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Ex-Mauritanian leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz faces 20-year jail sentence in connection to ongoing trial

The prosecution in the ongoing trial of former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has requested a 20 year-prison sentence against the 66-year-old man accused of “power abuse” and “unlawful enrichment” during his tenure (2008-2019). The former leader has been on trial since January 2023. His entourage has branded the trial politically motivated. They have […]

Sahara: Former U.S. Ambassador urges UN to move towards Autonomy under Moroccan Sovereignty

Former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, on Thursday, called on the UN Security Council to move towards a lasting political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco. “Morocco submitted in 2007 a proposal that was accredited as serious, credible and realistic by the UN Security Council, which is […]

UN Secretary-General scathingly refutes alleged war in the Sahara; clearly says Algeria is a “concerned party” in the regional conflict

The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has debunked, in his new report to the Security Council on the Sahara, the thousands of communiqués released by Algeria and the “Polisario” on an imaginary war in the Moroccan Sahara. In this report which has just been officially published on the UN website, Guterres described the situation in […]