MOROCCO-US-DIPLOMACY

Morocco, US celebrate stronger ties during landmark Sahara visit

US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]

Dutch, Interpol-flagged for alleged arms trafficking, arrested in Casablanca

Moroccan police arrested an Interpol-flagged Dutch citizen of Turkish origin on Thursday at Casablanca’s Mohammed V International Airport. The man is wanted for alleged involvement in arms trafficking. Casablanca police detained the suspect immediately upon arriving from Istanbul, Türkiye, after a routine security check flagged an international arrest warrant tying him to alleged participation in […]

Rights watchdogs, CSOs alert to repression in Algeria

The military regime in Algeria is tightening the noose around human rights activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) curbing freedoms, arresting peaceful dissidents and issuing travel bans, as the economic and social outlook of the country darkens. Between January and April 2022, the authorities have prevented at least three Algerian-Canadian citizens, only one of whom […]