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Algerian dissident and former army officer Anouar Malek unveiled explosive findings from his latest book, “The Polisario and Iran: Secrets of Terrorism from Tehran to Tindouf.” In an exclusive interview with le360, Malek, backed by documents and testimonies, highlighted the evolution of Algerian proxy, the Polisario Front, into a strategic arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard […]
Resolution 2797 adopted by UN Security Council end of October 2025 on Sahara has been a crowning achievement for Morocco’s diplomatic efforts, says “Geopolitical Desk” media platform, specialized in international relations. The 15-member Security Council endorsed the Sahara resolution with 11 votes in favor to none against, with 3 abstentions (China, Pakistan and Russian Federation). […]
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki believes the Maghreb is entering a decisive phase, driven by a new United Nations approach to the Sahara dispute and mounting political turmoil in Tunisia. In an exclusive interview with le360, Marzouki argues these developments confirm Morocco’s growing diplomatic centrality while exposing Algeria’s need to reckon the failure of its […]
The Netherlands affirmed that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the most feasible solution to definitely put an end to the regional dispute.” This position, falling in the context of the international momentum created under the impetus of King Mohammed VI in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and the Autonomy Plan, was expressed […]
The Spanish government has hailed UN Security Council resolution 2797 endorsing Moroccan Autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. In a statement adopted following the 13th High-Level Moroccan-Spanish Meeting, held in Madrid, Spain reaffirmed its position expressed in the Joint Declaration of April 7, 2022, and welcomed the latest UN development on […]
Morocco and the United States are stepping up diplomatic coordination and concertation, building on the latest historic UN Security Council resolution endorsing the Moroccan autonomy in the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty. Foreign minister Nasser Bourita received in Rabat new U.S. ambassador to Morocco Richard Duke Buchan III who presented copies of his credentials to […]
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has once again reached for deflection tactics in the face of Algeria’s growing diplomatic isolation after its Sahara fiasco, economic woes, and fragile social peace. In this context of failing domestic policies, Tebboune held an international conference on “colonial crimes in Africa.” It’s a move designed to stir nationalist sentiment and redirect […]
The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Algerian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release veteran columnist Saad Bouakba, who was arrested on November 27 for comments on independence war. He is facing charges of defaming late President Ahmed Ben Bella. Bouakba was arrested in Algiers after Mahdia Ben Bella, daughter of Algeria’s first […]
Algeria’s President Tebboune has sought to play down the dire financial and monetary conditions in the country as the currency plunged to a historic low, trading at 290 dinars per euro on the informal market. This collapse signals a deeper structural crisis in an economy crippled by hydrocarbon dependency, corruption, and chronic mismanagement. The dinar’s […]
Burkina Faso and Niger have welcomed the adoption by the historic UN Security Council of Resolution 2797, which enshrines, within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty, the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan as a serious, credible, and lasting basis for achieving a solution to the Sahara issue. This welcome was expressed by the two countries’ Foreign Ministers, Karamoko […]