Five Algerian ministers, sent by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, travelled to Tlemcen on 10 November 2026 to denounce pollution attributed to Morocco in waterways feeding the Hammam Boughrara dam. Interior Minister Brahim Merad described it as “systematic aggression”, but studies by Algerian researchers also point to industrial discharges from Maghnia, on the Algerian side, according to Bladi.
Five Algerian ministers, sent by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, travelled to Tlemcen on 10 November 2026 to denounce pollution attributed to Morocco in waterways feeding the Hammam Boughrara dam. Interior Minister Brahim Merad described it as “systematic aggression”, but studies by Algerian researchers also point to industrial discharges from Maghnia, on the Algerian side, according to Bladi.
A delegation of five ministers led by Interior Minister Brahim Merad inspected the Mouillah wadi and the Hammam Boughrara dam in Tlemcen, affected by sewage and industrial discharges from the Moroccan region of Oujda. Analyses revealed alarming indicators, and Algiers is considering taking the matter to international bodies, according to TSA.
Algerian Interior Minister Brahim Merad, visiting Tlemcen, denounces a hostile act by Morocco and accuses discharges from the Oujda region of polluting Oued Mouillah and the Hammam Boughrara dam. He says, according to TSA, that analyses found heavy metals and pharmaceutical products at dozens of times above authorised thresholds.
A ministerial delegation led by Interior Minister Brahim Merad visited Tlemcen, on the instruction of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to see the pollution of the Mouilah, El Mehaguene and Abbes wadis near Maghnia. Analyses point to chemical and microbiological pollution, with nitrites above thresholds, which also affects the Hammam Boughrara dam, according to Algérie Eco.
