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Algeria stood in the way of Tunisia’s Jasmin Revolution- Former President

Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben Ali’s regime.   “Algerian authorities fought the Tunisian revolution to which they showed hostility in its first years,” Marzouki told Al Khaleej TV.   Marzouki added that he met former […]

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Biden’s Administration supports a negotiated two-state solution; renews relations with the Palestinian leadership

The United States assured the UN on Tuesday that the new Administration of Joe Biden will support a negotiated two-state solution in the Middle East, which implies a viable state for Palestine, and announced that it was renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership, and restoring “credible engagement” with the Palestinians. The remarks were made […]

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Business as usual in Guerguarat as Polisario § Algeria continue to fantasize about war

Business as usual in Guerguarat where international traffic has resumed unhindered between Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa since the Royal Armed forces cleared on November 13,2020 the border crossing which had been closed by Polisario militiamen for three weeks. Polisario and Algerian media however continue to fantasize about an imaginary war claiming to have attacked the […]

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Biden’s Administration to build on Morocco-Israel deal

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan affirmed that Washington will build on the success of Israel’s normalization deals including the one signed with Morocco. The news was relayed by the White House following a phone talk between Sullivan and Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat. “They (Jake Sullivan & Meir Ben Shabbat) discussed opportunities to […]

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Algeria: President, army at tug of war

Algeria is at the mercy of an internal war between its president Abbdelmadjid Tebboune and the army which had backed the ascension to power of the 75-year old man, currently in Germany for medical treatment.   Abdelmadjid Tebboune is unpopular in Algeria and is considered an illegitimate president appointed by the military. His illegitimacy was […]

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World’s oldest-known starfish fossil unearthed in Morocco.

A group of researchers from Cambridge University and the University of Western Australia has unearthed a fossil starship in Morocco that dates back 480 million years. The fossil specimen is the world’s oldest-known starfish ever discovered, providing an insight into the evolution of starfish and other echinoderms. Headed by Aaron W. Hunter from the department […]

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Algeria conducts live fire exercise near Moroccan borders

Like the Titanic, the Algerian army continues to play while the Algerian economy sinks. In a message addressed to the domestic front, the Algerian army conducted live fire military drills near the borders with Morocco, attended by the all powerful chief of staff Said Chengriha. Warmonger Chengriha has warned in an address in front of […]

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Why ejecting the Polisario from AU is only a matter of time

The days of the Polisario in the African Union are numbered. Reports abound of an imminent resolution demanding the freeze of the membership of the Algeria-backed militia which lacks all attributes of a state. The Polisario was introduced as a full member into the predecessor of the African Union, the Organization of African Unity, in […]

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Algerian news agency continues its fake news monologue

Algerian news agency refuses to pull its head from the sand as it continues to recycle fake news on an imaginary war in the Sahara. In a recent story, the agency said that Morocco refuses to acknowledge that there is war in the Sahara because that would entail recognizing the Polisario. Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser […]

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Morocco, US explore prospects for cooperation in defense industries

Morocco and the US discussed prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industries as Rabat ambitions to develop domestic military industries. This came during the 11th session of the Morocco-US Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) held this week in Rabat under the co-chairmanship of minister delegate in charge of defense Abdellatif Loudiyi and US Defense […]