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  • Extreme Heat Wave Grips Morocco, Temperatures Soar to 45°C (113°F)
    1 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    In a special weather bulletin, the National Meteorology Directorate (DMN) announced a heat wave that will affect a large part of Morocco until Sunday, August 4. Temperatures are expected to range between 40 and 45 degrees.
    According to the DMN, the provinces of Errachidia, Figuig, Tata and Zagora are affected by this heat wave.
    The same source indicates that the maximum temperatures would oscillate between 40 to 42°C in the provinces of Boulemane, Ouarzazate, Assa-Zag and Aousserd. (…)

  • 3.2 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Figuig Province in Morocco
    7 April 2020, by Bladi.net

    The province of Figuig recorded, on Monday, a seismic shock, with a magnitude of 3.2 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the National Institute of Geophysics (ING).
    In a seismic alert bulletin, the National Seismic Monitoring and Alert Network of the ING noted that the shock, the epicenter of which is located in the commune of Talsint, occurred at 02:08:07 (GMT+1).
    The felt shock is at a depth of 01 km, at a latitude of 32.632°N and a longitude of 3.474°W.

  • Algeria Issues Ultimatum to Moroccan Farmers Near Border, Escalating Tensions
    16 March 2021, by Sylvanus

    Algerian security services have given an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers to evacuate Thursday, March 18, the date palm plantations located in the town of El Arja, Figuig province, near the border between Morocco and Algeria. The farmers are calling on the Moroccan authorities to come to their aid.
    It was during a raid that Algerian soldiers and gendarmes summoned the Moroccan farmers to leave the farms on Thursday, on the grounds that these agricultural lands belong to Algeria. According to (…)

  • Moroccan Farmers Seek Resolution in Border Land Dispute with Algeria
    17 March 2021, by Sylvanus

    The representative of the Soulalya community lands of Oulad Souleymane and members of the council participated in this meeting. "This meeting was dedicated to studying the situation of agricultural lands located north of Ouad El Arja, on the border between Morocco and Algeria, after the provisional and circumstantial decision taken by the Algerian authorities to prohibit access to this area as of March 18," explains a statement from the prefecture of the province of Figuig.
    "In his (…)

  • Moroccan Security Forces Block Protest March in Figuig Border Dispute
    18 March 2021, by Sylvanus

    The security forces prevented the solidarity march organized on Thursday, March 18, the day of the ultimatum given to Moroccan farmers and private owners to evacuate the date palm plantations located in the locality of El Arja, province of Figuig located near the border between Morocco and Algeria.
    The inhabitants of Figuig declared Thursday, March 18 a "day of mourning and general strike" in solidarity with Moroccan farmers and private owners summoned by the Algerian army to leave the (…)

  • Border Dispute Escalates as Algeria Evicts Moroccan Farmers from Contested Oasis
    20 March 2021, by Sylvanus

    The ultimatum given to Moroccan farmers and private owners to evacuate the date palm plantations located in the locality of El Arja, Figuig province, located near the border between Morocco and Algeria expired on Thursday, March 18, 2021. This decision recalls the land recoveries in the 1970s, particularly those of Ksar Zenaga.
    "These lands belong to the tribes of Ksar Ouled Slimane. They have documents dating back to 1930. We are inheriting here a flaw of France on the borders between (…)

  • Morocco Issues Orange Alert: Heavy Thunderstorms Expected in Multiple Provinces
    16 September 2024, by Said

    A new weather alert has been issued by the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM), which forecasts heavy showers in several Moroccan cities.
    These locally heavy thunderstorms are expected on Monday in several cities in Morocco, according to the DGM’s "orange" level alert bulletin.
    Thus, thunderstorms (15-30 mm) will affect the provinces of Khénifra, Jerada, Ifrane, Figuig, Tin

  • Man Dies After Fall into Zinc Mine Well in Figuig, Morocco
    31 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    A man died on Thursday following an accidental fall into an authorized zinc extraction well in the Boudhar mountain, in Bni Tajdite.
    According to the local authorities of the province of Figuig, the victim’s release from the well was made possible thanks to the collaboration with the services of the Royal Gendarmerie and Civil Protection. Once out of the well, the man was immediately taken to the Bni Tajdite health center for first aid, before being evacuated to the provincial hospital in (…)

  • Moroccan-Algerian Border Tensions Disrupt Ancient Oasis Farming in Figuig
    27 March 2021, by Ginette

    The inhabitants of Figuig, a historic oasis enclave on the borders of Morocco and Algeria, are bearing the brunt of the tensions between the two countries. Since Wednesday, March 17, Algerian soldiers have been deployed to block the daily passages of Moroccan farmers, who say they are collateral damage of a war that does not concern them at all.
    "This land, we cultivate it from father to son, for generations," says Abdelmajid Boudi proudly, showing the lush gardens of the Figuig oasis, (…)

  • Moroccan Farmers Protest Algerian Ban on Border Land Access Near Figuig
    23 March 2021, by Prince

    The Algerian authorities have prohibited Moroccan farmers in the border area of El Arja from cultivating agricultural land as of March 18. These farmers, deprived of their rights, denounce this decision which deprives them of their plantations and their homes.
    Moroccan farmers demonstrated last week to protest the Algerian decision to ban access to the locality of El Arja, located 6 kilometers from Figuig, as of March 18. The decision is temporary and circumstantial, the Algerian (…)