Covid-19: Royal Gendarmerie participates in Morocco’s masks production success story

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Morocco adopted a set of preventive measures to face the looming health crisis. Part of the measures it adopted, Morocco imposed the compulsory wearing of masks and mobilized several industrial units to produce locally protective facemasks, a move that was described by international media a success story as […]

Morocco-France strengthen military cooperation with “Exercise Chergui 2025”

Moroccan and French armies have launched over the weekend their joint military exercise “Chergui 2025” in southern-eastern desert region of the Kingdom to strengthen further interoperability and consolidate strategic cooperation between the two countries against common challenges. According to French defense ministry, elements from the 5th regiment of combat helicopters, a platoon of the 1st […]

Jihadist attack on a refugee camp in Niger kills three

Over 50 jihadists on motorbikes launched a “well-planned operation” against the Intikane refugee camp in the Tahoua region, in Western Niger, at some 72 km from the Malian border. The camp hosts some 20,000 refugees and an additional 15,000 displaced Niger nationals. The UN refugee agency UNHCR strongly condemned the attack perpetrated Sunday and the […]