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Morocco issued a strongly worded rebuke on May 21 accusing individuals linked to Algeria’s delegation at UNESCO of “unacceptable” conduct, as Algerian regime looks intent on contaminating sports and culture with its enmity towards anything Moroccan. In a statement, Morocco’s delegation said participants representing Moroccan civil society were subjected to repeated verbal abuse during events […]
The Stimson Center has praised Morocco’s political and institutional progress, describing the kingdom as advancing along a “steady trajectory of reform” driven by gradual change and institutional stability. In a recent assessment, the Washington-based think tank highlighted Morocco’s hybrid governance model combining a constitutional monarchy with a pluralist parliamentary system. “Morocco operates a system that […]
French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin arrived in Algiers on Monday, becoming the third French minister to visit the country in three months, in the clearest sign yet of a thaw in relations after a prolonged diplomatic crisis triggered by Algeria after Paris expressed its outright support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory and for […]
Head of the Algerian army, General Saïd Chengriha, spoke before a hall of uniformed officers last week, praising what he described as Algeria’s steady economic progress and national resilience. His speech came right after new EU statistics showed Algerians had become the largest group of irregular migrants in the bloc, with Spanish authorities also reporting […]
Morocco’s steady diplomatic gains on the Sahara issue and its growing network of global partnerships are highlighted in a recent report by the Washington-based Stimson Center, which portrays the Kingdom as an increasingly influential actor in regional and international affairs. Sahara issue According to the report, the Sahara issue- which Stimson center referred to as […]
Independent United Nations human rights experts have raised concerns over what they describe as a “deliberate and systematic” crackdown by Algerian authorities targeting relatives of victims of enforced disappearances and rights activists. In a statement, the experts- mandated by the UN Human Rights Council- said Algerian authorities had engaged in practices including secret detentions, arrests […]
The twin summits held in Nairobi on May 11 and 12 — the Africa Forward Forum and the fourth Summit of the Congo Basin Climate Commission — mark what the editorialist of Aujourd’hui Le Maroc publication describes as a qualitative shift in the nature of African strategic gatherings. What was conceived at Marrakech in 2016, […]
The Algeria-based Polisario separatist militias have once again resorted to terrorist tactics by targeting a civilian area in Smara. The attack triggered a wave of international condemnations that highlights a growing strategic setback for the movement, as more countries rally behind Morocco’s approach to resolving the regional dispute. The May 5 attack, which struck near […]
The recent terrorist rocket attacks launched by the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias from the buffer zone on Moroccan Saharan city Smara are the third of their kind after the blasts that rocked the same city in June 2025 and the deadly attacks perpetrated in October 2023. These provocative and unjustified attacks show to the world […]
Armed men loyal to a JNIM terrorist group targeted a convoy of Moroccan trucks carrying food supplies to Bamako near the Mauritania–Mali border, underscoring mounting insecurity in the Sahel and vindicating Morocco’s warning of the risks to regional stability posed by the coalition between terrorist and separatist groups in the region. The attack occurred along […]