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Morocco had reportedly warned Algeria of an imminent military action to evict the Polisario separatists from the buffer zone, east of the Moroccan security wall, the Middle East Eye Said. French Ambassador to Algiers was said to have channeled the warning to Algerian authorities as the Polisario indulges in repetitive incursions in the north east […]
Algeria’s ruling FLN party urged ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term despite his frail health, which made his public appearances a thing of the past. “FLN wants the president to continue his mission he started in 1999, as head of the state,” said FLN Secretary General Djamel Ould Abbes, at a […]
The rising tension between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario is threatening peace and stability in a region already struggling to curb the surge of terrorist groups. Algeria, keen to have an outlet into the Atlantic Ocean, has hosted and armed the Polisario separatists in the early 1970s and pushed them to declare “an independent republic”. […]
The recent incursions in the UN-monitored buffer zone in the Sahara territory by the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists triggered a firm response from Morocco, which declared that all options are now on the table including a military response. The Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is not mincing his words. At the UN, he met Antonio Guterres […]
King Mohammed VI has renewed in a message to the United Nations Secretary-General Morocco’s firm and resolute rejection of the incursions of the Polisario in the Sahara buffer zone to the east of the Moroccan security wall, mainly in Bir Lahlou and Tifariti, describing these incursions as “provocative” and “unacceptable”. In the written message to […]
Morocco has vehemently denounced the latest repeated provocations of the Polisario in several areas east of the Sahara security wall, and warned that the escalated violations of the ceasefire and the military agreements in force constitute a casus belli. The transfer of any civilian, military, administrative or any other structure by the Polisario from the […]
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on Algeria to contribute to the resolution of the Sahara conflict, according to a first draft of the annual report on the Sahara he will submit to the Security Council later in April. The preliminary report urges in paragraph 48 Algeria and Mauritania to contribute effectively to the […]
International NGOs and rights watchdogs continue to deplore Algeria’s meagre record in respecting migrants’ rights as the North African country continues its black manhunt, summarily deporting thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants and asylum seekers in harsh conditions. “People who have been deported from Algeria earlier this month, stated they were detained in makeshift camps for a […]
Algeria has officially endorsed Morocco’s bid for 2026 world soccer cup as former soccer legend and star Lakhdar Belloumi joins the Moroccan organizing committee as one of its ambassadors. The Algerian presidency has responded to Morocco’s request to have Belloumi joining its pool of ambassadors, local media reports. The 59-year old man known by many […]
Algerian authorities have deported more than 27,000 Sub-Saharan migrants since 2015, in a move that is praised by the interior ministry and denounced by rights groups that see in Algeria’s crackdown on migrants and asylum seekers a violation of elementary rights. “We have already repatriated 27,000 illegal African migrants to their countries since 2015,” Algerian […]