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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 […]
Algeria’s response to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 backing Morocco’s autonomy plan has exposed deep contradictions within its foreign policy apparatus, further isolating the country diplomatically. The resolution, adopted on October 31, 2025, endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan as the basis for resolving the Sahara conflict and calls on all four parties, including Algeria, to engage […]
On November 6, the Polisario Front once again claimed to have launched attacks on Moroccan troops along the berm in the Sahara territory. These declarations, timed to coincide with the anniversary of Morocco’s Green March, are part of a long-standing pattern of misinformation aimed at projecting relevance in a conflict the United Nations now classifies […]