Algerian state and private media have launched an extraordinary propaganda barrage against Morocco, pumping out roughly 3,900 articles, posts, and videos in the 21 days since the late-July Ceuta border events, according to a detailed monitoring by Moroccan outlet Assahifa.
From 30 July to 19 August 2026, the average stood at about 186 Morocco-related items per day.
Public broadcasters and agencies accounted for around 2,000 pieces, while private outlets contributed another 1,900. More than 60 percent of the volume circulated via Facebook, X, and short videos rather than traditional websites, amplifying the reach far beyond Algeria’s borders.
State channel AL24 News and the official Algerian Press Service led the charge with relentless negative framing. Headlines routinely accused Rabat of orchestrating migration for blackmail, “involvement” in the Ceuta crossings, and broader political scheming.
Private titles such as Echorouk, El Khabar, and Ennahar joined the chorus. Between 74 and 80 percent of monitored headlines carried accusatory or hostile language. Morocco itself was the central subject in more than 90 percent of the material.
What began as coverage of the Ceuta incidents quickly metastasized into attacks on every available Moroccan file, the Sahara, the economy, social conditions, and bilateral relations. These Algerian outlets often recycled outdated footage, unverified claims, and inflated figures.
This obsessive, one-sided output reveals less about events in Ceuta than about Algiers’ entrenched media strategy: fixating on Morocco as a permanent foil while diverting attention from domestic challenges.
