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Paris has cancelled a visit by its Prime Minister Jean Castex to Algiers citing pandemic concerns but observers see this reason as only a tip of an iceberg that includes at its core, inter alia, France’s open support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and its sovereignty over the Sahara. The visit was postponed sine die because […]
General Abdelghani Rachedi, the head of the Algerian intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), paid a short trip end of March to Abu Dhabi that was surrounded by complete secrecy. The Algerian general brough with him a set of confidential files that he wanted to discuss with Emirati officials, several security sources […]
Moroccan actions in Sahara are louder than the separatist and Algerian propaganda. The recent drone operation in which a senior Polisario military commander was killed along his militiaman should act as a deterrent for any miscalculated adventure east of the berm by the Algerian-armed Polisario separatists. Trained by Algeria to kill Moroccans, the chief of […]
The Maghreb and Africa section of La République en Marche, the party of French President Emmanuel Macron has announced, this Thursday, April 8, the creation of two branches in Morocco, in Agadir and… in Dakhla, chief-city of the Sakiat El Hamra province, a step viewed by many analysts as a move towards the full recognition […]
Next fall elections are due to be held in Morocco and political parties have made a fuss about an electoral law that is pending final approval. Meanwhile, discussions on the cost and alliances and the emergence of old party leaders after long absence are making headlines. The cost of elections has initially been set at […]
The opening of the Senegalese consulate in Dakhla was met with jubilation in Morocco and despair amid the Algerian regime. Speaking at a press conference in Dakhla on this occasion, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita called on Algeria to uphold its role as the main party in the Sahara conflict and engage in direct negotiations […]
Algerian state media announced that the country signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of Chinese companies to exploit an iron ore in Tindouf, near the Moroccan border, in a move that violates an agreement signed with Morocco. The consortium, which includes China International Water & Electric Corp, Heyday Solar and the iron […]
US bimonthly magazine the National Interest has rang the alarm about the maneuvers of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah, and the networks of document forgery they lead, to plot attacks or fulfil other aims, as they attempted to do in Morocco, “a strong U.S. ally” and “a historic bulwark of Islamic moderation,” raising concern over […]
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project is the best alternative to the Nord-Stream 2 natural gas Russian pipeline project which is at the heart of tensions between the United States, the European Union, and Russia, American news outlet Newslooks states. In an article entitled “The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the EU-US alliance”, Newslooks […]
The US State Department has drawn a gloomy picture of the current situation of human rights in Algeria, denouncing all kinds of violations of public and civil liberties in the country. The State Department’s country report on human rights released this week, underlines the many violations of the most basic rights in Algeria, ranging […]