First Independent Mena Newspaper
The return of Morocco to the African Union meant the end of an era when Algeria and its pro-separatist allies used the continental union to serve their national agenda to the detriment of Africa’s supreme interest. Nasser Bourita, speaking after an African Union Summit, made it clear that the African Union did not mention the […]
Former US deputy national security adviser Elliott Abrams has hailed the “sound” and bold decision made by ex-president Donald Trump who signed in December 2020, a historic proclamation recognizing Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. In an Op-ed published Wednesday in the prestigious American bi-monthly magazine “National Review”, Mr. Elliott said “Trump got […]
Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben Ali’s regime. “Algerian authorities fought the Tunisian revolution to which they showed hostility in its first years,” Marzouki told Al Khaleej TV. Marzouki added that he met former […]
Business as usual in Guerguarat where international traffic has resumed unhindered between Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa since the Royal Armed forces cleared on November 13,2020 the border crossing which had been closed by Polisario militiamen for three weeks. Polisario and Algerian media however continue to fantasize about an imaginary war claiming to have attacked the […]
Algeria is at the mercy of an internal war between its president Abbdelmadjid Tebboune and the army which had backed the ascension to power of the 75-year old man, currently in Germany for medical treatment. Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unpopular in Algeria and is considered an illegitimate president appointed by the military. His illegitimacy was […]
Like the Titanic, the Algerian army continues to play while the Algerian economy sinks. In a message addressed to the domestic front, the Algerian army conducted live fire military drills near the borders with Morocco, attended by the all powerful chief of staff Said Chengriha. Warmonger Chengriha has warned in an address in front of […]
The days of the Polisario in the African Union are numbered. Reports abound of an imminent resolution demanding the freeze of the membership of the Algeria-backed militia which lacks all attributes of a state. The Polisario was introduced as a full member into the predecessor of the African Union, the Organization of African Unity, in […]
Algerian news agency refuses to pull its head from the sand as it continues to recycle fake news on an imaginary war in the Sahara. In a recent story, the agency said that Morocco refuses to acknowledge that there is war in the Sahara because that would entail recognizing the Polisario. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser […]
Morocco and the US discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industries as Rabat ambitions to develop domestic military industries. This came during the 11th session of the Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) held this week in Rabat under the co-chairmanship of minister delegate in charge of defense Abdellatif Loudiyi and US Defense […]
Algeria’s diplomacy has ensued painful setbacks in recent years on the Sahara issue. Morocco’s successful move to secure the border crossing with Mauritania and the recognition by the US of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara are the latest nails in the coffin of Algeria’s mulish support for the Polisario separatist militia. Isolated globally and in […]