Tag: buffer zone

Moroccan FM on European Tour to Explain Latest Developments in Sahara Issue

April 11, 2018

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita is currently touring a number of European capitals to explain to his interlocutors the latest developments of the Sahara issue, ... Read More

Morocco Warns Algeria of Imminent Military Action to Evict Polisario from Sahara Buffer Zone

April 9, 2018

Morocco had reportedly warned Algeria of an imminent military action to evict the Polisario separatists from the buffer zone, east of the Moroccan security wall, ... Read More

Algeria’s Support for Polisario Separatists is Backfiring

April 8, 2018

The rising tension between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario is threatening peace and stability in a region already struggling to curb the surge of terrorist ... Read More

Sahara Conflict, a Cold War Relic Threatening Regional Stability

April 7, 2018

The recent incursions in the UN-monitored buffer zone in the Sahara territory by the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists triggered a firm response from Morocco, which declared ... Read More

Sahara: Morocco Hands UNSG, Security Council President Evidence of Polisario’s Breaches of Buffer Zone

April 5, 2018

Morocco has handed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gterres and to the President of the Security Council, Peru’s Permanent Representative Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, several evidences ... Read More

Polisario Admits Sahara Incursions, UN Denies

April 4, 2018

The UN has refuted Morocco’s protests that the Polisario has conducted incursions in the buffer zone east of the security wall at a moment the ... Read More

Morocco Will Never Accept Altering Status of Sahara Buffer Zone- Government Chief Says

April 3, 2018

Morocco will never let the Polisario separatists alter the status of the Sahara buffer zone said Morocco’s government chief, Saad Eddine El Otmani in a ... Read More

Sahara: UN Slams Polisario Attempts to Undermine Buffer Strip Status Quo

March 22, 2018

Following the growing provocative incursions of the Polisario armed militiamen in the Guerguerat buffer zone, UN Security Council has denounced these hostile acts made by ... Read More

Senior MINURSO Officials Visit Tindouf to Urge Polisario to Respect Cease Fire Agreement

March 4, 2017

The Special Representative for the Sahara and Head of the MINURSO, Kim Bolduc met with Polisario officials in their rear base in Tindouf, southwestern Algeria, ... Read More

International Community Commends Morocco’s Withdrawal from Guerguarat

February 28, 2017

The International community welcomed Morocco’s decision to withdraw troops from the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces, known as Guerguarat, on the borders with Mauritania ... Read More