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Two Coast Guard vessels and a High-Seas Patrol boat of the Royal Navy successfully intercepted two canoes carrying a total of 124 Sub-Saharan migrants, including 8 minors. The operation, part of national waters monitoring, took place at approximately 75 km west of the Southern city of Dakhla. According to a statement from the General Staff […]
A senior Israeli official on Wednesday evening rubbished a report by local media earlier in the day claiming that Israel is “in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo” and other nations to discuss the possibility of relocating thousands of Gazans to these countries, Times of Israel reports. “There are those in Israel who think […]
Units of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) in charge of border surveillance in the cities of Nador, M’diq, and Fnideq carried out several interception and removal operations of candidates for irregular emigration during the night of Sunday Dec.31, 2023 to Monday, January 1, 2024. The FAR units also participated in joint cleanup operations in collaboration […]
The U.S. State Department recently reiterated that the United States’ stance on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara remains “clear and consistent.” This confirmation follows former President Donald Trump’s declaration in December 2020, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara. The United States reaffirms unwavering support for the position on the Moroccan Sahara and warns against […]
2023 will be remembered in Morocco as the year when a powerful earthquake struck several regions of the Kingdom on September 8th, leaving nearly 3,000 martyrs and many injured. But with tragedy comes unity. The quake, which hit hard the remote Atlas Mountain villages, has shown the strong bonds existing between the Throne and Moroccan […]
Morocco’s Directorate of National Security (DGSN) is celebrating year’s end with the release of its annual report whose main features reflect the ceaseless efforts made in counterterrorism, struggle against crime and drug trafficking, and regional and international cooperation. The report reflects the intensified efforts deployed in coordination between all the DGSN units to fight all […]
Mauritania kick-started Monday December 25 the fifth national census of the population aiming at gathering data needed to prepare, implement, monitor, and evaluate the various development policies. The country’s National Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis (ANSADE), in charge of the process, said the census will run until January 9. ANSADE […]
Morocco’s police arrested, on Sunday at Tangier Ibn Batouta Airport, a foreign national, subject of an international arrest warrant issued by German judicial authorities, for alleged international drug trafficking. The suspect, aged 27, was arrested immediately after arriving onboard a flight from Istanbul airport in Turkey, a security source said. The suspect was the […]
The ministerial coordination on the international initiative of King Mohammed VI to promote access of the Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean started this Saturday in Marrakech, with the participation of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad. The royal initiative was unveiled in the speech delivered on the 48th anniversary of the Green March, wherein […]
The United States and a host of other nations are creating a new global security force ‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ to help protect and defend ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Tuesday (19 December) […]