Algeria has around twenty military bases and barracks along its border with Morocco, some of which are old and date back to the French colonial era. The eastern neighbor is currently completing the construction of a new base in the same area, first announced in 2020, and featuring a strategic airstrip. Here's what you need to know.
In recent weeks, tensions between Mali and Algeria have escalated, with armed confrontations at the border. In this interview with Yabiladi, Ali Ansari, president of the Timbuktu Center for Studies, analyzes the stakes of this regional conflict.
After a prolonged crisis with Spain that ended without much fuss, Algeria is now mending ties with France—despite having treated President Macron's recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara as a diplomatic casus belli. Algeria’s tough stance and the loud protests from France’s right-wing parties have faded, replaced by political pragmatism. All that fuss for this..
On both sides of the closed border between Morocco and Algeria, internet users have been fervently debating the origins of various cultural, historical, and heritage elements. Through tweets and edits on collaborative platforms like Wikipedia, unsourced content has long been used as both argument and counterargument. Now, X’s artificial intelligence tool is adding fuel to the fire.