A delegation of senior US military officials visited the Dakhla Atlantique port. Washington is now openly emphasizing the site’s strategic importance and referring, alongside infrastructure and trade, to “shared security priorities” with Morocco.
The head of the Polisario Front sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General this Sunday. Brahim Ghali defends the recent attacks against Moroccan bases in Smara, invoking the right to "self-defense".
Questioned in the Chamber of Representatives, Equipment Minister Nizar Baraka justified the absence of a dual carriageway between Laâyoune and Dakhla. An explanation contested by the opposition, which demands the completion of the initial project.
The Moroccan army is equipped and ready to carry out, in just “a few weeks,” an operation to secure the buffer zone in the Sahara.
In coordination with the regional customs control brigades in Casablanca, Tangier and Guerguerat, the National Customs Brigade has intensified its investigations to track down smuggling networks and the marketing of counterfeit products, known as "Master copy", imported from China via Mauritania.
Morocco is about to finalize a major road project connecting Smara to Mauritania. This new 53-kilometer communication route will help strengthen economic and social ties between the kingdom and sub-Saharan countries.
A drug baron, originally from the Nador region and actively wanted at the national level, surrendered last Thursday to the Royal Gendarmerie in Rabat. He would be the owner of the cocaine destined for Morocco, seized at the Guerguerat border post in early January 2023.
The Mauritanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Marzoug, said on Monday, during his visit to Rabat, that negotiations are underway to find a solution to the recent increase in customs duties on goods from Morocco.
The Mauritanian authorities have decided to increase customs duties on Moroccan products arriving on its territory via the Guerguerat border crossing.
The Mauritanian government has significantly increased customs duties for trucks transporting Moroccan goods to the African market. A blow for Moroccan exporters.
The Polisario has threatened the organizers of the Morocco Desert Challenge, an event scheduled from December 27 to January 10, 2024, with stages in the Sahara, including a passage through El Guerguerate, where the Moroccan army had forcibly dislodged separatists.
More than three tons of cannabis resin were seized on Tuesday during a joint operation carried out by the national security and customs services at the El Guergarat border post south of the city of Dakhla.