First Independent Mena Newspaper
French foreign minister Jean Noël Barrot reaffirmed his country’s position in support of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory, a few days before he heads to Algiers, in a visit announced in a joint French-Algerian statement signaling the end of a row over the fate of the former Spanish colony. “Just a few months ago, […]
Trump has imposed a 31% reciprocal trade tariff on Algeria, the highest levy in north Africa. Algeria, which charges a tariff to the US at 59%, was part of a long list of countries hit by import taxes, which Trump imposed via executive order. Tunisia was targeted with 28%, while it charges the US 55%. […]
Algeria has finally conceded defeat following a row it has started with France since July last year, when President Macron recognized the Sahara territory as part of Morocco’s sovereignty. Ahead of the deadline set by the French government for Algeria to cooperate on migration or else risk retaliatory measures, the Algerian President had a phone […]
In Algeria, the president speaking before MPs called French-Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal “a thief sent by France”, an “imposter”, and a “bastard,” in prejudicial comments that say much about the use of the judiciary to silence dissidents in the country where terrorism charges have often been used to crackdown on peaceful opposition figures. Few days […]
Over the past few days, humans left the job of answering Algerian propaganda to Grok, an AI tool developed by X social media platform to debunk fake news and propaganda. The AI tool has been used at a large scale by Moroccans on the social media platform asking questions that address the propaganda spread by […]
Morocco has taken precautionary measures to counter a potential locust attack after swarms have been noticed in the country’s south, emanating from the Sahel region. While the situation remains stable, authorities are monitoring the evolution of the swarms in the affected regions, while a response including pesticides have been prepared to counter a potential outbreak, […]
Morocco has asked three Spanish pro-Polisario leftists’ activists to go back onboard the same flight that brought them to Laayoune’s airport in the Sahara. The three activists are known for their pro-separatism stands and came equipped with Polisario flags as part of a mission sugarcoated in “monitoring human rights.” The group is the third to […]
Algeria has declared Morocco’s consul to Oran persona non grata without offering whatsoever explanation, in yet another diversionary tactic at a context Algiers is engulfed in diplomatic turmoil. The decision came the same day Algeria handed a five-year jail sentence to a writer who recalled that France amputated lands and attached them to current Algeria. […]
Morocco had expressed its firm rejection of Algeria’s double speak as it desperately seeks to expand the mandate of the UN mission to the Sahara, MINURSO, to include human rights. Speaking in a public debate at the Security Council, Algeria’s representative to the UN, reiterated his country’s call for the MINURSO to include human rights […]
Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita conferred Monday in Rabat with UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura who is touring the region ahead of the mid-April UN Security Council informal consultations on the Sahara. The meeting was attended by Omar Hilale, Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Nations. During these talks, the Moroccan delegation highlighted the international […]