On Monday, March 24, Algeria renewed its request for the UN Security Council to expand MINURSO's mandate to include human rights monitoring in the Sahara. Algeria's permanent representative to the UN made the appeal during a meeting of the Fifteen, (...)
Russian health authorities have suspended the export of a wheat shipment to Morocco, local media reported on Wednesday, March 19.
«In a batch of wheat grown in the Chelyabinsk region, pests were detected. These pests do not require quarantine in (...)
Russia is very close to signing another four-year fishing agreement with Morocco after a similar deal, signed in 2020, expired at the end of 2024, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Monday.
«We submitted a draft order to the government for the (...)
Moroccan international goalkeeper Munir Mohamedi had to wait until the age of 35 to secure the first title of his career. His journey began as an amateur in Melilla before progressing to well-known Spanish clubs, then moving to Turkey and Saudi (...)
Prospects for improved Morocco-Algeria relations are slim, with tensions escalating over the Western Sahara issue, according to Oxford Analytica. The firm also highlights the potential for increased conflict due to military spending, aggressive (...)
Algeria presents itself as merely an observer in the Sahara conflict, yet it treats the dispute as a key determinant of its foreign policy and works to diplomatically undermine Morocco. However, the ongoing shifts in the positions of international (...)
«Major arms imports by African states fell by 44% between 2015–2019 and 2020–2024», reveals the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published on Monday, March 10. This decline is mainly due to reduced (...)
Morocco has overtaken France to become the largest consumer of Spanish gas in 2024, according to data from the Spanish Strategic Reserves Corporation for Petroleum Products (Cores).
The report shows that Morocco imported 9,703 gigawatt hours of (...)
Morocco's diplomatic victories have led to economic consequences for the Algerian population. Algiers has chosen to impose trade restrictions on France over its recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahara.
Algeria is making France pay for (...)
Sixty runners from fifteen countries are set to participate in the 11th edition of the Trans Sahara Marathon. The event, taking place from February 14 to 22, will see athletes traverse the Sahara Desert in Morocco's Zagora province. Starting from (...)
Belgium's endorsement of Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara has stirred discontent in Algeria, as evidenced by the sparse coverage on the Al24 News website of the statements made by Belgian Foreign Minister Bernard Quintinn during his visit to (...)
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio stated that the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden made a mistake in its assessments when it decided to fund Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. He added that the previous U.S. administration somehow (...)
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio stated that the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden made a mistake in its assessments when it decided to fund Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. He added that the previous U.S. administration somehow (...)
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks during an interview with Russia 24 in Damascus, Syria in this handout released by SANA on March 5, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS (...)
Just days before Donald Trump's January 20 inauguration as President of the United States, a Republican senator has labeled the Polisario as a «terrorist» organization. During a plenary session of the US Senate, Senator Joe Wilson accused Russia, (...)
«Russia is assisting Morocco in seeking a resolution to the Western Sahara conflict», announced Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He emphasized that the issue «can only be resolved on the basis of mutual consent» during a press conference on (...)
The Russian Ambassador to Morocco confirmed that his country appreciates Morocco's balanced position on the ongoing war in Ukraine, noting that this political rapprochement has positively impacted economic exchanges between the two (...)
Morocco is interested in joining the BRICS, an intergovernmental economic and political organization that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. At least that's what Yuri Ushakov, advisor to the Russian president for international (...)
The Russian agricultural and veterinary supervisory authorities have issued an alert concerning the entry of a shipment of tomatoes from Morocco into the local market, reports a Russian media outlet.
Examinations carried out by a state scientific (...)
It's now official. Morocco is interested in a permanent seat on the Security Council. This announcement was made on Saturday, December 14, in Rabat by the Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Omar Hilale.
«The Kingdom (...)
In a Facebook post, former Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani celebrated the fall of the Syrian regime. «Thank God this was achieved without bloodshed among the Syrian people, who deserve everything good», he wrote, adding, «This is the (...)
It is the end of an era for the El-Assad family's rule in Syria. The regime, established in 1971 by the father, Hafez, has fallen. His son Bashar, in power since July 14, 2000, left the country on Saturday, heading to Russia.
This escape of the now (...)
«Morocco hopes that the recent developments in Syria will bring stability, fulfill the aspirations of the Syrian people, and offer a better future for the country» said Morocco's Foreign Minister on Monday, marking the kingdom's first official (...)
Ties between the Ba'ath regime, which ruled Syria for decades, and Morocco were not always amicable, as Syria supported the Polisario and leftist opposition groups while aligning more closely with the Algerian regime.
On December 8, 2024, the Arab (...)
On the issue of fishing in Western Saharan waters, Russia has taken a decisive step ahead of the European Union. While Brussels is still analyzing the October 4 ruling by the CJEU, which excludes Saharan products from agreements with Morocco, the (...)