Mohamed Abbadi has been elected earlier this week secretary general of Al Adl wa al Ihssane after the demise of the founder and spiritual leader of the Moroccan outlawed Islamist association, Abdessalam Yassine. Mohammed Abbadi, Yassine’s closest friend who was sometimes called his “Black Box”, will lead the association for a five year term, not […]
Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, founder of the divided Ivorian People’s Front (FPI), proposed on Monday the creation of a new political party, according to a FPI statement issued after a meeting of its leadership. Mr. Gbagbo denounced during this meeting “the behavior” of his former Prime Minister, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, president of the so-called […]
In his first public statement since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2797, Staffan de Mistura, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara made it clear that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the basis of talks between the parties: Morocco, Algeria, the Polisario, and Mauritania. De Mistura confirmed a significant shift […]
