Despite the breakdown of diplomatic relations between Rabat and Algiers and the non-participation of the Fennecs in the World Cup in Qatar, Algerian supporters are lending their support to Morocco, the first African and Arab country to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. The Atlas Lions face France this Wednesday.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has thanked ambassadors and consuls posted in countries with proximity to Morocco. Would this decision be linked to a lack of diplomatic breakthrough on their part regarding the Sahara issue, which remains the point of friction between Algiers and Rabat?
King Mohammed VI is looking for ways and means to ease tensions between Morocco and Algeria. In this sense, he has invited Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Morocco.
The General Union of Arab Journalists condemned on Monday, October 31, 2022, the treatment reserved for Moroccan journalists who went to cover the Arab League summit, scheduled from November 1 to 2 in Algiers. This reaction follows a correspondence from the National Syndicate of the Moroccan Press (SNPM).
The rumors that Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita left the meeting of Foreign Ministers at the Arab League summit are false.
Paris is working to warm up its relations with Algiers to the point of sacrificing Morocco. Laurent Gayard, a teacher and columnist, believes that the relaunch of the Franco-Algerian dialogue must not be done at the expense of neighboring countries.
The next Arab summit to be held from November 1 to 2 in Algiers could see the participation of King Mohammed VI .
The Moroccan national under-17 football team obtained a draw (0-0) against Algeria in their first match of the North African Football Union (UNAF) tournament. This match, counting for the 2nd day of the tournament, took place on Wednesday at the Omar Benrabah stadium in Dar El-Beïda in Algiers.
Jeune Afrique has devoted an article to the recent accusations that Algeria has made against Morocco but also the World Bank , after the publication of the latest report by the multilateral institution on the economic situation of its eastern neighbor. The pan-African magazine sees it as a tendency of Algiers to raise the threat of the Moroccan external enemy to maintain control.
José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, says that Algeria did not reassure him about the renewal of the contract on the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline during his official visit to Algeria at the end of September.
Tensions between Algeria and Morocco are not about to subside. Algiers has just decided to terminate the functions of its ambassador in Rabat, Abdelhamid Abdaoui.
Moroccan and Algerian personalities have, in a petition, expressed their great concern about the current escalation in relations between Rabat and Algiers. They call "on all people and organizations of goodwill in the two countries, and beyond the Maghreb, to act for a return to reason".