The publication of a photo of the Moroccan football team instead of that of the Algerian team has cost the director of an Algerian government newspaper dearly. The latter was simply dismissed.
The German energy giant RWE will supply Morocco with gas via the Maghreb-Europe pipeline in reverse flow as part of the new agreement between Morocco and Spain.
Following the attempted entry on Friday of some 2,000 migrants into Melilla, Morocco has decided to further strengthen its military presence on the borders with Algeria. Algerian criminal networks would be behind a "lucrative trafficking with the complicit silence of the Algerian authorities".
Spain has started exporting gas to Morocco via the Maghreb-Europe (GME) pipeline in the reverse direction. The first deliveries were made on Tuesday.
The Moroccan under-18 national football team won Tuesday against Algeria (2-0), as part of the Mediterranean Games taking place in Oran, Algeria . Good news for the Atlas Cubs, who are thus giving themselves more chances to qualify for the second round.
Since 2000 when he settled in the M’hamid El Ghizlane region in southern Morocco, near the border with Algeria to develop ecotourism there, Moroccan-Swiss surgeon Labbas Sbaï has experienced a succession of unfortunate events. Imprisoned several times, mistreated, he was released from prison on June 20.
Amar Belani, special envoy in charge of the Western Sahara issue and the Maghreb countries at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accuses Morocco of being responsible for the Melilla drama and calls for an independent and transparent investigation. While nearly 2,000 undocumented migrants of African origin tried to enter the Spanish enclave on Friday, June 24, 37 of them died in clashes with Moroccan security forces.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, affirmed that "Spain has not yielded to the pressure of anyone" in deciding to support the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, stressing that the government "makes its decisions in a sovereign manner".
Amar Belani, the special envoy in charge of the Western Sahara and Maghreb countries dossier at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reacted to the extension of the Moroccan-American military exercise African Lion 2022 to Mahbès, a city in the Sahara.
Morocco proceeded on Thursday to repatriate the nine sports journalists who were turned back on Wednesday at Oran airport in Algeria, as they had arrived to cover the Mediterranean Games.
The Moroccan team faces Algeria this Saturday in the semi-final of the CAN des quartiers, also called the Clermont World Cup in France.
Mouhssine Zouine, 43, manager of a bakery opened in October 2020 in Saint-Marcellin (Isère) who was considering closing his business due to the racism he faces daily has regained hope. On the web, he has received support from all over France, but also from other countries such as Morocco, Algeria and Saudi Arabia.