north of Rabat, the capital, said the prisoners wanted justice. "We had been parts of mass trials and got long sentences, even though there had been no evidence," said the inmate, who identified himself as Mourad Sarouf and said he had been falsely convicted of being a member of a group that planned attacks in Morocco. (International Herald Tribune)
* Nine convicted bombers tunnel out of Moroccan jail Apr 9, 2008
The Kenitra prison administration noted the escape Monday morning and all measures have been taken to find the escaped prisoners and establish who was responsible, the justice ministry said in a statement quoted by the MAP state news agency ... An official representing a prisoners welfare group said the fugitives had escaped from Kenitra prison north of Rabat after dawn prayers at 5:30am. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Red-facedJailbreak is a setback to Morocco's anti-terror profile Apr 9, 2008
The probe at Kenitra will ask whether there were accomplices ... The Moroccan authorities are not saying how the men escaped from Kenitra prison, north of Rabat ... " It was not immediately possible to get confirmation of Prof Darif's account but an interior ministry source told the AFP news agency the prisoners had used a tunnel. Hunger strike Before they fled, the prisoners apparently wrote a heartfelt message proclaiming their innocence on the wall of the prison toilets. Abderahim Mouhtad... (BBC News -- Africa)
Casablanca bomb convicts escape Apr 9, 2008
Prison authorities at Kenitra, 40km (25 miles) north of the capital, Rabat, noticed the escape on Monday morning, the justice ministry told state media. An interior ministry source told AFP news agency that the prisoners had tunnelled their way out. (BBC News -- Africa)
9 jailed for terror escape Morocco prison Apr 8, 2008
The Moroccan Justice Ministry said in a statement that officials discovered Monday morning that the nine had escaped from a prison in Kenitra, 25 miles northwest of the capital Rabat, MAP reported. The ministry said all measures have been taken to find the escapees. (MSNBC -- International)
Morocco bombers in jail break Apr 8, 2008
Abderrahim Mahtade, president of the Annasir association, a prisoner-rights advocacy group, said the men escaped from the Kenitra prison, north of Rabat, after dawn prayers on Monday. One of the men was reportedly on death row. (Aljazeera.Net)
Casablanca bombers tunnel out of jail Apr 8, 2008
The Kenitra "prison administration noted the escape on Monday morning and all measures have been taken to find the escaped prisoners and establish who was responsible," the justice ministry said in a statement quoted by the MAP state news agency ... An official representing a prisoners' welfare group said the fugitives had escaped from Kenitra prison north of Rabat after dawn prayers at 5 ... Last December a drug baron called Mohamed Ouazzani, alias Nini, strolled out of Kenitra prison... (iAfrica.com)
European Movers: BHP Billiton, VW, Akzo Nobel Oct 25, 2007
To build TGV line in Morocco - the company has signed a deal in Morocco to design and build a high-speed rail link between Tangier, Kenitra and Casablanca. The Tangier-Kenitra line is expected to be completed by 2013. (MSNBC -- Business)
France and Morocco in train deal Oct 23, 2007
The first section, 200km (125 miles) from Tangiers to Kenitra, would be operational in 2013. Mixed outcome. (BBC News)
France's Sarkozy signs 2 bln eur trade, military deals with Morocco Oct 23, 2007
The first section between Tangiers and Kenitra should go into operation in 2013, with the line expected to slash the travel time between Tangiers and Casablanca from five hours to just over two when it goes into operation, Alstom said. The company also signed a 200 mln eur contract to deliver 20 Prima locomotives and build a power plant near the northeastern city of Oujda. (Forbes)
Paris and Rabat sign trade deals Oct 23, 2007
The first section from Tangier to Kenitra, 40km northeast of Rabat, should be operational in 2013. Agreements. (Aljazeera.Net)
Bomb suspect's Quebec journey Sep 15, 2007
Mr. Namouh grew up in the coastal city of Kenitra in northern Morocco. He came to Quebec after marrying a waitress from Maskinong. (Globe and Mail -- National)
* World News Quick Take Jul 29, 2007
The prison authorities had agreed to begin transferring the inmates, who are being held at Kenitra, north of the Moroccan capital Rabat, to prisons closer to their families. All 36 prisoners were convicted in connection with the devastating Casablanca bombings of May 16, 2003, which killed 45 people and wounded dozens more. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
