Morocco-Mauritania Border Crossing Reopens After Three-Week Blockade

Road traffic between Morocco and Mauritania, through the El Guerguerat border post, resumed on Saturday afternoon in both directions, reports the MAP.

Dozens of freight trucks heading for Mauritania and other African countries but had been stranded for three weeks due to the actions of the Polisario militias were able to cross the Moroccan and Mauritanian borders.

This reopening of the borders follows the military operation carried out by the Royal Armed Forces. On the instructions of King Mohammed VI, they installed a security cordon in the buffer zone on Friday to ensure and secure the flow of goods and people.