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A US diplomatic mission in Dakhla, a magnet for investors – Analysts

The historical decision by the Trump Administration to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and Washington’s plans to open a diplomatic mission for economic affairs in the city of Dakhla will turn the territory into a magnet for US investors, some analysts argue. Morocco clinched a major victory Thursday after US President Donald Trump andicated […]

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Morocco wins US support on Sahara and makes new beginning with Israel while supporting two-state solution

Morocco has just hit two birds with one stone after a watershed deal with the US and Israel according to which Washington acknowledges Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces and Rabat and Tel Aviv reopen their liaison offices. In a Presidential proclamation with immediate effect, the US announced an upcoming opening of a consulate in […]

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Power vacuum in Algeria a déjà-vu confirming role of army as Kingmaker

Algeria’s President Abdelmejid Teboune has been out of the country for more than a month receiving medical care in Germany and authorities are maintaining a blackout while reassuring the people that he has left hospital. The Algerian official media have not yet shown any footage of the President since he flew to Germany so far […]

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Isolated Algeria seeks an African Union role in promoting separatism

Algerian foreign minister Sabri Boukadoum has just bemoaned a bygone era in which his country’s diplomacy took advantage of Morocco’s absence from the African Union (AU) to promote Polisario separatism. Speaking recently at an AU foreign ministers meeting, Boukadoum made a desperate call on the continental organization to backtrack from the decision it made two […]

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Algerian-Chinese strong partnership waning in favor of Morocco

Longtime China’s strongest economic partner in the Maghreb, Algeria is seeing its western neighbor, Morocco, steadily stealing the show as Beijing is increasing investments and initiating mega projects in the kingdom, a more stable and futuristic country. Algeria since February last year has slid into political uncertainty and things are not getting any better as […]

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Former Tunisian President calls on the Sahrawis of Tindouf to free themselves from the yoke of the Algerian regime

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki called on the Sahrawis of Tindouf to move to Morocco instead of continuing to chase an unrealizable dream, nurtured by the Algerian regime. “The declining Algerian regime sells illusions to the Sahrawis it holds as hostages in the service of a biased political choice,” said Moncef Marzouki during a recent […]

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How Nigeria set Algerian regime back on its heels on Sahara issue

Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum pinned high hopes on his recentb visit to African heavyweight Nigeria to gain some support for Algeria’s anti-Moroccan stance in support of Polisario separatism and banditry. But, he returned empty-handed save some ink on paper regarding projects to which both Nigeria and Algeria never showed genuine interest. Pro-regime Algerian media […]

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Algeria: President-less, human rights abuses, stifled revolution…an endless nightmare

The situation of human rights, the absence of the leader since October and the difficult economic situation in Algeria has become the talk of town at home and in foreign media. Thursday, French-German TV channel Arte in its “28 minutes” broadcast pondered over unprecedented situation in the North African country with two experts. President Abdelmadjid […]

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How Algeria moved from resisting colonialism to defending its legacy

Algeria gained its independence after an armed struggle in which Morocco and Tunisia played a pivotal role. But, after its independence, a military junta turned its back to its neighbors and adopted a territorial consolidation policy based on defending the colonial border legacy. Post-independent Algiers forced Tunisia to relinquish its claims to border areas amputated […]

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Polisario on the footsteps of ISIS terrorism tactics – Italian magazine

After its humiliating retreat from the Guerguarat passage on Morocco’s borders with Mauritania, the Polisario separatist movement threatened to bring the war into Moroccan lands by inciting its “dormant cells” to carry out attacks using the same language as terrorist groups like ISIS, Italian magazine Insideover said. The Polisario has blocked the vital border crossing […]