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 […]
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 […]
Algeria’s drowning diplomacy clutches at South African straw
Algeria’s diplomacy has ensued painful setbacks in recent years on the Sahara issue. Morocco’s successful move to secure the border crossing with Mauritania and the recognition by the US of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara are the latest nails in the coffin of Algeria’s mulish support for the Polisario separatist militia. Isolated globally and in […]
Morocco, US celebrate stronger ties during landmark Sahara visit
US ambassador to Rabat David Fischer and US Assistant Secretary of State David Schenker will go down in history as the first US officials to visit the Moroccan southern provinces in implementation of the landmark proclamation of President Trump. “Last month, president Trump acknowledged the inevitable and stated the obvious: The Sahara is Moroccan and […]
Mauritania reinforces military presence on its northern borders
Mauritania whose economy has been hit by Polisario’s banditry is set to reinforce its military presence in its northern borders in a move that signals Nouakchott’s determination to avert the Polisario’s incursions into its territories. The Algeria-backed Polisario separatists have blocked a critical border passage linking Morocco to Mauritania for three weeks. The passage which […]
Qatari-Saudi rapprochement vindicates Morocco’s principled foreign policy stands
The breakthrough in the Gulf Cooperation Council with the resumption of normal ties between Saudi Arabia and Qatar vindicates Morocco’s wise diplomacy and its neutral stance vis-a-vis the Qatar blockade by its neighbors. The restoration of normal diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Qatar came after the reopening of Borders and was further sealed at […]
Algerian media’s fake news has no limits
Algerian media continues to speak of an imaginary war in the Moroccan Sahara. A pro-army media, El Bilad, did not bother to check the map when it spoke of Larache, Assilah and Fnideq as cities nearby the Saraha. While recycling a Polisario statement, El Bilad claimed that fierce battles are going on and that wounded […]
The Economist whitewashes Polisario and Algeria while surfing on wave of neocolonialism
On Dec 16, the famous British weekly magazine, The Economist, derailed from its principles of objectivity and gave an example of stark bias in an article that tells the Sahara conflict solely from the perspective of Algeria and its puppet the Polisario, sugarcoated with neo-colonial analysis that fails to notice that Morocco as a nation […]
Algeria unhappy with UN Secretary General Sahara Envoy nominee
The Algerian regime has instructed its mouthpieces to criticize the UN Secretary General’s choice for the upcoming Envoy for the Sahara in a move that further reflects Algiers isolation in the international scene. Pro-military media including El Watan wrote diatribes attacking Antonio Guterres and accusing him of supporting Morocco by choosing former Romanian Prime Minister […]