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As the diplomatic row continues between Rabat, Madrid and Berlin over the Sahara, and as the Kingdom’s relations with France are facing destabilisation attempts over espionage allegations, German Institute for International & Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/SWP) step in to add fuel to the fire. In an analysis published by SWP, which advises Bundestag […]
Algeria has suffered another foreign policy setback after Israel was granted an official observer status at the African Union. The decision was backed by 4/5 of the African Union members dealing a blow to Algeria’s sustained efforts to cast Israel as an enemy. Closer relations between Israel and the African Union will not be at […]
Morocco is the subject of “smear press campaigns” aimed at “destabilizing it.” The statement was made by French Senator Christian Cambon, who is the chairman of the France-Morocco friendship group at the French Senate, in response to allegations accusing Morocco of having infiltrated the phones of Moroccan and foreign public figures, via computer spyware. In […]
Former chief of France’s domestic intelligence agency Bernard Squarcini has cast doubts over the veracity of the accusations targeting Morocco, saying he does not believe the allegations, claiming that the North African Kingdom had hacked cell phones of several Moroccan and foreign personalities using Pegasus spyware of Israeli NSO Group. Speaking to radio station Europe1 […]
Editor in chief of one of Morocco’s top news websites, Ahmed Najim, said that he was astonished when he saw his name revealed by Forbidden Stories, a consortium of 17 newspapers that released stories claiming that the Moroccan government was among those that used a potent Israeli spy software, Pegasus, to spy on journalists. Najim […]
Morocco has reiterated its call for Algeria to apply the principle of self-determination for the Amazigh people in the Kabylie region, “one of the most ancient people in Africa.” The remarks were made by Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale in response to comments by Algeria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamaamra who deviated […]
The Algerian regime has been warmongering against Morocco in recent weeks describing the neighboring country as a “conventional enemy” at the gates in a bid to distract from a deepening social and economic crisis that is gradually eroding the authoritarian rule in Algeria. In its recent diatribe, the mouthpiece of the Algerian regime, El Djeich […]
In a flagrant intervention in Morocco’s domestic affairs and the judiciary, the US State Department issued a statement condemning the verdict against a Moroccan journalist sued on sexual assault charges against a member of the LGBTQ community in Morocco. “The United States is disappointed by reports that a court in Morocco has sentenced journalist Soulaiman […]
Morocco has unveiled a landmark deal to produce Africa’s first Covid-19 vaccines in partnership with China’s Sinopharm and made it clear that the goals are meeting self-sufficiency in key vaccines and exporting to the rest of the continent. The North African country is expected to start production with 5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine […]
Iran’s mischief in Africa through arming separatist and radical groups across the continent poses a risk to regional stability, German media Der Tahesspiegel wrote. In an article on Iran’s strategic opportunism in Africa, Stephan Andreas Casdorff highlighted that Iran had supplied the Polisario separatists with surface to air missiles. As it seeks to gain new […]