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African Lion 2023: Exercise in Agadir to test FAR rescue & salvage unit’s responsiveness to WMD attack

As part of Moroccan-US cooperation in disaster management, a synthetic exercise on the fight against weapons of mass destruction (WMD) took place on Thursday in Agadir to assess the responsiveness of the Royal Armed Forces’ Rescue and Salvage Unit (USS-FAR) to deal with a crisis situation involving nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical (NRBC) risks. This […]

Morocco Earmarks 6.85 bln dirhams to Fight Disparities in Rural Areas

Morocco has earmarked 6.85 billion dirhams to a program meant to curb disparities between cities and rural areas in 2018. Speaking at the weekly government meeting Thursday, Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch said the program will be funded by the fund of rural and mountainous zones development with the aim of opening up hard-to-reach areas, developing […]

Four Tunisian women arrested for drug trafficking in Morocco

Moroccan police arrested Monday four Tunisian women for drug trafficking at the Marrakech-Menara airport. The suspects, aged between 19 and 45 were accompanied with a five-year-old child, according to a statement from the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN). The women were arrested in possession of 6.485 kg of cannabis resin, carefully concealed in their […]