Recently released satellite photos show the appearance of ground markers in the Ich border area, which falls within Morocco’s Figuig province. According to specialized sources, these markers may have been installed by the Algerian army inside Moroccan territory , reigniting residents’ fears five years after farmers were expelled from the Arja area.
A new weather alert has been issued by the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) , which forecasts heavy showers in several Moroccan cities.
Landowners in the Ait Idir douar in Talsint, in the province of Figuig, are demonstrating against the plundering of their lands. They are calling for the intervention of the authorities at the highest level and that of King Mohammed VI for the recognition of their rights.
The farmers in the El Arja area of the Figuig region who were deprived of part of their land by Algeria in March will receive aid from the Moroccan state. Something to relieve them a little.
Moroccan Internet users launched, before the start of Ramadan, a campaign to boycott Algerian dates on social networks, in order to "do justice" to the Moroccan farmers of the Figuig oasis expelled by the Algerian army on the one hand, and to encourage Moroccans to consume local dates on the other.
The farmers in the province of Figuig affected by Algeria’s decision to prohibit them from exploiting their lands are still angry. This week, they demonstrated again to express their discontent and called on the Moroccan authorities to urgently resolve the problem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).