Morocco’s Police seize over 4.8 tons of cannabis & 6 kg of cocaine

Moroccan security services have seized 4.85 tons of cannabis and 6 kg of cocaine in separate anti-drug operations carried out lately in various cities of the Kingdom. Over the weekend, the police of Agadir intercepted a transport vehicle at the entrance of the city of Ait Melloul carrying 2.34 tons of cannabis. They also intercepted […]

Algeria takes aim at consular ties with Morocco, in new diversionary maneuver

Algeria has declared Morocco’s consul to Oran persona non grata without offering whatsoever explanation, in yet another diversionary tactic at a context Algiers is engulfed in diplomatic turmoil. The decision came the same day Algeria handed a five-year jail sentence to a writer who recalled that France amputated lands and attached them to current Algeria. […]

Coronavirus: Morocco’s Flag-Carrier RAM Halts Flights to China

Royal Air Maroc decided on Thursday to suspend temporarily all its direct flights to and from the Chinese capital starting Jan.31 as the new deadly coronavirus continues to spread in China and worldwide. The Moroccan airline said it decided a one-month suspension of the Casablanca-Beijing flights after a “sharp drop in demand” and bookings.   […]