Two of the World Cup’s Round of 16 teams received the homecoming reserved for champions, even though they exited with the final week of the tournament remaining be played. Algeria’s Desert Foxes and Team USA shook the international soccer landscape with their unexpected performances before leaving, though. American team leader Tim Howard tweeted: “We’re playing […]
Morocco has reiterated its condemnation of Algeria’s support for the separatist Polisario militia as a regional destabilization act. “A Neighboring country continues to fuel separatism and to divert the resources of its people to fund regional destabilization acts,” Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said via videoconference at the summit of the Non Aligned Movement contact group. […]
A series of diplomatic signals and official statements suggest that Russia may be recalibrating its stance on the Sahara conflict, in a way that serves Morocco’s autonomy plan. The clearest sign came during the 80th UN General Assembly, where Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita was seen smiling alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting […]
