Morocco has recovered 40 kilometers of "new Sahrawi territories liberated after November 13, 2020", where clashes had occurred between the Polisario militia and the Royal Armed Forces (FAR). A setback for the independence movement supported by Algeria.
The arms race is intensifying in Algeria and Morocco. Is this a way for the two countries to deter or prepare for a possible war?
Since early April, the body of Zakaria Radouane, a 25-year-old man, has been resting in a morgue in Algeria, the country where he was found after the native of M’diq tried to reach Ceuta by swimming. The Algerian authorities are dragging their feet in authorizing his repatriation to Morocco.
At the diplomatic level, Morocco is imposing itself in Africa, more precisely in the Sahel, where Algeria and France are retreating.
Zinedine Zidane, a former French international of Algerian origin, cannot help but proclaim his love for Morocco and its people.
A wave of arrests has recently hit the community of Algerian influencers, following online statements deemed unacceptable. Three individuals are now in the sights of the French justice system.
The Mauritanian president recently made a trip to Rabat where he had a tête-à-tête with King Mohammed VI. A meeting viewed in a bad light by Algeria, which did not take long to make it known.
Sixty young Moroccans, candidates for illegal immigration, were handed over a few days ago to the Moroccan authorities by Algeria. They had been intercepted while trying to cross the land border between Maghnia, in Algeria, and Oujda, in Morocco.
In the eyes of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the autonomy plan "under Moroccan sovereignty" defended by Rabat is "a French idea, not a Moroccan one".
A commander and four Algerian army soldiers were released by the Moroccan authorities after straying into the Moroccan side of the border, near M’Hamid El Ghizlane.
The Western Sahara conflict, which has been going on for decades, could see a significant development. The situation, marked by a rapprochement of the positions of certain key players, offers a window of opportunity for the next US administration to get involved in the search for a definitive solution.
Algeria recently celebrated the assembly of the first "Fiat" car, 98% of whose spare parts were manufactured in Morocco.