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US-led Sahara talks expose Algeria’s underlying border fears

As the US leads efforts to facilitate negotiations on the Sahara on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan, Algeria’s diplomatic posture is shifting in ways that reveal deeper strategic anxieties about its quest to keep the status-quo of unjust colonial borders drawn to the detriment of Morocco. Beyond the status of the Sahara territory, […]

Return to calm in the streets of Ouagadougou

Calm returned to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday, the day after a coup d’état, the second in eight months, which resulted in a change at the head of this country, undermined by jihadist violence. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who himself came to power in January following a putsch, was removed from […]

Rabat recalls its ambassador to Madrid amid growing diplomatic row

Morocco has decided to recall its ambassador to Spain for consultation amid strained relations over Madrid’s hosting of Polisario leader and the record number of migrants who reached the occupied enclave of Ceuta, according to several local media outlets. The decision comes after the Spanish foreign ministry summoned on Tuesday Moroccan ambassador to Madrid Karima […]