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Vahid Halilhodzic, the coach of the Morocco team, has revealed a list of 26 players called up to face DR Congo on March 25 and 29, in the play-offs for the World Cup 2022. A group almost identical to the one that played CAN 2021, without Hakim Ziyech but with…

Moroccan journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi was sentenced on appeal to six years in prison for espionage and rape. Radi, a 35-year-old freelance journalist known as a vocal critic of the…

Hundreds of migrants tried to force themselves into a small Spanish enclave that shares a border with Morocco on the Mediterranean coast. Spanish border forces had been alerted around 5:30 a.m. by their Moroccan counterparts that "a group of 350 sub-Saharan Africans" were trying to scale the fence near the Barrio Chino border post in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, prompting the Guardia Civil Police to deploy a helicopter to divert them. "No one came over," the spokesman said, speaking on condition of…

Two days after the severance of diplomatic relations with Morocco, Algeria announces that it can do without the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, an important gas infrastructure for the Moroccan economy. While the diplomatic staff packs their bags, because it is today that the Moroccan embassy enters Algeria closes the doors, a new…

It is the "new step in a long escalation", says The world Africa. "The break in the diplomatic relations between Algeria and…

Algeria severed diplomatic relations with Morocco over alleged "hostile actions", accusations the kingdom dismissed as "absurd". But after months of simmering tensions, what sparked the latest escalation between…

The Algerian decision to sever diplomatic relations with Morocco marks a new stage after weeks of tension between the two countries. The Moroccan Foreign Ministry regrets "a completely unfair but expected decision". What consequences can this shortfall have on trade between the two countries, in the region and abroad? The…

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra held a press conference on Tuesday to announce that his country has suspended diplomatic relations with Morocco because of its "hostile actions", a week after Algeria said it would review its relations with neighboring countries. The measure comes after Algeria last week said it would review its relations with Morocco after accusing it of complicity in deadly forest fires that ravaged the north of the country. "Algeria has decided to suspend diplomatic…

Algeria is cutting diplomatic relations with Morocco, Foreign Minister Ramdane Lamamra said at a press conference on Tuesday, accusing his neighbor of "hostile actions". Morocco and Algeria have enjoyed strained…

The Algerian Foreign Minister declared at a press conference on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, that Morocco was ready to "hostile acts" against its country. Algiers announces that diplomatic relations with Rabat will be suspended immediately. "Algeria has decided to sever diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Morocco from this…