Moroccan Sahara

Algeria: Parliament Speaker Bouchareb Resigns

Algerian parliament president Mouad Bouchareb has resigned on Tuesday, Ennahar TV reported. Three months after longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned under pressure, Bouchareb has had a similar faith. He resigned under pressure of sustained protests seeking root-and-branch reform. Many pro-democracy activists believe that members of the old regime are still trying to cling to power. […]

Morocco at UNGA asks Algeria to take a hard look in the mirror

Morocco has once again, in the UN General Assembly, held Algeria responsible for the perpetuation of the conflict in the Sahara territory and for the fate of thousands of Sahraouis living in precarious conditions in the Polisario-run camps in southern-Western Algeria. In response to an address by Algeria’s foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra in which he […]

U.S. supports Moroccan King’s reform agenda

The United States government has reaffirmed its strong commitment to advance the reform agenda spearheaded by King Mohammed VI of Morocco to speed up the progress and socioeconomic development of the North African Kingdom.   The supportive stand was voiced Wednesday by the U.S. State Department on the occasion of the visit of a high-level […]