While Algeria, Tunisia and Libya are working on the creation of a new Maghreb bloc without Morocco, Rabat is aiming for increased integration with the rest of the world. For its part, Mauritania continues to play the card of neutrality.
The match between Morocco and Algeria counting for the third day of the sixth edition of the Arab Youth Handball Championship under 17 years old did not take place on Tuesday at the covered hall of the Mohammed V sports complex in Casablanca. And for good reason, a discord over the jersey of the Atlas Lion Cubs emblazoned with the map of Morocco integrating the Sahara.
Morocco’s military spending saw a slight decline last year, while Algeria’s recorded a sharp increase. The United States, China, Russia, India and Saudi Arabia top the list of countries that spent the most in 2023.
The Algerian, Tunisian and Libyan presidents will hold their first "between Maghreb brother countries" meeting on Monday on Tunisian soil. Morocco and Mauritania have not been invited to this summit.
While Rabat and Algiers are disputing the paternity of the zellige, Algeria has officially submitted a file to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
After a long wait at Algiers’ Houari Boumediene airport due to the blocking by Algerian customs of its luggage including its jerseys containing a map of Morocco integrating the Sahara , the delegation of the Renaissance sportive de Berkane finally agreed on Friday to return to its hotel.
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, firmly rebuked the Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, who made erroneous statements about the Sahara and drew a parallel with Palestine, during a debate at the Security Council on "The role of youth in addressing security challenges in the Mediterranean".
Moroccan artisans specialized in zellige have been arrested and detained in Tlemcen, Algeria. They are accused of demonstrating following the murder of one of their own and against their employers who refuse to pay their salaries for several months.
Patrice Beaumelle, 46, the current French coach of MC Alger, and former assistant to Hervé Renard in Morocco, reacted to his conversion to Islam announced by several media.
The national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is overtaken by Air Algérie in a ranking established by a specialized website.
The Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane formally denied the information that Algeria had banned the entry of its jersey into its territory during its next match against Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger because of a map of Morocco including the Sahara.
Marrakech airport recorded a strong influx of tourists following a message from the United Kingdom advising its nationals not to travel to 18 countries, including Morocco, due to a high risk of attacks during this period marked by the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement and the attack carried out by Iran against Israeli territory.