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Is Algeria Becoming a New Hub for Cocaine Trafficking?

After the seizure of more than 700 kg of cocaine in Algeria’s wester port of Oran, new developments in the case show the involvement of judges and other officials in what is being described as a lucrative trafficking activity in Algeria. Acting on a tip-off, Algerian coastal guard found the drug on May 31 in […]

Disarmament & Non-Proliferation: Moroccan, U.S. laboratories ink twinning agreement

Morocco and the United States have inked in Washington an unprecedented twinning agreement between the National Laboratory of Scientific Police, a body of the General Directorate of National Security, and the US renowned Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The signatory sides highlighted the importance of this initiative, as a means to enrich bilateral partnership and contribute […]

High Atlas Mountains Communities Endeavor to Preserve Indigenous Farming – UNDP

On World Environment Day celebrated on 5 June each year, UNDP Morocco made a special mention of the Imegdale territory, located in the Western High Atlas range, pointing out that the oldest section of the range, the High Atlas, “has a wide variety of natural and cultural assets, which cohere as a unique landscape and […]