Morocco is resuming mandatory military service, which was previously suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resumption of the military service starting in 2022 was announced to the house of representatives committee of the interior by Abdellatif Loudiyi, Junior Minister in charge of the National Defense Administration. In his presentation before the […]
Human Rights Watch has called on Algerian authorities “to release or try in a fair and open trial a pro-Amazigh activist, Kameleddine Fekhar, and his 24 co-defendants”. Fekhar has since 2013 called for autonomy of the Mzab, a northern Sahara region, and has condemned the Algerian government for “complicity in crimes against humanity by Sunni […]
Massad Boulos, a key advisor close to President Donald Trump, delivered a carefully calibrated message during a recent Sky News Arabia interview that appeared to present Algeria with a stark choice regarding the Western Sahara conflict. The seventeen-minute interview deliberately paired two subjects: Morocco’s Sahara territory and Sudan’s ongoing crisis. While Boulos maintained diplomatic language, […]
