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An Algerian court on Tuesday handed prison sentences to six people, ranging from 18 month suspended sentence to 6 years in prison plus fines, in a corruption case involving the country’s state-run oil firm Sonatrach. Seven defendants were acquitted while four companies, including Italy’s Saipem and the German Funkwerk, were also sentenced to fines ranging […]
Morocco and Germany are about to settle the issue of the nearly 3,000 undocumented Moroccan migrants, some of whom claiming refugee status on groundless basis. The issue was discussed on Wednesday during a phone conversation between King Mohammed VI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. During their phone talk, the two leaders hailed the positive development […]
As if relations between Algeria and Morocco were not strained enough, Algiers created out of nothing another uproar, announcing that it will start repatriating the Moroccans heading to Libya via Algeria as their number has been constantly increasing lately. To give the issue an official dimension, Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel summoned on […]
As if relations between Algeria and Morocco were not strained enough, Algiers created out of nothing another uproar, announcing that it will start repatriating the Moroccans heading to Libya via Algeria as their number has been constantly increasing lately. To give the issue an official dimension, Algerian Minister of Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel summoned on […]
Morocco has vehemently condemned the terrorist attacks that targeted the capital city of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, as a blow to peace and stability in this sisterly country and as a blow to the efforts being made to establish democracy. At least 30 people of some 20 nationalities have been killed in the attacks staged at […]
The recent remarks made by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy expressing his firm support to Morocco’s Sovereignty over Western Sahara have irked Algerian authorities. Although the Algerian government has not yet reacted officially, a top diplomat at Algerian Foreign Affairs ministry has termed Sarkozy’s statements as a provocation and upsetting. Speaking at an international conference […]
Sweden has given up its plan to recognize the Sahrawi Republic proclaimed by the Polisario, reports say. The Swedish government, which examined the possibility of recognizing SADR, gave up the idea, said Thursday the SVT public television. “Sweden will not recognize the Western Sahara,” wrote the TV on its website, adding that according to information […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday urged Algeria to quickly enforce the deportation agreement signed between the two countries so that Algerian migrants denied asylum could return home. According to press reports, Angela Merkel is getting concerned by Algiers’s foot-dragging to execute the deportation of Algerian nationals who have been denied asylum. Media also report that […]
Hordes of IS militants in Libya fearing western attacks are marching towards Morocco’s eastern region, reports say. Moroccan daily “Assabah “Tuesday quoting a report by the US State Department argues that a group of IS militants have started decamping from Libya and have set sail in direction of Morocco’s eastern region. The US State Department’s […]
Tunisian Tourism authorities have announced injection of around 24 billion euros in 2016 to boost the tourism industry which has been seriously hit by two major terrorist attacks leading to an acute slump in the number of international arrivals, reports say. Abdellatif Hmam, Head of the Tunisian Tourism Authority made the announcement on Saturday during […]