Moroccan Judge Arrested in Laâyoune for Alleged 130,000 Dirham Bribe
2 March 2024
A judge from the court of first instance of Laâyoune, in southern Morocco, was arrested in flagrante delicto of receiving a bribe of 130,000 dirhams.
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Food Poisoning Tragedy: Teacher Dies After Eating Pizza in Laâyoune, Morocco
26 January 2024
Drama in Laâyoune, in southern Morocco, where a young woman died following a food poisoning.
Moroccan Police Arrest Two Suspects in Major Money Transfer Agency Heist
21 January 2024
An operation was carried out by the police forces in Laâyoune, Smara and Agadir, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance.
Morocco to Investigate Low Baccalaureate Pass Rates, Education Officials Face Scrutiny
15 July 2023
Officials from the regional directorates of national education in Morocco risk losing their jobs due to the low success rates in the baccalaureate recorded in certain regions (…)
Morocco Expels Spanish Human Rights Lawyers from Western Sahara
4 June 2023
The Moroccan authorities have expelled from the Sahara Lola Travieso and Inés Miranda, two Spanish lawyers who went to Laâyoune from the Canary Islands on a mission to observe (…)
Researcher Expelled from Western Sahara While Studying Renewable Energy Impact
16 May 2023
The Moroccan authorities have expelled Roberto Cantoni, a researcher from the University of Barcelona, from the Sahara, where he had gone to conduct research on the (…)
Morocco Expels French Lawyer Seeking to Visit Sahrawi Activists in Prison
30 April 2023
While she was going without accreditation to visit the convicts in 2017 in the Gdeim Izik case, named after the camp where 11 Moroccan police and gendarmes were killed in 2010 (…)
Interpol-Wanted Chinese Fugitive Arrested in Morocco for Embezzlement
7 April 2023
A Chinese national was arrested on Wednesday by elements of the Laâyoune police prefecture, in southern Morocco. Aged 38, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant (…)
Moroccan Police Officers Arrested for Alleged Custody Violence in Laâyoune
8 January 2023
Two police officers from the Laâyoune police prefecture service have been arrested on suspicion of acts of violence against an individual who was in custody. An investigation (…)
Laâyoune Airport Upgrade Set to Begin as ONDA Selects Contractor
22 December 2022
The Laâyoune airport renovation project is about to enter its implementation phase. The National Airports Office (ONDA) has just chosen the company that will be responsible for (…)