Libya Islamic State follows Tobruk’s footsteps and calls for reinforcement

Algeria busy supporting Polisario separatists while leaders are myopic to country’s structural problems

Battered by falling oil prices and lack of pro-activeness in addressing the coronavirus and its social and economic repercussions, Algeria’s President Abdelmejid Teboune has attention geared primarily to undermining Morocco’s territorial integrity through generous handouts to the Polisario separatists. When asked by reporters whether Algeria will seek foreign debt to deal with the crisis, Teboune […]

Morocco’s Karima El Korri, new UN Resident Coordinator in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Karima El Korri of Morocco as the UN Resident Coordinator in Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore, with the host Government’s approval, announced Wednesday his spokesman in New York. “Ms. El Korri brings to the position more than 20 years of international development experience, acquired at the United Nations […]

Sahara: Washington will not support a plan leading to a new African nation – WSJ

The United States made it clear that independence is not an option for settling the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, writes the US widely-circulated daily, The Wall Street Journal. In a story by its special envoy Dion Nissenbaum published Sunday, the US daily notes that US officials who are closely following discussions on the Sahara […]