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Sahara: Madrid’s support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan is good for Spain, for Mediterranean – Spanish Defense Minister

The Spanish government’s support to Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara is a “good decision for Spain and for the whole Mediterranean region”, stressed Spanish Defense Minister María Margarita Robles on Tuesday. By supporting autonomy as “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” for resolving this dispute, the government “has taken the best decision for […]

Russia will send fertilizers, wheat, petroleum products worth $100m to Mali

Mali announced Wednesday Russia is set to send 60,000 tons of oil, 25,000 tons of wheat and 35,000 tons of fertilizers worth $100 million through the port of Conakry. “Following our exchanges, a first shipment of goods should arrive in Bamako in a few weeks. These include 60,000 tons of petroleum products, 35,000 tons of […]

MINURSO Full Functionality Not Fully Restored, UN Says

Three months following the UN-Morocco agreement to allow for the return of civilian staff of the MINURSO, the full functionality of the UN mission in the Sahara is yet to be fully restored, the UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. The MINURSO “continues to operate under existing arrangements and procedures,” Farhan told Innercitypress, noting that […]