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Over half ton of cannabis seized near Laayoune, 8 people, including 3 from Tindouf nabbed

The police of Laayoune, Moroccan Saharan city, have seized lately 529 kg of cannabis and arrested eight people, including a Mauritanian and three men from the polisario-controlled camps in Tindouf, Southern Algeria. The security agents have unearthed the drug stash which was buried in a desert zone located about 40 km east of Laayoune, says […]

Mauritanian President receives Morocco’s Head of Government, expresses desire to consolidate brotherly relations with the Kingdom

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani received, on Thursday in Nouakchott, Morocco’s Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, who represented King Mohammed VI at the investiture ceremony of the Mauritanian Head of State for a second five-year term. In a statement to MAP following the audience, Akhannouch said that he informed the Mauritanian President of […]

Morocco/earthquake: Death toll jumps to 2,122 deaths, number of injured to 2,421

The death toll from the devastating earthquake, which hit Friday night Morocco and was centered in the Igil commune in the Hawz region, has jumped to 2,122 deaths and the number of injured to 2,421, including over 1,000 in critical condition, according to an updated report from the Ministry of the Interior. The number of […]