Morocco increases defense budget as it prepares for industrialization

The Moroccan government increased the budget allocated for defense to 133 billion dirhams ($13.5 bln) as it prepares to promote defense industries and upgrade equipment, as shown in the draft budget for 2025. This year, Morocco’s defense budget was at 124 billion dirhams, highlighting the country’s efforts to modernize its army with state-of-the art technologies. […]

Another U.S. Congressman Backs Labelling Polisario Militias FTO After their Participation in Mali’s Terrorist Attacks

Republican congressman Tim Moore (North Carolina) has joined the list of U.S. lawmakers pushing for the designation of Polisario as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) with the emerging of evidences confirming the participation of the Algeria-backed armed militias in the deadly terrorist attacks launched against Mali. The FTO bill was introduced in the House of […]

Former French ambassador to Algiers, Algerian Journalist call for radical break

Former French ambassador to Algeria Xavier Driencourt and Algerian journalist Daoud Imoulayen urged, in a tribune published in the Journal du Dimanche, France to implement a “radical break” in its relationship with Algeria in 2027, accusing Algiers of persistent hostility and Paris of maintaining an increasingly untenable posture of weakness. The authors sharply criticize the […]