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Sahara: After the EU, U.S. Congress Deals Hard Blow to Polisario & Algeria

Only few days after the diplomatic victory scored by Rabat with the adoption by the European Parliament with a large majority of the Morocco-EU Farm Agreement that covers the Sahara, the U.S. Congress dropped a House text included in the 2019 draft Appropriation Bill, which excluded the Sahara from the U.S. financial aid to Morocco. […]

Morocco officially picks Nador port for LNG import terminal

The Moroccan government plans to develop a liquified natural gas (LNG) infrastructure in the northeastern port of Nador, currently under construction. The announcement came in a gas infrastructure roadmap signed by Morocco’s equipment, interior, finance, and energy departments. The road map “is in line with Morocco’s steady commitment to foster its energy sovereignty and decarbonize […]

Press Freedom Watchdogs Slam Algeria for Stifling Independent Journalists

International media watchdogs criticized Algeria’s repressive measures to intimidate journalists and demanded the immediate release of journalist and fixer Saïd Chitour who has been held in pretrial detention on allegations of spying for over a month. Reporters without Borders (RSF) released a statement denouncing as “excessive” the pretrial detention of Chitour, and expressing concern over […]