Just days after Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune rejected mediation attempts by «brotherly countries» to normalize relations with Morocco, the United States has announced that it is leading its own mediation effort between the two (...)
Risking the ire of Algeria and the Polisario, Staffan de Mistura has called for the resumption of the Round Table process, which has been stalled for several years. The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara also urged Algiers to (...)
With the imminent appointment of Duke Buchan as the new U.S. ambassador to Rabat, Washington is preparing to «open a consulate in Dakhla, in the Moroccan Sahara», according to Massad Boulos, Special Advisor to former President Donald Trump for (...)
The Moroccan national team has slipped one position in the official FIFA rankings for October, as revealed by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) today, Friday, placing it 12th globally.
Despite this slight drop, Morocco (...)
The United States has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, increasing pressure on the Polisario Front and Algeria to resume negotiations. While the text is backed by Western (...)
The tenth and final round of the African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup has concluded, determining the nine teams that have secured direct qualification, while others now await the African playoffs for another chance to reach the tournament.
The (...)
On November 13, 2020, the Polisario Front announced the onset of a «war» against Morocco. Yet, since this bold declaration, the movement has failed to achieve any tangible progress on the ground.
As skepticism grows within the Tindouf camps (...)
Algeria stands resolutely against the initiatives spearheaded by three permanent members of the UN Security Council, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, which aim to implement a political resolution based on Morocco's autonomy plan (...)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has subtly dismissed a Saudi initiative aimed at mending ties with Morocco, which have been strained since August 2021. «There are brothers, acting in good faith, who ask us to reopen the borders» with (...)
Russia is contemplating the signing of an investment protection agreement with Morocco, as reported by Moscow media outlets. This announcement was made by Pavel Kalmychek, the Director of the Department of Bilateral Cooperation Development at the (...)
During a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Morocco made a notable diplomatic move by abstaining from a vote on a resolution to extend the mandate of the UN special rapporteur responsible for monitoring Russia's human (...)
The United Kingdom has aligned with the United States and France to endorse a UN Security Council resolution supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, bolstering the 2007 proposal's credibility, Africa Intelligence reports. Meanwhile, (...)
Last week, the United Nations Secretary-General presented a new report on the Sahara to the members of the Security Council. This document signifies a «turning point», claims Mohamed Elghet Malainine, Vice-President of the Moroccan Center for (...)
Unlike the Polisario Front, Algeria has remained silent on the implementation of the new agricultural agreement between Morocco and the European Union, which covers products originating from Western Sahara. This silence stands in stark contrast to (...)
In his latest report on the situation in Western Sahara, the UN Secretary-General addressed the construction of a road linking Amgala to Bir Oum Grine in Mauritania. Much to the Polisario's dismay, the United Nations did not issue any condemnation (...)
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) of Morocco and the French army have launched the 2025 edition of the Chergui exercise, taking place in the eastern region of the kingdom close to the Algerian border. France has dispatched «elements of the 5th Combat (...)
As Morocco heads toward the 2026 electoral deadlines, the GenZ 212 protests that erupted last week could «reshape» the political debate. This is the assessment of the Atlantic Council in an analysis by researcher Sarah Zaaimi, who argues that this (...)
As the UN Security Council gears up to tackle the Sahara issue in the coming weeks, Algeria is placing its bets on Russia. Following a meeting last week in New York between the Algerian Foreign Minister and his Russian counterpart, Algiers has (...)
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Algeria's Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf continued his consultations on the Sahara issue. In this context, he met yesterday in New York with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations (...)
The traditional verbal sparring between Morocco and Algeria resurfaced on Monday during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. After the intervention of Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf, Morocco's permanent representative to the United (...)
Amnesty International's Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria sections on Tuesday urged Arab League states to act urgently to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla, currently sailing toward Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid. They stressed that governments have a (...)
Morocco emerged as a key market for GNV during the 2025 summer season, recording a 6% passenger growth, the ferry company announced at its sixth annual awards ceremony in Valencia on September 28, 2025.
The MSC Group subsidiary attributed the (...)
Massad Boulos, the special advisor to the President of the United States for Africa, held separate meetings on Friday, September 26, in New York with the foreign ministers of Morocco and Algeria.
During his discussion with Morocco's Foreign (...)
A new twist has emerged in Mali's complaint against Algeria before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The transitional government in Bamako announced on Thursday that «the ICJ informed it, on September 19, 2025, of Algeria's refusal to accept (...)
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met on Tuesday, September 23, in New York with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares.
According to Moroccan diplomacy, the two (...)