
Morocco Seizes 127 Tons of Hashish in 2023, Drug Busts Surge
Moroccan police have carried out two drug trafficking dismantling operations this week. They resulted in the seizure of seven tons of hashish.
Nadia El A.

Moroccan police have carried out two drug trafficking dismantling operations this week. They resulted in the seizure of seven tons of hashish.

Despite the health crisis, Morocco is ranked this year in fifth place in the list of the best economies in Africa. This is the result of the Forbes Middle East 2021 ranking, based on data from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Moroccan dynamism has once again proven itself. In the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities), four Moroccan universities are among the best in the world in the field of physics.

With a view to facilitating access to administrative services for Moroccans, the Moroccan embassy in Lisbon has just set up a mobile consulate in Porto.

Faced with the health crisis related to the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco has had a rapid reaction on the health and financial levels. This is the conclusion of a new report from the Montaigne Institute entitled "The stability of the Maghreb, an imperative for Europe".

Morocco has about 700,000 adult drug addicts, a large proportion of whom are young people. This is revealed in a report by the Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) on the use of cannabis in the kingdom where the prevalence of cannabis use is between 4 and 5%.

After the completion of the first phase taking into account Boulevard Hassan 2 and the post office at the end of 2020, the second phase of the redevelopment work on Mohammed V Avenue has started. This operation concerns the post office and the Assouna mosque.

While the Coronavirus virus is somewhat under control in Morocco, the reopening of borders remains uncertain. Even for this summer, the authorities remain cautious.

Moroccan tourism is at the bottom of the abyss, even threatened with extinction, with its train of tens of thousands of families reduced to precariousness. The collective of the new generation of tourism entrepreneurs proposes to the executive a plan for the safeguarding and relaunch of the sector.

The automotive sector has shown great resilience in the face of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. In the first quarter of 2021, the sector recorded growth of 38.9%.

The Special Commission on the Development Model (CSMD) has just released the results of its analysis. In its conclusions, it recommends structural changes in the kingdom based on technical, human and financial capacities.

The airline ASL Airlines has planned special flights between Oujda and Paris. These flights are scheduled to start on June 5.