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UNHRC: Algiers accountable for repression, torture & abduction in Tindouf Camps

The systematic human rights violations committed against the Sahrawi population in the Tindouf camps, southern in Algeria, have been exposed at the 46th session of the Human Rights Council convening in Geneva from Feb.22 to Mar. 23. Algerian authorities must be held accountable for the repression, torture and abduction of opponents in the polisario-controlled camps, […]

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Algerian, Tunisian Islamists fantasize about a mini-Maghreb without Morocco

Blinded by their endemic anti-semitism, Algerian and Tunisian leaders of parties hailing from the Muslim Brotherhood called for a Maghreban union that excludes Morocco. Head of Algeria’s Islamist MSP, Abderrazak Makri, has called for a Maghreb Union without Morocco because it has normalized ties with Israel. “We should exclude Moroccans, because they brought closer to […]

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International political leaders & elected officials support in a letter to President Biden U.S. recognition of Morocco’s Sovereignty over the Sahara

Some 250 political leaders and elected officials from 25 countries in Europe and Latin America have addressed a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their support to the U.S. decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and to open a consulate in Dakhla. “Mr. President, We, former heads of government, former ministers, elected officials, […]

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Morocco exposes to UN hollowness of Algeria § Polisario allegations on Sahara

Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN, Omar Hilale, sent a letter to the UN chief Antonio Guterres and members of the security council in which he exposed the propaganda of Algeria and its creation the Polisario concerning the situation in the Sahara. Both Algeria and the Polisario have spread lies to portray an imaginary armed […]

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CIA depicts gloomy picture of situation in Algeria, warns of risk of “general popular conflagration”

The CIA has depicted in a confidential report a bleak picture of the situation in Algeria rattled by political inertia, clans’ internal fights, the regime’s failures and contradictions, an unpopular and uncharismatic president, and a deep economic crisis which  exacerbates popular discontent and warned that Algeria would face a general conflagration in the medium term, […]

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COVID-19 vaccination: Morocco, hailed as the Champion in North Africa

International media continue to praise Morocco for its successful vaccination campaign that outperforms many European countries, describing the Kingdom as the champion in North Africa. While Germany and other European countries slide through the second wave in lockdown, Morocco is well on the way to vaccinate itself out of the crisis, writes the German Die […]

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President Tebboune plays on chord of Polisario separatism as Algeria’s ship sinks

There is no better comparison for the situation within the Algerian regime than the scene from the Titanic movie showing a music band that plays while the ship was sinking. After a nearly three-month long absence from the country, President Tebboune returned to announce cosmetic reforms including parliament dissolution and called early elections as well […]

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Moroccan Sahara: Madrid deals new blow to the Polisario, its supporters in Spain

The Spanish government has asserted that Spain has had no “responsibility of an international character” with regard to the administration of the Sahara since 1976, dealing a scathing blow to the Polisario and its supporters. “Spain considers itself released from any responsibility of an international character with regard to the administration of Western Sahara since […]

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Voices rise in EU capital in favor of Morocco’s autonomy proposal

Two senior Belgian politicians have called on the European Union to support the Autonomy Plan for the Sahara, proposed by Morocco, a reliable EU partner. Louis Michel, former State Minister, and Jacques Brotchi, honorary President of the Belgian Senate, issued on Saturday a joint statement, urging the European Union to back the autonomy solution under […]

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Moroccans express wrath at Algeria’s Echourouk TV smear campaign

Moroccan politicians, intellectuals, artists, media bodies, sports clubs, and ordinary citizens have all strongly denounced as the worst excesses of unethical journalism the Algerian channel “Echourouk” which dared to attack the Moroccan people and Monarch.   The Algerian channel, which broadcast a satirical program clearly attacking the Kingdom and King Mohammed VI, perhaps did not […]