Sahara provinces

Sahara: Andean Parliament reiterates firm support for Autonomy Plan

The majority of the Andean Parliament has reaffirmed unwavering support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and autonomy plan offered for a lasting and peaceful solution to the Sahara regional conflict. In a petition addressed to President of this deliberative body of the Andean Community, 15 MPs out of the 25-member regional organization called for the promotion […]

West African mining companies deploy surveillance drones as gold rush intensifies conflicts

Gold mining companies across West Africa are turning to aerial surveillance technology to combat escalating incursions by artisanal miners, as record gold prices above $3,300 per ounce fuel increasingly violent confrontations at corporate mining sites, Reuters reported. At Gold Fields’ Tarkwa mine in southwestern Ghana, drone operators recently detected suspicious activity, leading a 15-person response […]

US rejects Algeria’s designation of Kabylia independence movement as ‘terrorist’

The United States has rejected the “terrorism” designation given by Algerian authorities to the MAK movement, which peacefully seeks an independent state in the Amazigh-speaking Kabylie region. In 2023, Algeria also maintained domestic terrorism designations on the Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie and the Islamist movement Rachad. “The United States considers Algeria’s concentration on […]