MINURSO Member Caught Spying on Moroccan Security Forces in Laayoune

A member of the UN mission to the Sahara (MINURSO) was recently caught spying on the Moroccan police in the southern city of Laayoune, the Assabah daily reported on July 13. The MINURSO member was intercepted while secretly filming a sit-in by a bunch of separatists in a small neighborhood in Laayoune, the same source […]

Morocco, UK to be linked by new shipping route to bypass Brexit border hitches

A new shipping line between Morocco and the United Kingdom will be launched shortly, connecting Tangier directly to Poole in southern England, and avoiding thus the complications caused by Brexit, reports the British specialized website thegrocer.co.uk. The new direct shipping route will help Moroccan products avoid the border friction created by Brexit on goods arriving […]

Algeria’s rogue diplomacy at play in Japan

An Algerian diplomat has violently attacked a Moroccan counterpart at a meeting in Tokyo in preparation for the Tokyo Africa summit (TICAD). The Moroccan diplomat has protested to organizers the presence of “a country” nameplate that was laid on the table of the meeting by a polisario agent under an Algerian diplomatic cover. As he […]