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EU to redirect €450 mln to support Morocco’s response to Covid-19

The EU will redirect €450 million promised to Morocco this year to help the country better respond to the coronavirus outbreak.   The amount includes €150 million that will be injected directly in the special fund created by Morocco to fund health system acquisitions and offset the social and economic repercussion of the pandemic, according […]

Canary Islands: over 4.7 tons of cannabis seized thanks to collaboration with Morocco’s DGST

Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with Morocco’s Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), seized over 4.7 tons of cannabis aboard two rubber boats between the islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. The operation, made possible thanks to “close police cooperation” with Morocco, involved use of a maritime surveillance system which located the boats loaded with 131 […]

Algerian young pro-democracy protests rattle aged army commanders

Time and money have run out for Algeria as it foot-drags on political and economic reform with thousands protesting against the authoritarian status quo on the anniversary of the country’s pro-democracy movement, known as the Hirak. In the Algerian town of Kherrata, where the Hirak was born two years ago, thousands took to the street […]