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Iran’s mischief in Morocco is a problem, warns US magazine National Interest

US bimonthly magazine the National Interest has rang the alarm about the maneuvers of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, and the networks of document forgery they lead, to plot attacks or fulfil other aims, as they attempted to do in Morocco, “a strong U.S. ally” and “a historic bulwark of Islamic moderation,” raising concern over […]

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Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, the best alternative to Nord Stream 2 – Newslooks

The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is the best alternative to the Nord-Stream 2 natural gas Russian pipeline project which is at the heart of tensions between the United States, the European Union, and Russia, American news outlet Newslooks states.   In an article entitled “The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the EU-US alliance”, Newslooks […]

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Algeria’s restive south decries decades of state marginalization – Carnegie

Algeria’s resource rich south is boiling! From Ghardaia to Ain Saleh and recently Ouargla people have taken to the streets, escalated protests demanding a fair redistribution of the country’s gas and oil wealth, much of it is located in their territories. Recent protests in Ouargla in particular were shocking. Images on Algerian social media showed […]

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Algerian regime pushes conspiracy theories to the limit to discredit pro-democracy Hirak

The Algerian military junta has ridiculed itself once again as it keeps miring itself in conspiracy theories saying this time that one Moroccan was arrested among hundreds of thousands of protesters who took to the street of Algiers demanding a clean break with an opaque and corrupt regime. As the Hirak regains its momentum following […]

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Mauritanian President ignores Polisario emissary

Mauritania’s President Mohamed ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has refused to receive a Polisario emissary who is in Nouakchott for five days, reported le360.ma, saying that the move irked Algeria which continues to pull the strings of the separatist militia. The Polisario envoy, Mustapha Sayed, has been in Nouakchott for five days without being able to […]

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Algeria’s move to kick out Moroccan farmers from border area opens up eastern border issue

By March 18, Moroccan farmers have amassed whatever they could take after Algerian authorities addressed them an ultimatum to leave a border area near Figuig which they have cultivated for generations. They are victims of arbitrary colonial borders on the one hand and of an Algerian hostile regime to anything Moroccan, on the other. A […]

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Would cannabis legalization prompt a crack in PJD edifice?

The PJD Islamist party, which took most votes in the latest general elections, is more divided than ever after its former Secretary General froze his membership in the party and declared a boycott of the current party’s leadership after the government approved a cannabis legalization draft bill. The PJD’s predication branch (MUR) also expressed reservations […]

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Algeria: UN calls for impartial, rapid investigations in claims of sexual abuse, torture against Hirak activists

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has officially called on the Algerian authorities to conduct “prompt and impartial investigations” into the allegations of torture and sexual abuse suffered by several inmates arrested during the Hirak who openly denounced the ill-treatment inflicted on them by the security services while in police custody. Rupert Colville, […]

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Morocco enhances its military readiness through joint drills with global powers

Morocco is looked at as a trusted security partner by global powers as it modernizes its forces and steps up exercises at sea, land and air, the most recent took place with France and the US. During the last few weeks, Morocco hosted off its coasts major bilateral military exercises with France and later with […]

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Morocco wants a relationship of equals with the EU

The age of patronizing is bygone and Morocco has taken matters into its own hands by cutting all contacts with the German embassy in a hard worded message to some European parties that they cannot do business as usual while seeking to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity.   A leaked foreign ministry document, confirmed to the […]