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Mauritania forms new government under re-elected president Ould El Ghazouani

Following the re-election of Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Mauritania unveiled the line-up of a new cabinet, led by Prime minister Mokhtar Ould Diay. The new government has 29 ministers, many of whom are Morocco-educated. Prime Minister Diay is a graduate of Morocco’s data and statistics postgraduate school in 1997. Defense minister Hanana Ould Sidi […]

Over one ton of cannabis seized in Tangier, 370 Kg in Goulmima

Two separate drug-busting operations in Morocco enabled to seize 1,150 kg of chira in Tangier on Monday and 374 kg of cannabis near the southern city of Goulmima on Sunday.   The banned substance seized in Tangier was hidden in a fishing boat at the port of the same city. The operation follows the preliminary […]

South Africa’s Seizure of Moroccan Phosphate, ‘Political Matter Disguised as Legal Claim’

A South African court ruled on June 15 to maintain the seizure of Cherry Blossom, a ship carrying 55,000 tons of Moroccan Sahara phosphates bound for New Zealand, in a hostile action reflecting the use of the justice system in South Africa by the separatists to settle political matters with Morocco. The court decided that […]