The Global Knowledge Index (GKI) 2024, a collaboration between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Knowledge, has been released. Morocco, which ranked 92nd in 2023, has dropped to 98th (...)
On Tuesday, November 12, Morocco and Mauritania held the 5th session of the Joint Military Commission in Rabat. This has been an annual event since it was launched in the Kingdom's capital in January 2020.
At this latest session, the FAR Inspector (...)
Leila Hanafi, a Moroccan-American lawyer who represents the Moroccan diaspora and its diversity in North America, uses her career at the World Bank and academic role at George Washington University to promote justice and the rule of law, (...)
On Tuesday, November 5, a Royal Armed Forces (FAR) drone struck four Polisario vehicles in the locality of Gleibat El Foula, east of the Moroccan defensive wall known as the Mur des Sables. «Once again, the militiamen used vehicles with Mauritanian (...)
Following the Security Council's vote on the latest Sahara resolution, Algeria's permanent representative to the UN, Amar Bendjama, delivered a pointed critique of the United States. Algeria argued that «the penholder (the USA) deliberately ignored» (...)
On Monday, October 28, the UN Security Council did not hold the meeting scheduled at Algeria's request to continue its closed-door review of the U.S. draft resolution on the Western Sahara issue. «Algeria withdrew its request to organize a new round (...)
The Biden administration's draft resolution on the Sahara issue has been reviewed by the «Club of Friends of Western Sahara» and is now being discussed by the UN Security Council, with Algeria unsuccessfully pushing for amendments on human rights (...)
A draft resolution presented to the UN Security Council this week by the United States emphasizes Algeria's role in resolving the Western Sahara issue. The text is expected to be adopted by the 15-member council on October 30.
The United States has (...)
Maroc Telecom Group reported 79.7 million customers at the end of the first nine months of 2024, a 6.1% increase compared to the same period in the previous year.
In a communiqué released on September 30, 2024, the group revealed that its Moroccan (...)
In his report on the situation in the Sahara, the UN Secretary-General welcomed the Royal Armed Forces' (FAR) compliance with the ceasefire signed in 1991. Guterres noted that in February 2024, the Special Representative and Force Commander of (...)
The UN avoided commenting on the «red lines» of the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, emphasized on Monday by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. Instead, the UN Secretary-General's deputy spokesman focused on the «origins» of the Sahara partition (...)
Algeria is preparing to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its armed struggle against France on November 1. On this occasion, the Algerian government hopes to bring together the presidents of Mauritania and Tunisia, the president of the Presidential (...)
General Saïd Chengriha, the head of the Algerian army, visited Mauritania from October 15 to 17. He met with President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, delivering a message from Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. Chengriha also held separate (...)
The Polisario Front has rejected a proposal by the UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura to partition Western Sahara. De Mistura presented the proposal to the UN Security Council on October 16.
In a press release, the Polisario (...)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced plans for an imminent Algerian-Libyan-Tunisian summit, continuing trilateral consultations to strengthen cooperation between the three countries. Despite efforts to include Mauritania, Algeria wants (...)
The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has suggested splitting the Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario as a potential solution to the territorial conflict, according to remarks reported by (...)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune claimed that his country respects and adheres to Security Council decisions regarding the Sahara issue. However, Algeria has already declined the Council's invitation to participate in roundtable discussions (...)
The number of irregular border crossings into the European Union dropped by 42% in the first nine months of 2024, according to data released on October 15 by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex. The agency estimated that 166,000 (...)
The Spanish government wants to bring Morocco and Algeria together at the next session of NATO foreign ministers, scheduled for the end of the year. Iberian media report that Madrid has also proposed inviting Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Tunisia, and (...)
On the eve of his briefing to the Security Council, Staffan de Mistura has submitted a report to the UN Secretary-General detailing his latest efforts to restart negotiations between the parties involved. Tomorrow, during a closed session, the UN (...)
The Moroccan Minister of Economic Inclusion, Microenterprise, Employment, and Skills, Younes Skouri, and the Mauritanian Minister of Vocational Training, Handicrafts, and Crafts, Mohamed Maalainine Ould Eyih, met in Rabat on Wednesday to discuss (...)
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Staffan De Mistura, met on Thursday at the Tindouf camps with the Polisario head, Brahim Ghali.
De Mistura landed on the same day at the Tindouf airport. He then traveled to the (...)
Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's personal envoy for Western Sahara, arrived at Tindouf airport in Algeria in the early hours of Thursday, October 3. He then traveled to the Tindouf camps to meet with the Polisario leader.
This visit (...)
Algeria's Foreign Minister met with the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara in New York on Tuesday, October 1. Ahmed Attaf reaffirmed to Staffan de Mistura that Algeria, «in its capacity as an observer of the decolonization (...)
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani has sparked anger among Polisario supporters. In audio messages consulted by Yabiladi, they strongly criticize the 10 seconds the head of state dedicated to the Sahara issue during his speech at (...)