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Fog nets on Mount Boutmezguida harvest Atlantic moisture to supply potable water to villages in the Aït Baâmrane region, ending hours of water-hauling for women, boosting girls’ schooling, and being highlighted by the UNFCCC as a climate-adaptation model.
The U.S. Army and Moroccan partners completed the search and rescue for two missing soldiers from Africa Lion 26 near Cap Draa, confirming the recovery of Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington and repatriation of both soldiers’ remains (alongside 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.); the operation involved 1,000+ personnel across air, sea, and land and is now under investigation.
The U.S. military says the body of Spc. Mariyah Collington, the second service member missing during the African Lion exercise in Morocco, has been recovered from a coastal cave near Cap Draa, following the earlier recovery of Lt. Kendrick Key Jr. A joint search with more than 1,000 U.S. and Moroccan personnel covered over 8,200 square miles using drones, boats, and dive teams, despite challenging ocean conditions. Collington, 19, from Florida, was an air and missile defense crew member; the bodies are being returned to the U.S., and families are being supported.
Remains of Specialist Mariyah Symone Collington, the second U.S. Army soldier missing during the Africa Lion exercises in Morocco, have been recovered and transported to Moulay El Hassan Military Hospital in Guelmim, ending a multinational search that deployed air, naval and AI assets and involved more than 1,000 personnel. Collington, 19, from Florida, served as an air-defense crewmember with the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. Earlier, remains of 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered; the incident occurred during the joint exercise with partner nations ongoing since May 2.
The U.S. Army says 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.’s body was recovered along the Moroccan shoreline after he went missing during the African Lion 26 training exercise; a second U.S. soldier remains missing as hundreds of U.S. and Moroccan personnel continue the multinational search.
The remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr. were recovered from the Atlantic near Cap Draa, Morocco, after he and a second soldier disappeared during the African Lion exercise; a large-scale search by U.S. and Moroccan forces continues for the second missing soldier, while Key’s family mourns his loss.
Remains of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., an Army Air Defense Artillery officer, were recovered in the Atlantic after he and a fellow soldier went missing during a recreational hike near Morocco's Cap Draa Training Area in the African Lion exercise; a multinational search with hundreds of personnel and assets continues for the second missing soldier, as the U.S.-led exercise involves thousands of personnel from more than 30 nations.
The body of 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a US Army platoon leader, was recovered from the water off Cap Draa, Morocco, after he went missing during a May 2 training exercise. A second soldier remains missing and search operations continue as part of African Lion, the U.S. Africa Command’s largest joint exercise involving US forces, NATO allies, and partner nations.
The body of 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr., a 27-year-old U.S. Army artillery officer from Richmond, Virginia, was recovered by a Moroccan search team along the shoreline about a mile from where two soldiers disappeared during African Lion 2026 training in Morocco. The second missing soldier remains unaccounted for as US and Moroccan forces continue ground, air, and maritime searches. Key, who entered service in 2023 after studying marketing and business at Methodist University, earned an Army Achievement Medal and Army Service Ribbon. The Army grieves his loss and will repatriate his remains; it remains unclear whether Key was the first or second to fall into the ocean during the sunset-viewing hike that preceded the incident.
The body of 1st Lt. Lamont Key Jr. was recovered by a Moroccan search team after he and another U.S. servicemember disappeared during a sunset hike near Cap Draa during the African Lion exercise; the second service member remains missing and search operations continue with more than 1,000 personnel involved. Key, 27, from Richmond, Virginia, was an air defense artillery officer; remains will be repatriated as leadership mourns his loss and supports his family.
Defense officials say two American soldiers disappeared near Cap Draa, Morocco, during the African Lion exercises after a sunset hike; a belts-linked rescue chain failed as a second man jumped in and was swept away, a third followed but could not save either, while one made it back to shore. Aircraft and dive teams have searched the coast for three days, with drones now aiding the hunt.
Two U.S. Army soldiers went missing off Morocco's southern coast after one fell into the Atlantic during a sunset hike near Cap Draa; a nearby rescuer and a third jumper also entered the water in an attempt to save them, but could not reach shore. Search-and-rescue teams, including aircraft, drones, divers and vessels, have been scouring the area for days. Officials say the incident does not appear related to the AFRICOM-led Africa Lion exercise, which involves thousands from the U.S., African partners and NATO allies.
The U.S. military is searching for two U.S. Army personnel who disappeared in Morocco during the Africa Lion multinational training exercise; they were last seen near sea cliffs and were not conducting training at the time, as about 10,000 participants from 20 nations take part. A joint U.S.-Moroccan search, including aerial and naval assets, is ongoing.
Two U.S. Army soldiers are missing near the Cap Draa Training Area in southwestern Morocco during the Africa Lion multinational exercise. A joint search-and-rescue operation using ground, air and maritime assets is underway after they were last seen near ocean cliffs; officials say the incident is not terror-related. Africa Lion, the U.S. military’s largest annual exercise in Africa, involves thousands from more than 30 nations across four host countries and runs through early May.
The U.S. Africa Command says two service members taking part in the African Lion exercise in southwestern Morocco near the Cap Draa Training Area are missing; search-and-rescue operations involving U.S., Moroccan and partner forces are underway, and the incident is under investigation. African Lion is a major annual joint drill hosted by Morocco and partners to boost interoperability and readiness.