Support for Polisario separatists sabotages Algeria’s sports

Algeria’s U17 handball team has withdrawn from an Arab championship to avoid playing against a Moroccan squad with jerseys bearing the Kingdom’s full map including Sahara provinces. The decision is the second in a row involving the Moroccan map, after Algerian customs detained jerseys of RS Berkane football team. The African football federation had judged […]

New Envoy for Sahara Planning Trip to the Region

The new Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, who took up his functions on September 8 in New York, is planning to travel to the region, and the Secretary-General welcomed the plan. Köhler looks forward to travelling to the region and engaging with the parties in a spirit of trust […]

Libya: political agreement due for September 20, Leon exalted

The ongoing Libyan dialogue in Geneva may yield a quick agreement by September 20 according the UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon who praised the climate of talks. The UN envoy for the Libyan political crisis sounded very optimistic on the second day of the dialogue that has registered the participation of the hardline General National Congress […]