Stormy Showers, Strong Wind Gusts Expected Sunday in Several Moroccan ProvincesNDF members arrested for alleged poaching at Mangetti

Rabat - Locally heavy stormy showers (25-40 mm) with hail and strong wind gusts and dust storms (75-90 km/h) are expected this Sunday in several provinces of the Kingdom, according to the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM). Thus, locally heavy stormy showers (25-40mm) are expected on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the provinces of Al Hoceima, Chefchaouen, Ouezzane, Nador, El Hajeb, Ifrane, Moulay Yacoub, Meknes, Khemisset, Fquih Ben Salah, El Kelaa des Sraghna, Chichaoua and Marrakech, the DGM pointed out in an orange weather alert. Strong wind gusts with local dust storms (75/90 km/h) are also expected on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the provinces of Fahs-Anjra, Tangier-Assilah, Figuig, Boulemane, Midelt, Ifrane, Sefrou, Beni- Mellal, Tinghir, Errachidia, Zagora, Ouarzazate, Azilal, Al Haouz, Oujda-Angad, Guercif, Taourirt, Jerada, El Hajeb and Taza, the same source noted. Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse Three male members of the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) deployed to work in the Mangetti National Park in the Kavango West Region, were arrested for alleged poaching. According to a weekend crime report of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in the region on Sunday, the army soldiers aged 28, 37 and 40, are alleged to have poached a Kudu, Eland, and Wildebeest, and were found in possession of bags containing dried meat by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Park officials. It is further alleged that the suspects used service rifles to commit the crime and made biltong out of the wild animals. The meat is valued at N.dollars 22 450. They are expected to appear in the Rundu Magistrate's Court on Monday. In an unrelated incident at Rundu, two girls aged three and seven died Sunday afternoon after they reportedly drowned in a pond, which resulted from sand mining activities along the Kavango River flood plain. 'Their mother was reportedly fishing nearby while the children were playing,' it read. I t is alleged that the girls got scared of cattle that were roaming nearby and ran into the pond. Their bodies have been taken to the Rundu State Hospital mortuary. Police investigations into both matters continue. Source: The Namibia Press Agency