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The participants in the International Rally-Raid, Africa Eco Race, ignored the threats and injunctions of the Polisario and crossed safely the Guerguarat crossing post at the Moroccan-Mauritanian border this Monday (January 8). During the crossing, under the watchful eye of the MINURSO, participants who came from the city of Dakhla, were brandishing posters stating the […]
The launch by Morocco of high resolution observation satellite last November and the upcoming acquisition of a second reconnaissance satellite sent shockwaves through the region with Spain struggling to bridge the gap with its southern neighbor through the launch of its own earth-observation satellite in 2019, reports Spacenews. The portal, dedicated to covering the business […]
Migrants and particularly Sub-Saharans continue to risk everything for a better life in Europe. The number of those who lost their lives in the Mediterranean is rising dramatically. This weekend, at least eight people died and 86 others were rescued after their small inflatable boat sank off the coast of Libya, according to the Italian […]
Battered by a sharp decline in its international reserves, Algeria made of tourism a key sector to relieve its economy from an acute dependency on oil revenues. However, little is done to boost the contribution of tourism in GDP, which remains limited to 1.4% in 2016 with most tourists being Algerian expatriates returning to visit […]
Morocco has strongly condemned the deployment of Polisario militiamen in the demilitarized border crossing with Mauritania, known as Guerguarat. Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale, told the Moroccan news agency (MAP) that the Polisario’s provocations in the Guerguarat crossing represent a blatant violation of the UN brokered ceasefire agreement and a disregard for the […]
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has warned the Polisario of obstructing commercial traffic flow between Morocco and Mauritania, after the Algerian-sponsored separatist group deployed militiamen in an area that is supposed to remain demilitarized under the UN brokered 1991 ceasefire agreement. “Regular civilian and commercial traffic should not be obstructed and no action should […]
The Egyptian government has publicly denounced Trump’s unilateral move to declare Jerusalem a capital of Israel. But, a report by the New York Times suggests that what is said in public by Egyptian officials is contradicted behind the scenes. The New York Times said that it has obtained audio recordings of Egyptian intelligence officer, Capt. […]
The Polisario is set to occupy the border crossing linking Morocco to Mauritania through its repetitive acts of banditry in the area that is supposed to remain demilitarized under the UN sponsored 1991 ceasefire agreement in the Sahara. Few days after barring the road to participants in a desert rally departing from Dakhla and bound […]
The Arab ministerial delegation tasked with following up on the repercussions of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city held its first meeting in Amman this Saturday (Jan.6). The ministerial delegation, set up by the Arab League last December 17, is […]
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed its “deep shock” after 20 people were reported to have been executed in Egypt since last week. The OHCHR also raised concerns that due process and fair trial guarantees did not appear to have been followed. The UN statement cited the case of […]