Yasmine Hasnaoui: How Algeria swindles its citizens over the Sahara
In the last five years, countries who hold a historical responsibility toward the Western Sahara marked a new departure, by...
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Sarah Leah Whitson: The price of France’s shift on Western Sahara
On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support...
Algeria blocks deportations from France over Western Sahara
Many saw Paris as offering Morocco an olive branch by recognising its claim of sovereignty over the Western Sahara, though...
Finland backs Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara
King Mohammed VI’s push for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara gained more momentum from the international community on August 6th,...
Macron offers Morocco king olive branch over Sahara
A three year row between France and Morocco seems to have ended, following a bold move by Emmanual Macron to...
Iran arms Polisario Front, raising tensions with Morocco
“La Revue Afrique” published a report on July 7th claiming that Iran had provided the Polisario Front with a new...
Africa’s biggest military exercise ramps up Morocco-US ties
Morocco-US relations have reached new heights since the US recognised Morocco’s sovereignty over the greatly disputed Western Sahara as the...
Morocco to build “trade hub” in Dakhla’s Atlantic port
Morocco is rapidly developing its disputed southern provinces in recent years, in a bid to assert its sovereignty and local...
Algeria seeks closure for France’s historic oppression
Rife with hypocrisy, Algeria demands justice from France for historic oppression yet simultaneously attempts to eradicate its indigenous Kabyle population....
Algeria takes Morocco to court over football strip row
The long-disputed territory of the Western Sahara has drawn yet another wedge between Algeria and Morocco after they row over...
France to finance Morocco’s Sahara power link
France-Morocco relations improve after France prepares to finance a power link between Morocco and Western Sahara, according to Reuters on...
Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya meet to discuss Arab Maghreb union
As relations between Algeria and Morocco continue to deteriorate, three states of the Arab Maghreb coalition met sans Morocco, according...
Morocco to reopen commerce with Spanish enclaves
Morocco’s ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, said the kingdom will soon relaunch commercial customs with Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish...
Algeria: Match off over Western Sahara shirt dispute
A high-profile football match in Algeria, which was scheduled to take place on the evening of Sunday 21 April, was cancelled...
French Interior Minister woes Morocco over security
France’s Interior Minister plans to visit Morocco during April as both countries move past their two-year dispute, reports The New...
