President Pedro Sanchez dismissed former Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzales Laya a week after Moroccan authorities requested it on July 2, 2021. The diplomat was seen by the kingdom as responsible for the entry into Spain of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, under a false identity.
Morocco is leaving doubts about its participation in the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations (U17 AFCON) which will take place from April 29 to May 19, 2023 in Algeria.
Morocco is ahead of Algeria in the ranking of the 9 countries that have invested the most in water desalination in the MENA region.
Driven by a sense of patriotism, Moroccan singer Asmaa Lamnawar refuses to perform in Algeria, a neighboring country that no longer has diplomatic relations with her country.
Since the activation of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME) in the reverse direction, Moroccan gas imports have continued to increase, reaching a peak of 820 gigawatt-hours in March 2023, an increase of 1,200% compared to June 2022.
Violent clashes broke out on Sunday between Moroccan and Algerian prisoners at the El Acebuche prison in Almeria. The prison authorities are asking to use the Taser gun to preserve their integrity.
Faouzi Moualek, divisional commissioner and head of the criminal research and analysis service at the Judicial Police Directorate, claims that Morocco, without naming it, has become an important route for cannabis that passes through Algeria or is poured onto Algerian territory.
Due to the crisis with Algeria, which considers Morocco as an "external enemy", the Moroccan government’s defense budget is expected to rebound after a decline in 2021-22. This is at least what a specialized firm predicts.
By modernizing its army through the acquisition of state-of-the-art equipment and diversifying its sources of arms supply, Morocco has changed the balance of power in the region, according to a Spanish newspaper.
Algeria aspires to become a major producer of green hydrogen and an important supplier to Europe, but it faces Morocco, a formidable competitor. The kingdom has a head start.
Salafist sheikh Mohamed Al Fizazi has just issued a "fatwa" against Algerian dates and says he prefers Israeli dates. He explains himself.
In an interview, Xavier Driencourt, former French ambassador to Algeria, not only mentioned the Algerians’ jealousy towards Morocco, but also demonstrated that this is not a new phenomenon.