![Western Sahara separatists say Morocco invaded a buffer zone, but Moroccan army says the Polisaro Front is blocking trade to Mauritania [Farouk Batiche/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8V62GA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The recent violence in Western Sahara marks a collapse of a 29-year ceasefire in the disputed territory.
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Western Sahara separatists say Morocco invaded buffer zone but Moroccan army says Front is blocking trade to Mauritania.
![Polisario Front soldiers in Western Sahara [File: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2016-11-03T120000Z_2076149131_S1BEUKRIIHAC_RTRMADP_3_WESTERNSAHARA-DISPUTE.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Rabat says it will restore movement between Moroccan-controlled areas of disputed territory and...
![Representatives of Libya's rival administration sit after they attend a meeting, in the coastal Moroccan town of Temara [Fadel Senna/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/000_8RK6BY.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opposing delegates sign agreement in Morocco on mechanism to appoint sovereign heads.
![Portraits of late US guitarist Jimi Hendrix in Moroccan coastal city of Essaouira. [Fadel Senna/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/8c993a436d5d4adb8f94428bc42b8c40_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
There are no soundtracks or images from his journey to Diabat but countless myths surround his fleeting trip.
![Nasser Bourita, Morocco's minister of foreign affairs, chairs a meeting of Libya's rival administrations [Fadel Senna/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/00e877b2ee7b48809c51259844a721fc_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Delegates from Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and rival eastern-based parliament meet after ceasefire.
![Morocco has confirmed 20,278 cases and a relatively low 313 deaths from COVID-19 [File: Anadolu]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/921c88ba21ac4c8ea5a6f8707866d00b_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Movement curbs affect cities of Tangier, Tetouan, Fez, Meknes, Casablanca, Berrechid, Settat and Marrakesh.
![People in Sale, northwestern Morocco, at a reopened beach after the lifting of lockdown measures imposed three months ago to curb the spread of coronavirus. [Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/6828e31513384d8b994794e226a98114_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Moroccans welcomed the end of more than three moths of virus lockdown.
![Anass al-Taheri, 22, holds a picture of himself and his brother Ilyass at his home in San Roque, Spain [Jorge Guerrero/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/67ac8894869f4f0f8de3efd50fbde175_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ilyas al-Taheri died after security staff strapped him to a bed using practice denounced by rights groups as dangerous.
![Social media users dubbed Ilyass al-Taheri as the 'Moroccan Floyd' after raising comparisons to George Floyd's death [File: Emilio Morenatti/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/3b4e6138971c4f3fad78ab94b8e08ed0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ilyas al-Taheri’s death being compared with George Floyd after resurfacing of video showing policemen restraining him.
Meet cinema fans in Morocco who live for the glamour of Bollywood.
![Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum summoned the Moroccan ambassador over the alleged remark [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/c76b6597fe5948b5a776a59bfbd44c8f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tensions arise after Moroccan consul in Algerian city of Oran purportedly refers to Algeria as an ‘enemy country’.
![Fatiha Naji, Fatima Mekhnas and Saida Fetouh, from right to left, members of the first Moroccan female fishing cooperative go out to sea in a fishing boat, in the village of Belyounech on the coast of the Mediterranean, northern Morocco. [Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/945e9d6c664b4b4192ff53633f7c90db_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Fisherwomen in Moroccan coastal villages are breaking through boundaries to enter the male-dominated world of fishing.
![Oil exporters in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are expected to see a yearly decline in oil export receipts this year of $226bn, according to the IMF [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/880502b1a8e1496ebff120e69add6ec8_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
MENA oil exporters may see a 4.2 percent real GDP contraction in 2020, says the International Monetary Fund.