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Algeria’s 2024 budget confirms the country is bent on maintaining a model of rent distribution to buy social peace, wherein the state continues to use oil and gas money in non-productive spending while shunning reforms that could put the economy on a competitive track conducive to a welfare state. Buying social peace by bolstering wages […]
Algeria has been named by the U.S. State Department among the world worst violators of religious freedom. It is the only country in North Africa included in the U.S. black-list. “I have designated Algeria, Azerbaijan, the Central African Republic, Comoros and Vietnam as Special Watch List countries for engaging in or tolerating severe violations of […]
The lies of the authoritarian Algerian regime have been exposed once again to the world and this time with the Republic of Sierra Leone which recognizes the Moroccanness of the Sahara. In its blind quest for elusive diplomatic achievements, the ruling junta in Algiers, an appalling divisive manipulator, tried to charm, deceive, and outsmart Freetown […]
The government of South Korea has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group from the list of invitees to the 2024 Korea-Africa summit, dealing another hard blow to the Algerian regime. According to diplomatic sources, Morocco has been invited to take part in the event by Seoul which has affirmed that ONLY sovereign African states recognized […]
Morocco is matching words with actions as far as making the Sahara territory a bridge to the rest of Africa through win-win partnerships. The Atlantic initiative, spurred by King Mohammed VI, aims to benefit landlocked Sahel countries from the future 1bln Dakhla port and other logistics and infrastructure to help them access global trade and […]
Algeria has suffered a series of diplomatic setbacks in 2023 that left it geopolitically isolated in its own neighborhood with an inaudible voice globally. The year was promised by the Algerian civilian façade, the presidency, as a year of achievements. The president shamelessly promised his country would join the group of emerging economies BRICS. However, […]
Morocco has stepped up its extensive social reform program by introducing direct financial assistance for needy families. As of this December 28, nearly one million families, or 3.5 million Moroccans, started receiving direct financial assistance for the first time. This long-awaited measure ensures a minimum amount of 500 dirhams (about 45 euros) per month, regardless […]
Morocco’s football fairytale continues to inspire and impress the world which has recognized the major strides accomplished by the country in the field of sports under the leadership of King Mohammed VI. In early October 2023, the success-story of the North African Kingdom was crowned with the announcement made by the Monarch to the Moroccan […]
The U.S. State Department recently reiterated that the United States’ stance on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara remains “clear and consistent.” This confirmation follows former President Donald Trump’s declaration in December 2020, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara. The United States reaffirms unwavering support for the position on the Moroccan Sahara and warns against […]
Algeria’s foreign minister Ahmed Attaf alluded that the absence of pro-Palestinian protests in his country was due to a lack of “culture of protests” inherent to “longstanding democracies.” This came in a podcast on Aljazeera while answering a question on the mismatch between pro-Palestinian rhetoric and the lack of popular expressions of support for Palestine. […]