Local media has reported the death toll is expected to rise, following the crush in Sidi Boualam, close to the city of Essaouira on the Atlantic coast.
Most of the dead were women or elderly people, reports said, blaming the the crush on ‘disorganisation’.
A number of other people are believed to have been injured in a rush for food supplies being given out by a humanitarian organisation.
Various reports put the number of injuries as being as high as 40 and as low as five.
The BBC reported that it is not clear who was handing out the food packages but they had been donated by an unamed charity.
More to follow.