The Moroccan authorities decided, on Thursday, to expel four members of the European Parliament as well as two accompanying persons, following an unauthorized attempt to enter Laâyoune. This action has been described as "provocative" by the authorities.
Algeria looks askance at the visit of Rachida Dati, the French Minister of Culture, to the Moroccan Sahara, describing this trip as "particularly serious".
Algeria still cannot digest France’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty. It is using its nationals in an irregular situation under OQTF (Obligation to Leave French Territory) as a means of pressure on Paris, but it could be caught in its own trap.
France’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara does not benefit French companies. While they are losing ground, Israeli, Chinese, Spanish and South Korean companies are winning major contracts.
After acquiring Chinese drones, including the Wing Loong 2, which it deploys in the Moroccan Sahara, Morocco is once again turning to China for the expansion of its drone fleet.
Paris’ recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara contributes to giving a boost to foreign trade between Morocco and France.
French historian Benjamin Stora, a specialist in Algerian history, has mentioned the role of Moroccan lobbies in France in the deterioration of bilateral relations between France and Algeria.
Algeria and the Polisario Front have reported armed clashes in the Tindouf camps, suggesting that Algiers could withdraw its support for the independence movement fighting for the self-determination of the Sahara.
Nearly fifteen years later, a black stone, apparently of Martian origin, discovered in the Sahara desert and sold to an American collector in Morocco in 2011, has piqued the curiosity of scientists. They have conducted a study on this rock, and the results are astonishing.
Fossils of the earliest dinosaurs could be buried in the dunes of the Moroccan Sahara and in the Amazon rainforest. This is revealed by a new study on the origin and evolution of dinosaurs, published in the journal Current Biology.
Israel has, through a photograph, reaffirmed its recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
Morocco can continue to export its Charentais melons and cherry tomatoes produced in its southern provinces to France. This is the result of a recent decision by the French Council of State, which sounds like a setback for the Polisario and its allies.