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Algeria’s Ailing Long-Time President Bouteflika to Run for 4th Term

Algeria’s 76-year-old President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been nominated by his ruling National Liberation Party (FLN) to run for a fourth term in April 2014. The ailing leader, who was hospitalized in France last April after suffering what official reports described as a stroke, has been in power since 1999. He presided over a cabinet meeting […]

Calls mount on France’s Macron to recognize Sahara as part of Morocco

Influent members of the French political class urged Macron to recognize the Sahara as part of Morocco, following similar moves by the US and Israel. While France has supported Morocco’s autonomy initiative, the administration of President Macron has yet to make its stand clear on the matter amid a global momentum in favor of Morocco’s […]

Morocco Affirms Legal Sovereignty on Southern Territorial Waters

The Moroccan parliament adopted two laws laying down the Kingdom’s legal authority over the territorial water off Sahara. The first law extends the Atlantic territorial waters from Tangier to Lagouira while the second provides for the demarcation of an exclusive economic area of 200 nautical miles off Morocco’s coats. The delimitation of Morocco’s territorial waters […]