During the match between Wydad Casablanca, the defending champion, and JS Kabylie - won by the Algerian team (0-1) - counting for the 2nd day of the group stage of the CAF Champions League, the Moroccan flag did not fly in the July 5 stadium in Algiers.
The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has encouraged companies affected by the suspension of trade relations decided by Algeria in reaction to the change in position on the Sahara, to "change countries" or turn to other countries like Morocco.
An incident occurred in Algeria after the arrival of the delegation of the Wydad Casablanca sports team for the match against the JS Kabylie team as part of the second round of the CAF Champions League group stage. The security at Algiers Houari Boumediene airport confiscated the equipment of the club’s photographer.
The Moroccan news agency MAP was the target of a denial of service (DDOS) attack at the beginning of the week. This comes just a few days after the one that hit the Algerian news agency (APS). A simple coincidence or retaliation from the Algerians, who had accused Morocco.
The Royal Armed Forces are using Chinese combat and reconnaissance drones, of the "Wing Loong II" brand, to patrol the Moroccan Sahara. This is enough to deter the Polisario and Algeria.
While France tries to play a balancing act between Morocco and Algeria, it is having trouble normalizing its relations with these two Maghreb countries. Aboubakr Jamai, a Maghreb specialist and professor of international relations in Aix-en-Provence, discusses the causes.
Morocco is accused of being behind the cyberattacks that targeted the website of the Algerian official news agency APS (Agence presse service).
Contrary to expectations, the concert of Cheb Adjel scheduled yesterday, Thursday, February 9, was canceled due to the Algerian artist’s support for the Polisario.
Morocco and the other candidate countries for the organization of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025) are holding their breath until Friday, February 10, when the President of the Confederation of African Football will announce the name of the host country.
Welcoming the successful organization of the 7th edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN 2023) which took place from January 13 to February 4, 2023 in Algeria, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, suggested the idea of a joint Morocco-Algeria bid for a World Cup.
Spain is working, discreetly, to restore its relations with Algeria, strained since April after Pedro Sanchez’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara.
The repatriation of the body of the Moroccan migrant Fouzia Bekouch, killed during an anti-immigrant operation by the Algerian navy, is now effective.