Rached Ghannouchi, President of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP), also leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha, has called for a three-member Maghreb Union composed of Libya, Algeria and Tunisia. This proposal, which automatically excludes Morocco, sounds like a diplomatic blunder.
Jeune Afrique devoted an article to the long-standing tensions between Morocco and Algeria over the Sahara issue. The pan-African weekly wonders if we are heading towards an open conflict between the two countries.
Apparently, Abdelmadjid Tebboune , the Algerian president, is moving further and further away from any possible warming of relations between his country and Morocco. He received the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, at the Al Mouradia palace on Thursday.
The Ambassador of Morocco to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Samir Addahre officially received, on Wednesday, February 18, the certificate of registration of couscous on the list of intangible cultural heritage. This follows the application filed on December 16 and jointly presented by Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Algeria.
The Algerian Ministry of National Defense has issued a formal denial of reports that the People’s National Army (ANP) is preparing to send troops to participate in military missions outside Algerian borders. It accuses Morocco of being behind this disinformation campaign.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reaffirmed his country’s position on the Sahara. He maintains that the "Sahrawis have the right to self-determination".
Morocco took part on February 15 and 16 in the N’Djamena summit which brought together the G5 Sahel countries and France, despite the many steps taken by Algeria to exclude it from the Sahelo-Saharan file. During this meeting, Saâdeddine El Othmani stressed that Morocco has never been a mere observer of the security developments shaking the region for many years.
Abdelhamid Abdaoui, Algeria’s ambassador to Rabat, sparked controversy on Twitter by posting a post in which a retouched photo of him presenting his credentials to King Mohammed VI appears in the background. He had just received the Swedish ambassador to Morocco, Anne Höglund.
Algerian MPs have sent a letter to the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, asking him to cancel the decree recognizing American sovereignty over the Sahara. This move has elicited a reaction from their Moroccan counterparts.
The prince of raï, Faudel Belloua , has called on the Moroccan and Algerian peoples to condemn the practices of the Echourouk channel, which has attacked the person of King Mohammed VI.
The National Association of Media and Publishers (ANME) has strongly reacted following the attack against King Mohammed VI by the Algerian channel Echchourouk.
The recent statements by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita , have sparked lively controversy within the Algerian political milieu, which the local press has echoed.