Aminatou Haidar

Morocco foils illegal migration attempt in Dakhla

Moroccan Police of the Saharan city of Dakhla on Monday arrested 25 African nationals who were intending to illegally migrate to overseas. The clandestine migrants were nabbed on the beach of the city before boarding a makeshift boat, says a press release issued by the national police. They were caught red-handed with two rowboat motors […]

Polisario’s Volte Face in Guerguarat

The Algerian-backed Polisario militias have surprisingly announced their intention to withdraw from the Guerguarat buffer strip area in the southernmost tip of the Moroccan southern provinces in a move to polish its image ahead of the UN Secretary General report on the Sahara. The Algerian news agency reported that the Polisario separatist militias have announced […]

South Sudan’s president appeals to 2.3 mil. refugees to return home

South Sudan’s president has appealed to the more than 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees who fled to neighboring countries to start returning home, pledging that his government will provide them with the necessary security. President Salva Kiir said Wednesday repatriating those citizens who live as refugees in nearby countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Egypt, […]