A drone belonging to the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces bombed, on Tuesday night, two vehicles belonging to Mauritanian gold prospectors who had entered the demilitarized zone in the desert, 55 kilometers from the Mauritanian district of Fderik, located in the Tiris Zemmour border region.
The source mentioned that “the bombing did not result in any casualties,” adding that “the Mauritanian prospectors in the two vehicles that crossed the border fled upon hearing the sound of the Moroccan military drone.”
The issue of Mauritanian prospectors crossing the Moroccan-Mauritanian border is a significant concern for both the informal mining unions and the authorities in Mauritania.
Hespress had previously learned from Mauritanian union sources that “mining unions are preparing to hold a meeting with authorities to discuss the imposition of punitive measures against prospectors who cross the border.”
Union leaders in the sector have called on the highest authorities in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, to build a sand wall and set up military checkpoints along the open border with Morocco to control the movements of the prospectors and curb the infiltration of Polisario Front elements into Mauritanian territory.
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Hassan, president of the General Union of Mauritanian Prospectors, told Hespress that “the ongoing actions of local prospectors on the border are causing great embarrassment to the government in Nouakchott, which has repeatedly urged these prospectors to respect territorial sovereignty and limit their mining activities to Mauritanian lands.” He argued that “poverty, unemployment, and religious fatwas that deny the existence of borders between Islamic countries are among the factors that explain the involvement of prospectors in these risky, ill-considered ventures.”
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