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Once hailed as a leader of Spain’s radical left, Pablo Iglesias Turrión has now become a fallen politician clinging to relevance through incendiary anti-Moroccan populist rhetoric on Sahara. The former leader of Podemos, who rose to prominence in 2014 promising to sweep away Spain’s “corrupt caste,” has long been a vocal advocate for the Polisario […]
For decades, Algeria’s foreign policy was built on an unshakable creed: “With Palestine, guilty or innocent.” That slogan has become a tenet of the regime’s quest to gain legitimacy while implementing anti‑Semitism policies that erased Algeria’s own Jewish heritage. The country that still bars Israeli passport holders from entry and which closed and converted synagogues […]
The African Ministerial Conference on Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of child soldiers, held Thursday in Rabat, was crowned with the adoption of a joint statement, pledging to combat the recruitment and use of children in armed conflicts. The Rabat Declaration, endorsed by participating African Ministers and Heads of delegations, is a collective African response […]
Moroccan Atlas Lion Achraf Hakimi, star of Paris Saint-German club, has been crowned African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony organized Wednesday in Rabat. The Moroccan international topped the voting by a panel of experts which includes members of CAF technical committee in addition to African media professionals, […]
The Algerian regime’s hypocrisy has been exposed worldwide. Its fancy rhetoric of heroic battles against colonialism, over-inflated exceptionalism, and propaganda for Palestinian cause are just empty words. No more than political manipulations used to serve their own agenda. Algeria, which arms, funds and shelters the Polisario separatist group threatening Morocco’s stability, has voted lately at […]
The Movement for the Autonomy of Kabylia (MAK) is planning to announce the independence of Kabylia on December 14, 2025. This date coincides with the anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Resolution 1514). Kabylia has historically constituted autonomous political entities before the Ottoman and […]
The latest historic resolution adopted by UN Security Council on the Sahara marks a turning point in the future of the dispute, as it eliminates partition or referendum options, focusing instead on “genuine” autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty, says American think-tank Atlantic Council. The landmark vote for UNSC resolution 2797, endorsing the Moroccan 2007 autonomy plan […]
The Algerian regime has finally released the renowned writer Boualem Sansal, after months of blatant lies and repression. The release was not an expression of justice or dignity. It came out of desperation, pressure, and political calculation. It took just one official statement from the German president to force the exhausted Algerian authorities to free […]
Algeria suffered two diplomatic setbacks in the final days of October, with the French National Assembly recommending the repeal of a decades-old migration accord and the United Nations Security Council endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. On Oct. 30, lawmakers in France voted in favor of a resolution introduced by the far-right Rassemblement […]
Morocco is now offering free electronic visas (e-Visas) to fans who are planning to attend Africa Cup of Nations (AFCAN-2025) due in the North African Kingdom from Dec. 21, 2025, to Jan.18, 2026. The waiver decision was announced Tuesday by the Local Organizing Committee in coordination with Moroccan authorities and the Confederation of African Football […]