Egyptian Zohr gas field

AU Stresses Primacy of UN Process in Settling Sahara Issue

The UN is the only organization entitled to broker a settlement of the Sahara issue, said Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat in a statement that confirms AU’s new-found neutrality in the regional conflict.   Moussa Faki Mahamat recalled resolution 639 of the African Union in Nouakchott, which remedied the organization’s past […]

Algeria’s connection with terror groups in Sahel region raised by French Le Monde

Algeria’s near silence following the death of leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), killed in Mali early this month by French troops, has raised a set of questions about a possible connection between terror groups in the Sahel region and the North African country, which has been spared by terror attacks since 2013. […]

Colombia extends to the Sahara the consular jurisdiction of its embassy in Rabat, in a clear recognition of the Moroccanness of the southern provinces

Colombia has decided to extend the consular jurisdiction of its embassy in Rabat to the whole Moroccan territory, including the Sahara. The decision, announced in a joint statement issued Thursday at the end of talks in Rabat between the Colombian Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia, Marta Lucia Ramirez, who is currently on […]