• On August 24, 2021, Algeria severed ties with Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • Algiers cut off diplomatic relations with Rabat in August 2021, accusing Morocco of "hostile acts" - a decision Rabat called "completely unjustified. (arabnews.com)
  • Since August 2021, Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco, cut off gas shipments that previously ran through Morocco to Spain, and accused Moroccan forces of killing three Algerian citizens in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. (ecfr.eu)
  • An Algerian man watches as forest fires sweep woodland in the Ait Daoud area of northern Algeria on Aug. 13, 2021. (al-monitor.com)
  • The earthquake that struck Morocco this month created an opportunity to ease tensions between the kingdom and its neighbor, Algiers, which broke off diplomatic ties in 2021. (adf-magazine.com)
  • In 2021, Algeria broke off diplomatic ties after what it called a series of "hostile actions" by Morocco. (adf-magazine.com)
  • In June, Algeria announced a new foreign minister to replace Ramtane Lamamra, who oversaw the 2021 diplomatic break, Algeria's second with Morocco since 1976. (adf-magazine.com)
  • The exact time of the webcast will be posted on the Investor Relations section of Alibaba Group's corporate website at https://www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/home prior to Investor Day 2021. (internationalsupermarketnews.com)
  • Morocco has found fault with the restoration of France's diplomatic relations with Algeria, as well as the reduced number of visas granted to Moroccans by France in 2021. (medscape.com)
  • The most recent MENA programme (2018-2021) aimed at further increasing the application of international human rights standards in national judicial systems in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. (lu.se)
  • As of March 2023, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said that the relations between two countries have reached "the point of no return due to Morocco's continued provocation of Algeria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mourners attend the funeral of Bilal Kissi, shot dead by the Algerian coast guard when he and a fellow jet skier strayed across the maritime border between Algeria and Morocco on August 31, 2023. (arabnews.com)
  • People hold banners and gather to stage a protest in Rabat, Morocco, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, to condemn the killing of two men by Algerian forces after they strayed across Morocco's maritime border with Algeria on water scooters. (sawtbeirut.com)
  • This was further complicated by the popularity of reinstating the border of Greater Morocco among Moroccan politicians among whom Allal El Fassi, then president of the Istiqlal Party. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 23 January 1961 King Hassan II of Morocco reported that the Moroccan-Algerian commission at the ministerial level finalized a structure for a United Arab Maghreb. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Moroccan soldiers refused which was met by a bombardment of Figuig in Morocco by Algeria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco has begun an investigation into the death of a French-Moroccan after he and another Moroccan on jet skis were shot dead by Algerian coastguards, media reports said Friday. (yahoo.com)
  • Mechouar's body is still in Algeria, Moroccan media said, adding that Snabe had been wounded and was being detained by the authorities there. (yahoo.com)
  • CASABLANCA, Morocco: The family of a Moroccan jet skier killed at sea by gunfire blamed on Algeria decried on Tuesday the sluggish repatriation of the body, one month after his death. (arabnews.com)
  • Mechouar and Kissi were accompanied by Smail Snabe, a French-Moroccan who was wounded and detained in Algeria, according to Kissi's brother, Mohamed, who was with the group before being rescued by the Moroccan navy. (arabnews.com)
  • Earlier this week Moroccan media outlets reported that Algeria had apologized to Morocco. (menafn.com)
  • However on Sunday according to Yabiladi news website Algeria denied the entire case of the 'humiliating bag search' to the former Moroccan official and said that no 'apology' had been presented to Morocco. (menafn.com)
  • Last month, Algeria recalled its ambassador to Rabat after a Moroccan diplomat in New York called for the Kabylie people to have the right of self-determination. (aljazeera.com)
  • A decisive moment was President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in December 2020 in exchange for Morocco normalising relations with Israel. (ecfr.eu)
  • Instead, however, European leaders often seem unwilling to stand up to Moroccan demands, encouraging its maximalist policies and undermining their credibility with Algeria. (ecfr.eu)
  • In front of the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, the Moroccan delegation revealed what it described as Algeria's pathological obsession with theMoroccan Sahara issue, suggesting that Algeria is a major party in this regional conflict. (weafrica24.com)
  • The Moroccan diplomat called on Algeria to refrain from interfering in discussions regarding an issue it neither contributes to nor understands, highlighting that peacekeeping missions are defined by the Security Council. (weafrica24.com)
  • The diplomat underscored that the human rights situation in the Moroccan Sahara is far better than that in Algeria and its Tindouf camps, challenging the Algerian delegation to answer the following question: "If your country is genuinely concerned about promoting and protecting human rights, why do you not do anything substantial to improve the situation in the Tindouf camps, which your country hosts, in response to Security Council resolutions? (weafrica24.com)
  • Rabat - Morocco on Thursday decided to take part in the African Nations Championship (CHAN) despite earlier insisting they were cancelling their participation due to the closure of Algerian airspace to Moroccan planes, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (africaninsider.com)
  • The Moroccan national team will travel to Algeria tomorrow to participate in the CHAN," the ministry told AFP. (africaninsider.com)
  • Last week, Algeria claimed, without evidence, that deadly wildfires were caused by what it said are Moroccan-backed groups it has labelled terrorists. (newsafricanow.com)
  • The Moroccan kingdom has never stopped its hostile actions against Algeria," he added. (newsafricanow.com)
  • In 2020, Algeria expelled the Moroccan consul in Oran, whom it accused of spying. (adf-magazine.com)
  • In July, Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed hope for improved relations with Algeria. (adf-magazine.com)
  • In a statement to the media yesterday, Monday, the Moroccan minister of Justice had announced that the Kingdom of Morocco had accepted the humanitarian aid proposed by Algeria, and which would be dispatched in coordination with the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs. (ambalg-sofia.org)
  • On the basis of this declaration, the Algerian ministry of Foreign Affairs informed its Moroccan counterpart, through Algeria's Consulate General in Casablanca and Morocco's Consulate General in Algiers, of the measures taken by the Algerian government for the mobilization of three high-capacity aircraft for the transport of the humanitarian aid to Morocco according to the essential needs in the event of natural disasters. (ambalg-sofia.org)
  • The director general of the Moroccan ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Algerian Consul that after evaluation, the Kingdom of Morocco was not in need of the humanitarian aid proposed by Algeria. (ambalg-sofia.org)
  • Morocco annexed Western Sahara in the 1970s, and the Polisario Front has long tried to end Moroccan rule over the region. (newsmax.com)
  • Forest fires have ripped across North Africa this month but have been fiercest in Algeria, causing damage and casualties in several provinces especially in Tizi Ouzou in the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers. (aljazeera.com)
  • The tensions between these two heavily armed countries have raised concerns within the region and in Europe that Morocco and Algeria could drift into open conflict, risking massive destabilisation in North Africa with all the consequences that would entail for the European Union. (ecfr.eu)
  • In Algeria today, no one speaking out bravely and critically is safe from the authorities' repressive clutches, anyone deemed to be a threat from students to the elderly - have found themselves facing harassment, intimidation or arbitrary arrest simply for exercising their human rights," said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International's Director for the Middle East and North Africa. (amnesty.org)
  • In December 1942, the regiment was part of the amphibious invasion of Morocco in North Africa and led the division's entry into Casablanca . (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco also served as a rear base for Algerian insurgents to set up training camps for newer recruits. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Treaty of Ifrane, signed in January 1969, between Algerian President Houari Boumediene and Hassan's government, is a significant historical agreement that has shaped the relationship between Algeria and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • MENAFN - Morocco World News) Algerian officials have denied all allegations on the reported 'humiliating' luggage search and consequent apology on the case of Morocco's former Prime Minister. (menafn.com)
  • The investigations undertaken have concluded that Youssoufi was treated at the hall of honor of the capital of the airport with the respect due to a senior former official and known politician of the brother State such as Morocco" Algerian daily El Kahabar said according to the same source. (menafn.com)
  • On his way back to Morocco Algerian customs officers reportedly searched Youssoufi's luggage as if he 'were a terrorist not a respected leader. (menafn.com)
  • The Algerian president's office said two groups were responsible for starting the fires, one of which Algeria accused of receiving support from Israel and Morocco. (al-monitor.com)
  • At a news conference in Algiers, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra accused Morocco of using Pegasus spyware against Algerian officials, supporting a separatist group, and reneging on bilateral commitments. (newsafricanow.com)
  • As relief efforts began, Algerian authorities opened their airspace to planes headed to Morocco and offered to send three military aircraft loaded with humanitarian aid and support personnel to help Moroccans recover. (adf-magazine.com)
  • This year, Algeria's coast guard shot and killed two tourists who strayed into Algerian waters from Morocco. (adf-magazine.com)
  • Long-standing tensions between Morocco and Algeria have moved up a notch with a deadly confrontation at sea last week between the Algerian Coast Guard and several men on water scooters. (sawtbeirut.com)
  • Algeria's Defense Ministry has acknowledged that its forces fired on a group of people on water scooters who strayed into Algerian waters from Morocco last Tuesday, and that a body was later found. (sawtbeirut.com)
  • The Algerian government takes note of the official response of Morocco whose obvious consequences are drawn. (ambalg-sofia.org)
  • Thirty-five years ago, fleeting pan-Maghreb ambitions led Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania to found the Arab Maghreb Union with the aim of transforming this sub-region into a country with one passport, one identity and a single currency. (maghrebi.org)
  • Since we began in 2011, our passion and expertise have helped hundreds of travelers from all over the world to experience the unique culture, history, and beauty of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. (mosaicnorthafrica.com)
  • Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt are unique places where the remnants of centuries of history can still be explored and experienced. (mosaicnorthafrica.com)
  • A cooperative relationship between Algeria and Morocco could be the key to tapping the unrealized economic potential of the Maghreb, which also includes Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia. (adf-magazine.com)
  • RWI's support can be attributed to this result in at least Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. (lu.se)
  • Over 100 key stakeholders from academic institutions, National Human Rights Institutions, government representatives and civil society organisations mainly from Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Syria gained increased capacities on the implementation of human rights in relation to their respective roles and functions at their institutions. (lu.se)
  • Relations between the two North African states have been marred by several crises since their independence, particularly the 1963 Sand War, the Western Sahara War of 1975-1991, the closing of the Algeria-Morocco border in 1994, an ongoing disagreement over the political status of Western Sahara and the signing of the Israel-Morocco normalization agreement (as part of the Abraham Accords) in 2020. (wikipedia.org)
  • Blinken, who arrived in Tel Aviv Saturday evening, will meet with his counterparts from Israel, Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in the Negev desert Sunday and Monday to mark the shift in Arab-Israeli relations that began in late 2020. (arabnews.com)
  • During this period, King Mohammed also refused to negotiate with France over the precise outline of Morocco's border with Algeria in the Sahara Desert that had not yet been demarcated earlier in 1844 or with the Varnier Line in 1912. (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco's King Mohammed VI in a July speech called for better ties with Algeria and the opening of their long-closed borders. (aljazeera.com)
  • It put the world's most powerful country in Morocco's camp on a question of fundamental importance to the kingdom, at a time when tensions over Western Sahara had already reignited after the breakdown of a longstanding ceasefire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front movement. (ecfr.eu)
  • Morocco's FRMF football federation said in a statement earlier on Thursday that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had informed it last month that Algeria had issued "an authorisation in principle" for the flight. (africaninsider.com)
  • For its part, Algeria recently conducted joint military exercises in South Ossetia with Russia, which has long supplied a large part of Algeria's weapons. (ecfr.eu)
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, announced Algeria's decision to break its diplomatic relations with Morocco, following the backdrop of long-standing hostile acts perpetrated by Rabat against Algeria and which continue until now. (embassyofalgeria.uk)
  • The diplomat expressed regret that Algeria's ignorance about peacekeeping operations, which can only be rivaled by its deep-seated animosity towards Morocco, disrupts a discussion of paramount importance for member states, especially for countries that contribute forces and police personnel to peacekeeping missions. (weafrica24.com)
  • TINDOUF, Algeria, May 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has expanded its family visit programme between refugees in Algeria and their relatives back in the Territory of Western Sahara, starting a month-long series of flights between Algeria's refugee camps and the city of Smarra in Western Sahara. (unhcr.org)
  • Among other things, Algeria claims Morocco supports Berber separatists in Algeria's northern Kabylia region. (adf-magazine.com)
  • Algeria is represented in Morocco by a consulate general in Rabat, and two consulates in Casablanca and Oujda. (wikipedia.org)
  • Algeria and Morocco, its most populous neighbour, have had bad relations for decades, with Algiers backing the armed Polisario movement that seeks independence for Western Sahara, a territory Rabat sees as its own. (aljazeera.com)
  • Rabat offered to send help to combat the fires but Algeria made no public response. (aljazeera.com)
  • RABAT, MOROCCO - JULY 15: Firefighters intervene by land to control a wildfire in Rabat, Morocco on July 15, 2022. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • RABAT, MOROCCO - JULY 15: Smoke and flames rise as the forest burns in Rabat, Morocco on July 15, 2022. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • MADRID (AP) - The leader of a movement seeking independence from Morocco who is at the center of a diplomatic row between Rabat and Madrid flew out of Spain to Algeria on Tuesday night, his group said. (newsmax.com)
  • The leader of a movement seeking independence from Morocco who is at the center of a diplomatic row between Rabat and Madrid flew out of Spain to Algeria on Tuesday night, his group said.Brahim Ghali was released from a hospital in northern Spain following more than six. (newsmax.com)
  • There has been no official comment from either Algeria or Morocco about the incident which comes against a backdrop of increased tensions exacerbated by their antagonism over the disputed territory of Western Sahara. (yahoo.com)
  • Tensions between Morocco and Algeria have risen lately, and there is now a heightened risk of armed conflict arising. (ecfr.eu)
  • Morocco and Algeria have interests in Europe that the EU and member states can use to minimise tensions, and reduce the risk of instability and increased migration flows across the Mediterranean. (ecfr.eu)
  • The EU and its member states could help reduce tensions between Morocco and Algeria - but to do this, they need to maintain a balanced position in their relations with both countries. (ecfr.eu)
  • The tensions between Morocco and Algeria are a rather convenient scapegoat for the lack of any initiative, forward-thinking leadership or a bit of daring creativity from the sub-region's governments. (maghrebi.org)
  • Decades of diplomatic tensions between Algeria and Morocco have worsened in recent years, prompting concerns about the potential for conflict as both countries boost their military spending. (adf-magazine.com)
  • Morocco is represented in Algeria by an embassy and consulate general in Algiers, as well as two consulates in Oran and Sidi Bel Abbès. (wikipedia.org)
  • It was reported that the Chief of Protocol of the Presidency of Algeria visited the Embassy of Morocco in Algiers and presented apologies to Morocco for their lack of respect and diplomacy in the treatment of Youssoufi. (menafn.com)
  • Algiers to review relations with Morocco after accusing it and group with 'Zionist links' for the deadly forest fires. (aljazeera.com)
  • Algeria blamed the deadly fires raging across the country on two groups it considers terrorist organizations, one of which Algiers accused of links to Israel and Morocco. (al-monitor.com)
  • Behind this law, there is a clear desire to further control the world of media and information in Algeria," he told Al Jazeera from the capital Algiers. (aljazeera.com)
  • After Israel, Blinken will travel to Morocco and Algeria to talk about regional security and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which has divided the two neighbors. (arabnews.com)
  • The escalation is rooted in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara, where Morocco appears to feel that its claim to sovereignty is gaining international support. (ecfr.eu)
  • Algeria has severed diplomatic ties with Morocco on Tuesday citing "hostile actions" from its neighbor, as relations between the two countries continued to deteriorate following an extended conflict mainly revolving around the Western Sahara. (newsafricanow.com)
  • Algeria blames its recent deadly fires on two groups it recently designated as "terrorist" organisations, adding that one of them was backed by Morocco and Israel. (aljazeera.com)
  • Israel said this month it and Morocco would soon establish full diplomatic ties. (aljazeera.com)
  • The warming ties between Morocco and Israel bring this polarising regional power into the delicate Maghreb power balance for the first time. (ecfr.eu)
  • The independence movements in Algeria and Morocco had close ties, but when Algeria joined Morocco as an independent state in 1962, relations between the countries quickly deteriorated. (ecfr.eu)
  • Diplomatically, Morocco has built ties with Western countries and supports Ukraine while Algeria has cultivated connections with Russia and China. (adf-magazine.com)
  • Bilal Kissi was buried on Thursday in Bni Drar village near Oujda, a city bordering Algeria, images obtained by AFP showed. (yahoo.com)
  • An investigation has been opened by the prosecutor's office in Oujda, in eastern Morocco near the border with Algeria, and another in France. (arabnews.com)
  • The incessant hostile acts carried out by Morocco against Algeria have necessitated the review of relations between the two countries," the statement said. (aljazeera.com)
  • Last Wednesday, the High Security Council, chaired by President of the Republic, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, stressed that the incessant hostile acts perpetrated by Morocco against Algeria, have required the review of relations between the two countries and the strengthening of security controls at the Western borders. (embassyofalgeria.uk)
  • Morocco and Algeria, the dominant countries of the Maghreb, are locked in a diplomatic standoff. (ecfr.eu)
  • Since then, the borders between Algeria and Morocco - the sub-region's largest economies, capable of reviving or establishing a new a Maghreb union - have remained closed. (maghrebi.org)
  • We use two original surveys we conducted in Algeria and Morocco with a sample of households with and without migrants and receiving or not receiving of remittances? (femise.org)
  • Amid the dispute, thousands of migrants crossed the border from Morocco into Spain as Morocco apparently relaxed border controls. (newsmax.com)
  • While the Trans-Saharan pipeline came to the forefront several decades ago, the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline became the most prominent pan-African gas transport project in less than five years after it was initially proposed in late 2016. (faceofagulu.com)
  • The project of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, meanwhile, has been progressing at a fast pace since it was proposed in December 2016. (faceofagulu.com)
  • Morocco has a developed insurance sector - among the most developed in the Middle East and Africa region. (fitchsolutions.com)
  • The moment represented a fleeting improvement in relations between Algeria and Morocco, which have had a closed border since 1994. (adf-magazine.com)
  • She continued to question why Algeria insists on refusing to register the population of the Tindouf camps, in violation of Security Council resolutions and provisions of international humanitarian law. (weafrica24.com)
  • On Friday morning, 26 people left Smarra on a special UN flight to Tindouf in western Algeria, where they will visit relatives living in the five windswept refugee camps. (unhcr.org)
  • The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco is certainly one of the worst catastrophes the country has seen, leaving nearly 3000 dead and 5530 wounded, according to recent official reports. (medscape.com)
  • Moreover, why does Algeria, in stark contrast, continue to violate the basic human rights of the population held against their will in these camps, including sexual abuses and rape by the leaders of the separatist group, including Ibrahim Ghali? (weafrica24.com)
  • Brahim Ghali was released from a hospital in northern Spain following more than six weeks of treatment after contracting COVID-19, according to a statement sent to The Associated Press by the self-declared Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic, which is based in refugee camps in western Algeria. (newsmax.com)
  • Ghali, 71, flew out of Pamplona airport overnight and will continue his recovery in Algeria, the statement said. (newsmax.com)
  • In Morocco, the prosecutor's office began investigating the death of one of the young men 'after the discovery of his body on the beach at Saidia', the Al Omk website reported. (yahoo.com)
  • After two months of fighting, Algeria and Morocco agreed to a ceasefire agreed upon on 29 and 30 October 1963 in Bamako, Mali. (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco and Algeria have significant relationships with Israel and Russia respectively, but they also have important partners in common that could play a role in preventing the standoff from worsening. (ecfr.eu)
  • Feasibility studies were completed in 2006 and an intergovernmental agreement between Nigeria, Niger, and Algeria was signed in 2009. (faceofagulu.com)
  • The proposed route of the Trans-Saharan pipeline would have to go through northern Nigeria, Niger, and southern Algeria. (faceofagulu.com)
  • The EU should recalibrate its policies so that it can better achieve its long-term ambitions in its relations with both Morocco and Algeria, including in influencing the dynamics of escalation between the two rivals. (ecfr.eu)
  • France and Morocco then agreed on a border till the Atlas Mountains which remained when Morocco was turned into a French and Spanish protectorate, leaving the border south of it unknown. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1912, the border between the French Protectorate of Morocco and French Algeria was extended further south with the Varnier Line. (wikipedia.org)
  • Saidia is a popular summer seaside resort near the border with Algeria and is known for its long beach and water sports. (yahoo.com)
  • Two cut-off lows affect southern Europe, one centered across the Morocco â€" Algeria border, and one digging across the Balkans into the Aegean. (windy.com)
  • On 20 August, authorities arrested at least 40 activists to prevent a gathering in Ifri, a city east of Algeria, to commemorate the 1956 Soummam congress. (amnesty.org)
  • Acquired February 6, 2013, this image shows a dust storm arising in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco and Algeria. (nasa.gov)
  • His presence in Spain infuriated Morocco and triggered a diplomatic crisis between the two countries, which have been cooperating in fighting terrorism, drug smuggling and migration into Europe. (newsmax.com)
  • Although Morocco has restricted its aid, it's highly likely that it will accept help from several other countries once the first phase of the emergency response has passed. (medscape.com)
  • Despite this support, Morocco announced on Sunday that it would only be accepting aid from four countries: Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the United Kingdom. (medscape.com)
  • Morocco, Jordan and Lebanon. (lu.se)
  • It said there would also be an "intensification of security controls on the western borders" with Morocco. (aljazeera.com)
  • The presidency said MAK "gets support and help from foreign parties, particularly Morocco and the Zionist entity", referring to Israel. (aljazeera.com)
  • Algeria does not recognise Israel, referring to it in official statements only as the Zionist entity. (aljazeera.com)
  • Letting Morocco set the terms of its relations with the EU risks encouraging the country to become even more assertive and projects an image of strategic weakness that is at odds with the EU's goal of becoming a geopolitical power. (ecfr.eu)
  • Morocco is tackling a number of serious wildfires in the country of an unprecedented size and intensity, a local official has confirmed. (middleeastmonitor.com)
  • Blinken's visit, the first stop in a trip that will also take him to the West Bank, Algeria and Morocco - where he will hold talks with the UAE's ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed - is focused in part on building support for Ukraine after the Russian invasion. (arabnews.com)
  • This is not exactly surprising considering that what trade there is between Morocco and Algeria must transit through Marseilles in France. (maghrebi.org)
  • For France, several reasons have been proffered: some observers have pointed out that diplomatic relations between France and Morocco have not been consistently good. (medscape.com)