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Following the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and Chief of General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, the joint Moroccan-US exercise “African Lion 2021” will take place on June 7-18, 2021, in the regions of Agadir, Tifnit, Tan Tan, Mehbes, Tafraout, Ben Guerir and Kenitra, and will involve thousands of troops from […]
African economic powerhouse, Ethiopia, expressed support for the efforts led by Morocco to find a lasting political solution to the Sahara conflict within the umbrella of the UN. This came during a videoconference between foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his Ethiopian peer Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, who reiterated his country’s attachment to resolution 693 of the […]
The letter sent to the UN Secretary General by the Sahrawi Movement for Peace regarding the violations of the ceasefire in the Sahara by the Polisario was handed out to the 193 Member States of the United Nations, as an official document of the Security Council, in the six official languages of the international organization. […]
Washington has unarchived on Tuesday the “Tripartite Joint Declaration between the United States, Morocco and Israel” and posted the text on the State Department website, confirming thus the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara by the US administration. The move from archived to unarchived is significant as it declares the information to be […]
As if the use of excessive violence on the part of the security services in Algeria when arresting peaceful protesters was not enough, the authorities now seek to stiffen the penalties incurred by prosecuting them on terrorism and conspiracy charges. The increasing violence at the risk of causing a tragedy and civilian casualties and the […]
The European Union is closely following developments in Algeria and in particular the human rights situation, underlined the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrell. Responding to a question from an MEP on the deteriorating human rights situation in Algeria, Borrell said that respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights is […]
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reiterated on Tuesday its deep concern over the deterioration of the human rights situation in Algeria and the continued crackdown on the Hirak, denouncing “the use of violence to disperse peaceful demonstrations” and “the arbitrary arrests and detention of people who have exercised […]
Algeria’s economic and social crisis is causing an upsurge in illegal migration. In 48 hours, more than 30 boats carrying Algerians were intercepted by the Spanish Coast Guard. A migratory pressure that worries the Spanish authorities. More than 30 boats carrying some 445 illegal migrants from Algeria were intercepted within 48 hours by the […]
Algeria’s president Tebboune ordered the government as well as public and private companies to refrain from doing business with what he called “foreign entities”, targeting in particular Moroccan operators. Blinded by hostility to everything Moroccan, Algeria’s new ailing president Tebboune is desperately seeking to distract the Algerian people from the worsening economic and social crisis […]
Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been reportedly picked by the UN Secretary General to be the next Sahara envoy in replacement of German Hosrt Kohler who resigned in May 2019 for “health reasons”. Mr.Staffan, 74, had served as UN special envoy for Syria (2014 to 2019), special representative of UN Secretary General for […]