Moroccan, Mauritanian armies discuss closer cooperation

Senior officials of the Moroccan and Mauritanian armies held their second joint committee in Nouakchott focusing on the means to reinforce cooperation to secure their shared borders. The meeting comes after a three-day visit by Moroccan chief of staff Abdelfattah Louarak to Mauritania leading a senior level delegation. The importance of this meeting also stems […]

Algerian Connection: Spain seizes a 322-Kg cocaine shipment en route to Oran

Spanish authorities have seized lately 322 kg of cocaine at Algeciras Port (Cadiz). The cocaine, worth several million US dollars, was concealed in a container coming from Brazil and heading to Oran, Algeria. The new seizure confirms international intelligence reports saying that Algeria has become a gateway for South American drug cartels seeking access to […]

Tindouf: Polisario Intensifies Its Clamp Down on Protesters

The Polisario crackdown on its opponents and pro-democracy protesters in the Tindouf camps (Southern Algeria) is getting worse, tougher and wider with the arrest this week of Fadel Braika, who was nabbed after the kidnapping of the militant Abba Bouzid, member of the opposition group “Sahrawi Initiative for Change”.   Mr. Bouzid was abducted by […]