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Former French PM urges France, Spain to be clearer about their support for Morocco on Sahara issue

France and Spain should be loyal partners and be clearer about their support for Morocco on the Sahara issue, as the kingdom’s role is essential for the stabilization of the Mediterranean area and sub-Saharan Africa, said former French Prime minister Manuel Valls.   “It is over an autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty that this issue should […]

Sahara: MEPs Urge EU to Intervene to End Sufferings of Women Sequestered by Polisario

Several members of the European Parliament have denounced the “appalling”, “inhumane” and “intolerable” situation endured by the Sahrawi women held against their will by the Polisario separatist group, which is armed, funded and sheltered by Algeria. At a parliamentary debate, the MEPs urged the European Union to intervene immediately to put an end to the […]

France in face of Algeria’s Frankenstein Syndrome

Relations between France and Algeria have deteriorated to their worst level in decades in a showdown in which French President Emmanuel Macron assumes some responsibility in having sought to reconcile with an Algerian military-led regime that subsists on hostility to anything French. In offering too many concessions to the military regime in Algiers and turning […]