Can Morocco succeed in having the Polisario Front listed as a terrorist organization by the United States? As tensions escalate in the Sahara and the Sahel, Rachid Benlabbah, a Moroccan academic and specialist in Sahara and Sahel studies at the University Institute of African, Euro-Mediterranean, and Ibero-American Studies in Rabat, examines the legal, political, and security dynamics of Morocco's diplomatic offensive against a militarized Polisario and a weakened Algeria.
The Algerians have spared no effort in trying to win over President Donald Trump, even going so far as to grant the exploitation rights for the Gara Djebilet iron mine in the Tindouf region. Under the terms of the 1972 agreement between King Hassan II and President Boumediene, half of the mine was to be allocated to Morocco.
In response to the hacking of Morocco’s CNSS and Ministry of Employment by the Algerian group JabaRoot DZ, Moroccan hackers have released over 34 GB of sensitive data from Algeria’s Ministry of Pharmaceutical Industry. This latest attack marks a troubling escalation in the ongoing cyberwar between the two countries, exposing sensitive information about citizens on both sides.
An inquiry into the cyberattack on Morocco's CNSS, initially attributed to an Algerian hacking group, suggests the breach could allegedly have been orchestrated by a Tunisian student based in Germany.
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