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Spanish Media Unveils New Slavery Story in Tindouf Camps

Spanish media has uncovered a new slavery story in Tindouf camps after an 18 year-old girl succeeded in breaking the chains of enslavement by escaping to Barcelona via Algeria. The girl who was sold out by her father entered Spanish territory using false passport, triggering the interest of Spanish media. She explained to the media […]

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Algeria’s recycled army, civilian leadership turn back to Maghreb integration

Same old wine in a new bottle, an adage that sums up the swift succession at the helm of the Algerian regime with the passing away of the all-powerful Gaid Salah who was replaced by border general Said Chengriha. In Morocco, the mood regarding the recent developments in Algeria is on the wait and see, […]

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2019 in Review: Diplomatic Setbacks for Polisario & Protests of Sequestered Sahrawis

2019 will remain a year of bitter remembrance for the polisario leadership, which suffered a series of worldwide setbacks and was challenged by the sequestered Sahrawis that can no longer tolerate deteriorating living conditions, repression and corruption of the separatist leaders. The secessionist group of Brahim Ghali and his Algerian & South-African supporters close up […]

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Morocco wins international praise for eradicating torture

Morocco has won international recognition for its steady efforts to eradicate torture domestically and internationally. Morocco ratified the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) in 1993 and deposited its ratification instruments in 2014. The North African country has also launched a national preventive mechanism against torture (NPM). […]

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Algeria does not budge on anachronism and hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity

Hopes nurtured by many Moroccans to see a new Algerian leadership emerge to break the stalemate in Maghreb integration were shattered by a speech of the newly elected president Abdelmejid Tenboune who reaffirmed his country’s obstinate attachment to perpetuating tension in the region by supporting separatism in the Sahara. Teboune, who took power in largely […]

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King Mohammed VI: Success of Advanced Regionalization Depends on Administrative Devolution

The first national conference on advanced regionalization opened, Friday in Agadir, Southern Morocco, with a message from King Mohammed VI stressing the importance of this structural project in boosting the economic, social and cultural development of the country. “I believe that administrative devolution is both a pillar and a pre-requisite for the success of advanced […]

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Imminent terrorist attacks in Tindouf, Algeria refuses to pull head out of sand

Algeria’s foreign ministry obstinately denied the veracity of the reports warning of imminent terrorist attacks and kidnappings in the Polisario-administered camps of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria. Spain, Canada and the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO have all warned of the unsafety of visiting Tindouf due to risks of terrorist attacks. The same area in […]

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King Mohammed VI urges joint Islamic action for political stability § economic prosperity

On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), King Mohammed VI called for joint action by Muslim states to promote political stability, economic prosperity and well-being of the Muslim peoples. The King highlighted, in a message to a ceremony held in Rabat Thursday to mark the anniversary, the lofty […]

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Boycott haunts Algerian elections wanted by army to recycle same old elite

Sham elections that is how Algerian youth call the first elections to be held in the country since long-ruling Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down earlier this year under the impact of widespread protests. The elections due next Thursday (Dec.12) are expected to see a very low turnout as thousands of protesters continue pressure for the entire […]

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Tindouf: Violent Clashes Between Oulad Dlim Tribe & Polisario Militiamen

Unprecedented violent clashes took place lately at the “General Secretariat of the Polisario Front” in Rabouni camp, between members of the Oulad Dlim tribe and armed elements of the separatist group, according to le360 website. These clashes, which left at least eleven polisario militiamen wounded, including two in critical condition, show the deep cracks and […]