Morocco: 2024 African Lion Holds WMD Exercise at Agadir Military Port

As part of the Morocco-U.S. military cooperation in disaster management, an exercise to counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) took place on Thursday at the military port of Agadir. This operation is part of the joint Moroccan-American exercise “African Lion Read More …

African Lion 24 features forensics IED simulation in Bizerte, Tunisia

Members of the U.S. Forensic Exploitation Department based at the Djibouti Joint Theater Forensic Analysis Center, run a simulated improvised explosive device scenario with the Tunisian Armed Forces during exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 3, 2024. Read More …

UNOCT supports the Sahel countries in countering terrorist use of IEDs, UAS and SALW

The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), held a three-day regional workshop for the Sahel in Rabat, Morocco from 27 to 29 February 2024. Organized within the framework of the project on “Building Read More …

JFC Naples’ Mobile Training Team Provided Counter Improvised Explosive Device Training In Morocco

Subject Matter experts from Allied Joint Force Command Naples conducted a Mobile Training Team to Morocco with an emphasis on Counter Improvised Explosive Devise (C-IED) to include Intel support to C-IED, at l’Unité de Secours et de Sauvetage du Génie Read More …

Morocco, Spain arrest extremists in joint security operation

The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) under the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST) arrested on Tuesday, as part of a joint security operation with the General Commissariat for Information of the Spanish police, an extremist active in Farkhana Read More …

Morocco: Four blasts in Western Sahara kill one

Four explosions in the city of Smara in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara late on Saturday killed one man and injured three others, Moroccan local authorities said. The blasts damaged two houses, authorities said in a statement, without adding further details. The Read More …

Morocco and UN to Strengthen Counterterrorism Cooperation

Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, said on Friday that cooperation between Morocco and the UN in the field of counterterrorism is “strong and fruitful.” The statement came during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Rabat-based United Read More …

UN opens office for counter-terrorism and training in Africa

Morocco and the United Nations on Thursday inaugurated a U.N. office for counter-terrorism and training in Africa, that’s seeing increasing extremist violence. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita warned of terrorist threats sweeping across parts of the continent. “(Africa) is not Read More …

Humanitarian Mine Action 2021: Morocco, US Boost Military Cooperation

Members of US and Moroccan military forces participated in Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA), Morocco 2021. Commenting on the joint military exercise, the US embassy stated that it aims to train the Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) on “detecting explosive devices while Read More …