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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) […]
Russia’s humanitarian agency Rossotrudnichestvo, also known as “Russian House”, is planning to open offices in Burkina Faso and Guinea Equatorial amid growing presence of Moscow in the African continent. Pavel Shevtsov, the deputy head of the agency told State-run news agency Sputnik about plans to set up non-State Russian Houses in the two southern African […]
Doha-based Cultural association Katara Cultural Village is presenting this December 14 – 16 the “Chinguetti Culture Week”, a culture event featuring a series of lectures on various aspects of ancient Mauritanian culture as well as a display of traditional Mauritanian dress and other artifacts and exhibits, The Peninsula Qatar reports. The Mauritanian Community Office in […]