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Three pharmaceutical giants are about to put an end to their investments in Tunisia, in a series of bad economic news that continued to flow in Tunisia led by a President who is more into empty rhetoric than taking action to avert the financial collapse of the country. So far, local subsidiaries of Bayer, GSK […]
The ailing and ageing military regime in Algiers has officially asked to join the BRICS, a group of fastly growing emerging economies, in a move that indicates the level of disillusionment among the leadership of a country whose GDP is indexed on the raw oil and gas it exports. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South […]
The crisis between Morocco and Algeria over the Sahara is “highly unlikely” to turn into an armed conflict at least in the immediate term, according to an analysis published by Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS), based in Liechtenstein. In an Op-Ed penned by Federica Saini Fasanotti, the author, who is a military historian, says tensions remain […]
Algeria was denounced again as the model of a state that evades its international duties and obligations, continues the confiscation of its citizens’ rights, smothers freedoms, ignores special procedures correspondences, and obstructs international agencies’ visits. These damning remarks were made at a symposium held this Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
Algeria’s energy minister Mohamed Argab, faithful to his regime’s policy of manipulating public opinion by telling half-truths, said his country’s hydrocarbons exports would increase 45% year-on-year to 50 billion dollars in 2022. The Algerian minister is comparing a year in which barrel prices rose to 123 dollars per barrel with 2021 in which the average […]
Algeria did everything it could to make Morocco skip the Arab Summit, but in vain. The North African Kingdom emerged victorious from the summit which ended with a final declaration commending the role of Al Quds committee led by King Mohammed VI, condemned foreign interferences in Arab countries’ affairs, reaffirmed support for the unity of […]
The approach adopted by Morocco in defending the Moroccanness of the Sahara stems from an integrated vision that combines political and diplomatic action with the promotion of socio-economic and human development in the region, said King Mohammed VI. “Our action to defend the Moroccanness of the Sahara is based on a holistic approach that combines […]
Morocco’s leading role in promoting inter-Arab solidarity was highlighted at the Arab League summit in Algiers where light was particularly shed on Rabat’s initiatives to bring assistance to grieved Arab people in Palestine, Yemen and Comoros. Morocco has by the past set up a field hospital in the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan as well […]
The Arab summit in Algiers has been shunned by influential Arab leaders and monarchs as Algeria sought in vain to impose its own agenda. The rulers of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and the president of Lebanon are among the main leaders who preferred to skip this summit. The Emir of Qatar […]
While “Algeria remains corrupt, oppressive and potentially unstable”, Morocco stands out as U.S. major reliable partner in North Africa, says The Washington-based U.S. Heritage Foundation. In an Op-Ed published in its latest edition focusing on concerns and developments that affect America’s vital interests in the region, James Jay Carafano affirms that American attention in North […]