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Algeria is drowning in social discontent, raising the prospects of a return to mass protests and a violent response from its military autocratic regime, warns U.S. Foreign Policy magazine, noting that Algeria needs a second liberation…this time, from its aged rulers. The country needs to be liberated from its aged rulers who failed to transform […]
Algeria is in an effective state of undeclared martial law. The country is currently run by a group of shadowy figures from the military and intelligence services, says a report released by Menas Associates, a UK consultancy firm providing actionable intelligence. The Algerian body, Haut Conseil de Sécurité (HCS), is supposed to intervene only when […]
Morocco has imposed itself as a competitive hub for the automotive industry which has bounced back from the Covid-19 export crisis, the Financial Times reported. The country has stood as Africa’s largest car manufacturer and exporter since 2018, thanks to a state strategy that paved the way for investments and prepared skilled labor, the newspaper […]
French President Emmanuel Macron maintained the statements that angered Algeria and said that he expects more tension with Algeria regarding memory. The French President had told students with a background linked to France’s colonial presence in Algeria that the North African country did not exist as a nation prior to its independence in 1962, he […]
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered straightforward remarks ending decades of complacency towards Algeria’s military regime. Macron described the military rulers of Algiers as “exhausted” and surviving on “memorial rent” based on hatred of French. Algeria responded by recalling its ambassador and on Oct.3, AFP and French media reported, citing military sources, that Algiers closed its […]
The UAE will host next year in March, during Expo 2020, an international Summit to find appropriate solutions to some of the ongoing issues around the world. The conference to take place March 30 will also focus on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other issues related to racism, gender equality, women empowerment, […]
The pan-African and Arab Parliaments have expressed backing to Morocco in its bilateral standoff with Spain while lauding Rabat’s efforts to counter illegal migration and facilitate the return of its unaccompanied minors. The two parliaments echoed Morocco’s arguments that the crisis is a bilateral political crisis that Spain seeks to Europeanize. The African Parliament made […]
King Mohammed VI, head of Al Quds committee, ordered the shipment of urgent aid to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza. The aid is composed of 40 tons of basic foodstuff, medicine, and blankets and will be channelled via airplanes of the Royal Armed Forces, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry said in a […]
The European Parliament stressed, on Wednesday, the strategic aspect of relations between Morocco and the European Union (EU) and recommended more support for the Kingdom. In a report on the implementation of the EU general budget for the financial year 2019 adopted in a plenary, the European Parliament considered that the funds allocated under […]
President Donald Trump on Friday received Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco, a senior administration official told Reuters. In a private Oval Office ceremony, Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui, who is Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, gave Trump the Order of Muhammad, an award given only […]