Moroccan Security Forces Crackdown on Smugglers on Mauritanian Borders

Morocco mobilizes its security forces along with customs services in a clampdown on smugglers in the southernmost tip of the country on the borders with Mauritania. A statement issued by Dakhla regional authorities said that the operation started on August 14 in Guerarat on the borders with Mauritania with the aim of clearing the region […]

Tindouf Camps boiling, anger against Polisario intensifying

Anger continues to build up in the Tindouf camps which are rocked by growing demonstrations making Polisario leaders uncomfortable and responding with more repression and arrests of protesters including women. Demonstrators have set fire to cars belonging to the separatist front, while another group burnt a pharmacy belonging to the son of the so-called interior […]

OCP Awards £25 Mln Contract to Scottish Weir for Sustainable Solutions in Greenfield Phosphate Projects

Morocco’s OCP group has selected Scottish mining technology Company Weir to provide energy efficient, sustainable solutions to the next phase of OCP’s Benguerir and Louta greenfield phosphate projects. Under a £25 million contract, Weir pledges to support the continued construction of the Louta project and the trebling of production from the Benguerir project, where Weir […]