The Economist has published an analytical article explaining how the Moroccan and Algerian economies have been affected by the ongoing conflict. Bringing back the Maghreb Arab Union, an aborted project initiated in 1989, the British newspaper believes that «fences» are making both the North African Kingdom and republic poorer.
The decision taken by Algeria to host the Syrian refugees stranded in the Moroccan-Algerian borders, next to Figuig, has reassured a number of human rights activists. In a video published on social media on Monday, one of the Syrian refugees confirmed that the Moroccan army has stopped them from entering the Algerian territory.