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No end in sight to the 46-year diplomatic stalemate between Morocco and Algeria

Dr Mokhtar Ghambou, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco and Permanent Representative to UNEP & UN-Habitat. [Kennedy Mureithi, Standard]

Morocco and Algeria have had frosty relations for more than 40 years, and their border has been closed since 1994. Algeria severed ties with Morocco in late August over what it termed hostile actions from the Kingdom. Algeria’s Ambassador to Kenya Selma Haddadi in an interview with The Standard accused Morocco of constantly trying to destabilise her country. We spoke to Morocco’s Ambassador to Kenya Mokhtar Ghambou about the diplomatic spat.

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