The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, has again spoken about the relations between Morocco and Algeria. These relations are not the best, acknowledges the Moroccan diplomat, while hoping to see the two countries in better terms.
Libya and the Sahara were at the heart of the remarks made by the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, last Saturday, in front of the high-ranking officers of the army.
The ambassador, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, rejected the allegations of the Algerian representative on the Moroccan Sahara. His intervention came during the virtual ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), held on Friday and whose theme is: "65 years after Bandung".
The Moroccans stranded in Algeria due to the health crisis are denouncing the inhuman conditions in which they live. This situation is worrying the Moroccan Forum for Citizenship and Human Rights, which is alerting the authorities to this drama.
The Morocco-Algeria border, closed since the Atlas Asni hotel bombings in 1994, marks the failure of the Arab Maghreb and the powerlessness of an African Union, plagued by power issues. The hot and cold persist between Algiers and Rabat.
Drug traffickers are not lacking in imagination to try to deceive the vigilance of the security forces. The Algerian Customs intercepted 99.9 kg of drugs transposed on the back of a donkey in the Ain Sefra region on the border between Algeria and Morocco.
Morocco is receiving this week the visit of the Pentagon chief, also expected in Tunisia and Algeria, where he will be the first American Defense Minister to go in nearly 15 years. Mark Esper comes to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to the Maghreb.
Between Friday evening and Saturday, September 26, several Mauritanian media reported that the Polisario plans to settle in the buffer zone between Morocco and Mauritania. Bad news for commercial traffic in the region, which could experience many inconveniences in the event of a blockage of the border crossing.
The current French Interior Minister, Gérald Darmanin, announced that he will travel to Morocco in the coming days to discuss the issue of unaccompanied minors.
Morocco has decided since last Monday to partially reopen its borders to foreigners, under conditions. This opening also concerns Algerian nationals.
For the first time in four years, there is a real willingness on the part of King Mohammed VI and Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune to break the state of inertia that characterized the Bouteflika era. This is how the European Union Ambassador to Algeria, John O’Rourke, expressed himself before a senior official at the Élysée.
About 200 Moroccan workers, stranded in Algeria since the borders were closed, have launched an appeal to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Some have been transferred to penitentiary institutions, due to lack of space in reception centers.