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As the UN Security Council prepares to review the mandate of its Western Sahara mission (MINURSO), pressure is mounting on UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura to realign his efforts with the growing international consensus favoring Morocco’s autonomy plan. The recent meeting between de Mistura and US Senior Advisor Massad Boulos in New York marked a […]
UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura met Friday with U.S. senior advisor for Africa Massad Boulos who reiterated the clear U.S. position affirming that “genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution” for the Sahara. “We also discussed MINURSO’s stabilizing role and paths to regional peace”, said Mr. Boulos in post on his […]
Another damning report has been issued in the United States on the polisario ties with Iran, its Axis of Resistance and proxies posing serious threat to regional peace and stability. The alliance of the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militia with Iran’s Shi’a proxies in the Middle East has enabled them to receive international anti-imperialist solidarity and […]
Morocco’s national football team outclassed Niger on Friday, September 5, with a resounding 5-0 victory at the reconstructed Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, during the 7th round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. This day will remain engraved in the annals of Moroccan football. With this emphatic win, the Atlas Lions booked their ticket […]
During the past colonial period, France unfairly ceded to Algeria several Moroccan territories including Eastern Sahara. But Morocco’s historical and legitimate rights are inalienable and the truth always prevails and rights never die. French ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier has posted lately a video showing the diplomat pointing to Morocco’s map displaying the Kingdom territory […]
Algeria often portrays itself as a close ally of both China and Russia. Yet its absence from China’s Victory Day parade in Beijing tells a different story, one of diplomatic marginalization and limited strategic relevance. Algeria already made headlines when Russian president Putin ignored to invite Tebboune during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, signaling […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario Front has suffered a fresh diplomatic setback at the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit, where its efforts to gain support for its separatist agenda were quietly rebuffed. The summit’s final communiqué made no mention of the Polisario or its self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), signaling a shift in regional […]
Within a week two leading French papers shed light on the authoritarian drift suffered by Tunisia under the rule of Kais Saied. Both Jeune Afrique and Le Point listed facets of democratic backpedaling under a president who has also undermined Tunisia’s economic outlook Tunisia, once hailed as an Arab Spring’s democratic success story, is now […]
Nobody knows so far whether Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune is dead, ill or sequestered. But one thing is certain: he disappeared from public view for several weeks, while French daily Le Monde deploys a diversionary tactic to draw away the attention from what is taking place in Algeria. Since August 4, 2025, the 80-year old […]
Morocco, under the far-sighted leadership of King Mohammed VI, is moving forward and the more it advances, the more its enemies become agitated to the point of waging a smear campaign targeting the country’s unity and stability. The North African Kingdom is establishing itself as a regional power, expanding its African influence, gaining growing international […]