Morocco’s Anchois gas field

Bolivia’s new Sahara posture aligns with global tilt toward Morocco’s autonomy plan

Bolivia has suspended its recognition of the self-proclaimed and Algeria-sponsored SADR separatist entity and restored diplomatic relations with Morocco, positioning its policy with the UN-led process that emphasizes a “realistic, pragmatic and lasting” solution to the Sahara dispute. La Paz announced the shift on Feb. 24 after a call between Foreign Minister Fernando Aramayo and […]

BBC to launch six new African language services

The British public broadcaster, BBC, on Wednesday announced that it will launch 11 new language services in 2017 as part of its expansion project on the continent. The new languages will be Afaan Oromo, Amharic, Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, Tigrinya, and Yoruba. Afaan Oromo and Amharic are widely spoken in Ethiopia with […]

Sahara-UN: Algeria in collision course with Security Council & the U.S.

The Algerian regime has put itself on a direct collision course with the UN Security Council and the U.S., the penholder of the resolutions on the Sahara, after deciding not to participate in the Sahara roundtable meetings that had brought together Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario Front. In the resolution 2602 (2021) adopted Friday […]