The Polisario sends a letter to the UN after a mine explosion in Mijek

A parliamentary committee set up to inquire into Jerada’s closed mines was dissolved

After working for 10 months in difficult conditions, the House of Councilors has decided to dissolve a parliamentary committee set up to inquire into Jerada's closed mines. The body was expected to reveal the details of a 21-year-old agreement.

The Polisario urges Antonio Guterres to remove land mines near the berm

Jerada : Three people die in a mining accident

Two people killed in Jerada following the collapse of an abandoned mine 

Morocco : Has the government compensated Jerada's miners as promised ?

A few days after the emergence of social unrest in the city of Jerada, the Minister of Energy, Mining and Sustainable Development revealed the amount of money spent on the province during 14 years. The numbers made public by the Minister were meanwhile backed by others indicated by Driss Benhima, who has headed the ministry when the coal mine closed. Aside from official numbers, were these miners compensated as promised ?

Jerada buries the two brothers waiting for a ministerial delegation to arrive

The funerals of the two brothers who died in Jerada have nearly resulted in clashes between protesters and the police. On Monday, the president of the Oriental region visited the city, announcing the arrival of a ministerial delegation.

Jerada is witnessing the rise of its own «Hirak» after the death of two brothers in a mine

The July 2001 agreement ordering to close the Jerada mine has promised to boost the city’s development rate. Sixteen years later, this objective has not been obtained yet. To escape precariousness, unemployed young people die every year trying to extract coal from the ground under difficult conditions. This time the death of two brothers has led to a social unrest in the region, which is witnessing its own Hirak popular movement.