Spain smuggling rubbish into Morocco

[ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]

[ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]

[Pic: ABDELHAK SENNA/AFP via Getty Images]

Moroccan politicians are discussing how to stop their country being a dumping ground for Spain and Global North rubbish.

This follows revelations that eight people in Spain are being investigated for trafficking 5,700 tons of plastic waste to Morocco.

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"First impressions of the Djemaa el Fna at night, Marrakech" - Matt Hetherington

"A bit smaller than I expected (seves me right for expecting!), but wonderful in a dark, random, melancholy, chaotic kind of way -- "The Assembly of the Dead" / "The Mosque of Nothing", as the name translates after all. Within sight (i.e. 500 m) of the massive Koutoubia minaret, on a site that was a place of execution apparently well into the 19th century -- a pagan, almost lawless place. Part cheap-thrill carnival, part nuthouse, part music festival, part anit-Islam release-valve, part gay cruise, part pickpocket paradise, part tourist trap, part country fair. And more. I found it mildly predictable after 10 minutes, slightly sad, kind of inspiring, a bit frightening, strangely instructive, otherworldly, and tiring. But Ill be back there tomorrow night."

[Matt Hetherington]