Algeria has banned the entry into its territory of the jersey of the Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane, which will have to cross swords with the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger, on Sunday, April 21, 2024, as part of the first leg of the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
Kenya’s announcement of the opening of an embassy in Rabat is causing concern for Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who has sent his Foreign Minister on an official visit to Nairobi. Algiers fears that its ally will abandon it on the Sahara issue.
The Sahara issue remains one of the points of friction between Rabat and Algiers, which unilaterally broke off diplomatic relations with its neighbor in 2021. Professor Abderrahim Manar Slimi believes that France’s recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara would have a negative impact on Algeria, the protector of the Polisario.
To strengthen its gas infrastructure, Morocco aims to create liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification and storage plants in the port of Nador, as well as a pipeline that will be connected to the Maghreb-Europe pipeline.
The Polisario, protected by Algeria, is expressing its opposition to the financing by the French Development Agency (AFD) of French projects in the Sahara.
Several Polisario militiamen were reportedly killed near the southern border of Morocco by an attack by the Royal Armed Forces (FAR).
Algeria is seeking to strengthen its cooperation with Mauritania to convince this country to join its project to create a Maghreb Union without Morocco.
The recent statements by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the Sahara and the Maghreb Union bring a certain hope to Moroccans and Algerians - especially those living on the borders between the two countries - but they could well be disappointed.
The Maghreb Book Fair, which will be held in Oujda from April 17 to 21, is causing controversy. The issue is the absence of Algerian writers and intellectuals in the program of this fourth edition.
The Lionceaux of the Atlas (U-17) are preparing to take part in the North African Football Union (UNAF) tournament to be held from April 16 to 26 in Algeria.
Since Monday, April 1st, imams seconded to France are required to change their administrative status and become employees of the mosques in which they officiate or of an association.
The Algerian commentator Hafid Derradji , a well-known figure on the Qatari channel beIN Sports , denied rumors that he was banned from entering Moroccan territory.