Morocco is the best‑ranked country in the Maghreb for press freedom and currently has no journalists behind bars, according to the 2026 World Press Freedom Index published by media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). In its annual ranking released in April, RSF improved Morocco’s ranking from 105th out of 180 countries, ahead of Tunisia, Algeria […]
The recent US-facilitated talks in Madrid mark a significant development in the long-standing Sahara dispute. For the first time in years, Algeria returned to the negotiating table alongside Morocco. The autonomy plan was the only proposal on the table. This diplomatic shift appears to have immediate reverberations inside Algeria. Notably, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made no […]
Egypt has been rocked this weekend by another wave of deadly violence triggered by clashes in a Cairo stadium between fans of the football club of Zamalek and their ENPPI rivals. According to press reports, riots police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, but this has prompted only a huge stampede that left at […]
