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Sahara: UNSG highlights Spain’s support for Autonomy Plan; commends Morocco’s cooperation with MINURSO

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has highlighted in his latest report to the Security Council on the Sahara issue, Spain’s position that “considers the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 to be the most serious, credible and realistic basis for resolving” the dispute. In his report, Guterres mentions the letter addressed on March […]

Spanish court summons Polisario’s Ghali on war crimes

Spanish judiciary summoned Polisario separatist chief Brahim Ghali on June 1 on a war crime case amid a row over his fate between Spain and Morocco.   Morocco made it clear that hosting Polisario leader under a false identity is a “premeditated act” that will have consequences.   Ghali refused to sign the summons saying […]

New book warns of France’s ‘double blindness’ towards Algerian regime

Amid worsening tension between Paris and Algiers, former French ambassador to Algeria Xavier Driencourt offers a sharp critique of France’s long-standing diplomatic posture toward Algeria in his new book France–Algérie: le double aveuglement (“France–Algeria: The Double Blindness”). The book refers on the one hand to France’s blindness to the true nature of the Algerian regime, […]