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The hypocrite Algerian regime has always said it does not recognize Israel and stands with “Palestine either oppressed or oppressor”, lashing out vehemently at Arab countries which have normalized relations with Israel within the frame of the Abraham accords brokered by Washington. Yet, Algiers has made a sudden U-turn over the weekend at the UN […]
Africa is losing billions each year to twin economic threats: climate-induced natural disasters and illicit financial flows, a new series of reports reveal. According to a new report by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), natural disasters inflict $12.7 billion in annual damage to infrastructure across the continent. Floods alone account for nearly 69% […]
Human rights advocates have presented several testimonies at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, exposing the dire conditions of Sahrawis in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algerian soil and the persistence of slavery practices in these camps. The speakers also pointed to the denial of development rights, drawing a […]
Morocco has officially obtained recognition from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA Fisheries), confirming the compliance of its fisheries with the provisions of the US Marine Mammal Protection Act, the State Secretariat for Maritime Fisheries announced this week. The certification, effective from January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2029, is a decisive step […]
The United Nations Chair for the Alliance of Civilizations at Morocco’s Euromed University of Fez (UEMF) was awarded the prestigious “Alliance University of the Year” prize in Prague as part of the 2025 Triple E Awards. Organized by the Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities (ACEEU), the world’s only accreditation body focused on university […]
An exhibition entitled “Arab Pop Art: Between East and West,” is held in the Washington-based Middle East Institute’s Art Gallery September 11 through January 23. The exhibition, sponsored by the Moroccan Embassy in the United States, showcases Moroccan and Arab artistic identities and cultural creativity as a universal language and bridge between nations. It shows […]
Algerian newspaper El-Chorouk, mouthpiece of the ruling military regime, has unleashed a vicious rant against the United States and its President Donald Trump, labelling America as “The biggest terrorist State in the world”. The daily slammed U.S. imperialism and foreign policy around the world, especially in the Middle Est, describing Trump in scurrilous and vitriolic […]
South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar, is facing charges of treason, murder, terrorism, and other grave offences, the Justice ministry confirmed, raising fears of renewed conflict in the fragile nation. Machar, who has been under house arrest since March 2025, was suspended by President Salva Kiir after being accused of orchestrating subversive activities against […]
partnership between Morocco and France to address security challenges at international and regional levels was revewed at a meeting in Rabat Thursday between Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, and his French counterpart Céline Berthon. During their meeting, marking a new stage in Moroccan-French security cooperation, Hammouchi and Berthon discussed counterterrorism, […]
The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled in 2025, raising fears that abductions for ransom are becoming a new tactic in the conflict-torn nation. Over 30 aid workers have been abducted so far this year, compared with fewer than half that figure in 2024, according to humanitarian officials. Some […]