U.S. Foreign Policy Hits a Crossroads in the Sahara
Largely overlooked amid a turbulent presidential transition and worsening pandemic has been a wholesale change in U.S. policy toward Western Sahara. While it likely appears…
Largely overlooked amid a turbulent presidential transition and worsening pandemic has been a wholesale change in U.S. policy toward Western Sahara. While it likely appears…
US President Donald Trump’s surprise backing of Morocco’s claim to sovereignty over disputed Western Sahara upended years of international consensus, but will this break a…
Germany was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council from 1 January 2019 till 31 December 2020. This was Germany’s sixth term on…
Host Evan Gottesman speaks with Einat Levi, a researcher at the Israeli think tank Mitvim who specializes in Israel-Morocco relations, about the history of Israel’s…
Washington D.C. – Morocco has been facing a fierce and systematic media attack since President Trump announced US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara…
Ten years ago, anti-government protests began in Tunisia, leading up to the toppling of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime in January 2011, the…
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Arab Springs and 25 years since the beginning of the Barcelona Declaration that gave birth to the…
On December 10, there was an important development for North Africa when Donald Trump tweeted: “Another historic breakthrough today! Our two great friends Israel and…
On October 20, 2020, an escalation of tension began between the Moroccan government and the Polisario Front. On the one hand, the Moroccan Army is…
The recent exchange of quid pro quos between the U.S. and Morocco has been handled well by both sides, despite the ritual carping to be…
Located just a two-hour flight or a short boat trip away from its southern shores, Libya is a country in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood. Political shifts…
TUNIS – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is looking for diplomatic relief to cope with the landmark US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara…
On December 10th, Donald Trump upended over 30 years of US diplomacy with a tweet in which he declared American support for Morocco’s claims of…
Fighting erupted last month between Morocco and separatists in the disputed Western Sahara, a territory claimed by Morocco. The sparsely populated region is bordered by…
Two days before the eruption of the popular protests in Libya in February 2011, late ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi was very confident that he and his…
بعد إعلان الرئيس الأميركي المنتهية ولايته دونالد ترامب اعتراف بلاده بسيادة المغرب على الصحراء الغربية، انتشرت على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي صورتان على أنّهما تظهران توقيعه…
Couscous, the Berber dish beloved across northern Africa’s Maghreb region and beyond, Wednesday joined the UN list of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. The countries…
La Françafrique est un terme qui a été conceptualisé, il y a quelques décennies par l’ancien Président de la République Ivoirienne Félix Houphouët Houphouët-Boigny en…
In 1990, a year after the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA), the then-King of Morocco, Hassan II, best summed up pan-Maghreb ambitions stating…
Au moment où le Maroc invite les lointains pays du Proche Orient et les monarchies chamelières du Golf à exprimer leur soutien à son occupation…
Le deuxième court rapport sur la situation des droits de l’homme au Sahara Occidental occupé après la reprise de la guerre entre la force d’occupation…
OPÉRATIONS MILITAIRES, MÉDIATISATION, IMPACTS ÉCONOMIQUESSahara Occidental, un conflit hybridepar Tarek HafidLe second conflit armé qui oppose le Front Polisario au Maroc se déroule dans des…
Sur le dossier malien, de plus en plus de dirigeants à travers le monde admettent le bien fondé de l’approche d’Alger sur la question du…
Selon Thierry Desrues, chercheur à l’Institut d’études sociales avancées de Cordoue (Espagne), si le conflit du Sahara Occidental perdure depuis plus de 45 ans, c’est…
Communiqué: Création du «Comité pour la protection des civils sahraouis » En prenant compte des circonstances exceptionnelles que vit actuellement le Sahara Occidental occupé suite…
Communiqué pour l’opinion publique nationale et internationale Après l’évolution critique de la situation dans la brèche illégale de Guerguerat au Sahara Occidental, que l’on connaît…
Par la voix de son porte-parole, l’ONU a confirmé aujourd’hui de nouveaux attaques contre le mur de défense marocain au niveaux des villes de…
par Abdou BENABBOU Faudrait-il maudire et tourner le dos à tous les sacro-saints principes qui ruinent les intérêts d’une nation ? Lourde question que voici…
par David Swanson / 16 novembre 2020Le secrétaire à la Défense William S. Cohen (à gauche) et son épouse Janet Langhart Cohen (au centre) rencontrent…
De : Richard Miniter À : Ahmed charai Envoyé le : Mar 25 janvier 2011, 0h 24min 13s Objet : FPRI, Daily News, Event in…