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Will Mauritania fall into Iran’s orbit after it got foothold in Algeria & Polisario Camps?

The Iranian regime, which has already established a foothold in Algeria & Polisario-controlled camps, is expanding its sway over the region after having spread death and mayhem throughout the Middle East and the world. Now, the Iranians seek to subjugate Mauritania in a bid to encircle Morocco, U.S. major ally and partner in the region. […]

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Spain reiterates support for Morocco’s autonomy plan

Spain reiterated its support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the most serious, credible and realistic solution to end the regional conflict in the Sahara territory. This reaffirmation came in a joint declaration issued at the end of the 12 Moroccan-Spanish high-level joint committee. The two countries signed 20 cooperation deals and a Spanish credit line […]

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Algeria: French daily Le Monde decries Junta’s brutal repression policy

The dissolution of the Algerian League of Human Rights shows “the escalating repression of the Algerian regime which is crushing and suffocating the popular pro-democracy Hirak movement, commented on Thursday French daily “Le Monde”. Hundreds of prisoners of conscience are now locked up and countless human rights militants have been banned from leaving the country […]

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UN experts call for war crimes probe into Wagner group, gov’t forces in Mali

UN experts on Tuesday (31 January) called for an independent investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian private military contractor Wagner Group and government forces in Mali. This comes just days after the US formally designated (26 January) Russia’s Kremlin-affiliated Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization responsible for widespread […]

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Inside Polisario-Hezbollah Money Laundering & Terror Funding Scandal

The Algeria-backed polisario group is at the heart of a money laundering scandal and shadowy terrorism financing network operated in Europe in connivance with Hezbollah, Iran-backed shiite militant group. Citing financial investigators, reports from Spain’s Guardia Civil and terrorism experts, German daily “Die Welt” has revealed lately large-scale financial dealings and transactions between the Polisario […]

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Clock ticks Polisario’s ejection from African Union

The expulsion of the Polisario militias from the African Union is a matter of time and not a principle as an increasing number of African countries realize the risks of admitting a separatist group into a continental organization of sovereign states. The Polisario has to be kicked out of the African Union for this organization […]

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Synagogue in Casablanca hosts event in memory of Holocaust victims

A synagogue in Casablanca hosted Sunday a ceremony in the memory of the victims of the Holocaust on the occasion of the International Day of Commemoration of this large-scale and painful massacre that marked the Second World War. The ceremony in Beth-el Synagogue was held under the theme “Mohammed V: protector of the Moroccan Jewish […]

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Morocco’s Southern Provinces population fully benefits from EU-Morocco agreements – Official EU Report

The European Union has reaffirmed, in its 2022 report, the full benefit of the population of Morocco’s southern provinces of the agreements between Rabat and Brussels and their positive impact on the socio-economic development of these regions. The publication of this annual report, by the services of the European Commission and the European External Action […]

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Low turnout haunts Tunisia’s parliamentary vote as economic crisis bite

Few Tunisians are expected to cast ballots in the second round of a vote for a parliament that has been stripped out of its powers as part of a power grab by President Kais Said in a context where the Tunisian economy is on the verge of collapse. The second round is taking place on […]

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France empowers military-run Algeria

France and Algeria have signed a military and security cooperation deal during the visit by the figurehead of the ruling military junta in the oil and gas rich country Said Chengrigha. The deal came after a series of visits including a visit by Emmanuel Macron in which French and Algerian officials talked about the past […]