Politics
As international support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Sahara grows, Algeria’s decades-long strategy to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity appears increasingly untenable. The Algerian regime, which once wielded the Sahara dispute as a geopolitical tool, now faces mounting diplomatic......
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grave concern over the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Tindouf camps in Algeria, where malnutrition and disease rates among Sahrawi refugees have reached critical levels. According to a recent UN report, Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) among......
Newly uncovered recordings of Egypt’s late President Gamal Abdel Nasser have cast doubt on Algeria’s longstanding narrative of its role in Arab solidarity and the 1967 Six-Day War. The tapes were broadcast by Saudi outlet Al Arabiya and feature a conversation between Nasser and Mauritanian......
Morocco stands out in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as a stronghold of parliamentary democracy, with 68% of Moroccans favoring this system, according to a new report by the Arab Barometer. This figure, the highest in the region, highlights Morocco’s commitment to pluralism and......
Morocco ranked 107th out of 173 countries in the "Global State of Democracy 2025" report, released by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). The North African nation also placed 19th in Africa, surpassing several Maghreb neighbors, including Tunisia (112th),......
The Royal Armed Forces of Morocco and the Mauritanian Army organized a joint workshop this week in Nouakchott focused on counterterrorism and border control. The initiative underscores the growing security partnership between the two neighboring countries at a time when the Sahel remains plagued by instability......
The Strait of Gibraltar, once a symbol of division between the developed North and dependent South, has transformed into a fault line defining two competing visions of the world. Africa, led by Morocco, Senegal, and Mauritania, is asserting itself as a growing force, no longer looking to Europe for approval......
A new chapter in Mauritania's political landscape is unfolding as President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani calls for an inclusive national dialogue involving all political and social forces. The initiative, aimed at strengthening democratic institutions and fostering unity, has been met with cautious......
Mali's armed forces have announced the elimination of 80 militants linked to al-Qaeda following a series of coordinated attacks on military posts across the country. The violence, carried out on June 2, targeted seven towns in central and western Mali, including key border areas near Senegal and......
In the wake of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has been under blockade for over 18 years, a recent survey reveals a significant decline in Moroccan public support for normalization with Israel. The survey also shows a notable decrease in approval of Western powers allied with Israel in the......
In a letter addressed to EU heads of state and government dated June 23, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, emphasized Morocco’s essential contribution to the European Union’s external migration strategy. The six-page document provides an overview of current and upcoming......
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Omar Hilale, has formally objected to what he describes as a biased paragraph in the latest Security Council report to the UN General Assembly concerning the Moroccan Sahara. In a letter addressed to the Security Council president......
Dominica has reaffirmed its firm backing of Morocco’s autonomy plan for Sahara, calling it “the solution of compromise” at the recent United Nations Committee of 24 (C24) seminar held in Dili, Timor-Leste. Addressing the committee, Dominica’s Permanent Representative to the UN,......
