Based on information provided by the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), elements of the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) arrested eight people, including three Algerians and a commune president, suspected of being involved in international drug trafficking.
Morocco is working to further secure its borders. In this regard, it has obtained a contract worth 2.4 million euros from Spain.
Despite pressure from Algeria, Spain has continued to transport gas to Morocco via the Maghreb-Europe pipeline in the reverse direction, multiplying the volume of these shipments sevenfold in one year.
Algeria continues to "punish" Spain for officially expressing its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara. After suspending its trade exchanges with this country, Algiers has recently withdrawn from Spanish companies contracts for the construction of water desalination plants.
In an intervention before the members of the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly, Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations, criticized Algeria, the protector of the Polisario, which "has itself considered itself a party to the Sahara conflict by naming itself before Morocco."
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco in the night of September 8, killing nearly 3,000 people, the Algerian association of Mons-Borinage (Belgium) quickly mobilized to show its solidarity with the victims.
Speaking about the friendly match between Algeria and Egypt that will take place this October, Djamel Belmadi, the coach of the Fennecs, mentions Morocco.
Morocco’s military budget for 2023 is around 4.67 billion euros (3.6% compared to 2022), against 23.3 billion euros (130% more than in 2022) for Algeria. The two countries are engaged in an arms race that worries Spain.
A man of Algerian origin was arrested in Ceuta as he was trying to reach Morocco by swimming. He would be involved in a homicide case in France.
Morocco criticizes the Algerian media for their political treatment of the powerful and devastating earthquake that has mourned Morocco.
Invited by the Mediterranean Foundation for Strategic Studies, former French ambassador to Algeria (2008 to 2012 and 2017 to 2020), Xavier Driencourt, was in Toulon on Thursday where he gave a conference on the theme "The Algerian enigma".
Morocco was able to quickly cope with the consequences of the devastating earthquake that hit the province of Al Haouz on September 8, according to the Spanish Institute Coordenadas, noting by comparison a "lack of coordination" of the Algerian authorities after the earthquake of Boumerdes in May 2003.