Massad Boulos, Donald Trump’s senior adviser, has just made his third visit to Algeria since July 2025. Received by Abdelmadjid Tebboune and Ahmed Attaf, he once again discussed the Sahara, without making the content of these discussions public.
Algeria has ended the tenure of its consul in Oujda, Hicham Ferhati, who has now been sent to London. No successor in Morocco appears in the new series of appointments decided by Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Algeria announced this Thursday, September 10, that it was severing diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates. A spectacular decision targeting one of Morocco’s closest political and economic partners.
Algeria has just deployed four Su-30 fighter jets to Niger, breaking with its traditional military restraint outside its borders. This new posture comes as Algiers seeks to regain influence lost in the Sahel, particularly in the face of Morocco’s advance.
The African Development Bank has just brought the old project for a train linking Casablanca, Algiers and Tunis back into the spotlight. It has published the completion report for the study devoted to rehabilitating and modernizing this trans-Maghreb line.
Air Algérie is stepping up its offensive in sub-Saharan Africa. The Algerian airline is opening three new destinations in the autumn: Brazzaville, Conakry and Lagos, all markets where Royal Air Maroc has already established its network from Casablanca.
One month after the arrest in Tizi Ouzou of six people presented as members of the MAK, including four Moroccans, the Algerian army is taking a new step: it is broadcasting “confessions” attributed to the group and claims that it wanted to disrupt the elections on the instructions of the Kabyle movement.
The president of Algeria’s Council of the Nation, Azouz Nasri, launched a fierce attack on Morocco, accusing the “Moroccan Makhzen” of pursuing a project of “settler colonialism” in the region and harboring “expansionist ambitions.”
Faced with the growing support for the Moroccan autonomy plan in the Sahara among Western powers, Algeria is strengthening its relations with countries close to Moscow. Latest stop: Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
The disagreement over the Sahara could remain unresolved without condemning all cooperation between Morocco and Algeria. Researchers propose to treat water, health, climate and university exchange issues separately .
The rift between Rabat and Algiers is becoming so deeply entrenched that it could prove harder to reverse than an open crisis. A study published this month warns of a silent conflict that is gradually eroding dialogue, human relations, and the Maghreb’s capacity to defend its interests.
Spain and Algeria want to close four years of diplomatic crisis. But the rapprochement initiated in Algiers does not call into question Spain’s shift on the Sahara, which was at the origin of the rift between the two countries.