As extreme winter storms sweep across the Mediterranean basin, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco have all launched emergency operations to confront destructive flooding, yet the speed and scale of Morocco’s response, including a newly announced 320-million-dollar relief plan, have drawn particular attention. Weeks of torrential rain and controlled releases from overfilled dams displaced more than 180,000 […]

The recent US-facilitated talks in Madrid mark a significant development in the long-standing Sahara dispute. For the first time in years, Algeria returned to the negotiating table alongside Morocco. The autonomy plan was the only proposal on the table. This diplomatic shift appears to have immediate reverberations inside Algeria. Notably, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune made no […]

A major diplomatic shift unfolded during the weekend in the long-stalled Sahara dispute, as Algeria takes part in multilateral negotiations in Madrid after years of refusing to sit at the same table as Morocco. The move marks a watershed moment for a country that has long claimed an observer status, while keeping generous support to […]