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Sahara: French Lawyer demystifies mirages inherited from another era

Lawyer at the Bar of Paris Huber Seillan has demystified in a column published in Jeune Afrique magazine the mirages woven about the Sahara, pointing out that common sense requires everyone to accept facts, enshrined in history and proving the Moroccan identity of the Sahara. ”It is time to put an end to illusions inherited […]

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Is Spain backpedaling on bringing Polisario leader before justice?

Pressure mounts on the Spanish justice to uphold independence and bring Polisario leader before justice on charges of war crimes, rights violations and rape. But so far, the Spanish judiciary failed to meet the demands of Ghali’s victims. While the Spanish executive stressed that they will not intervene if the judiciary brings Ghali to court, […]

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Men in uniform protest in Algeria’s streets as crisis worsens

As civilian and peaceful pro-democracy hirak protest gain traction, Algeria’s fire fighters joined the wave of dissent and resentment against an inefficient government that acts as a curtain for a corrupt military regime holding the country with an iron fist. Hundreds of firefighters in their uniform took to the street to demand better wages and […]

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Spain-Polisario Collusion: Madrid’s ambiguous explanations, its double game will not work

There is no room for ambiguity, doubts or uncertainty in relations between Morocco and Spain, two neighbors and strategic partners which share common history and growing economic interests. Rabat has always been crystal-clear in its stand and refused to support Catalonian separatists who were seeking in 2017 to set up a breakaway state in the […]

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Algeria’s APS news agency needs an ethics and geography lesson

Blinded by an endemic hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity, Algeria’s official news agency has hit a new low conflating the Egyptian Western Sahara/desert with Morocco’s southern provinces. The Algerian-regime’s official mouthpiece reported on May 3 that two Egyptian firms plan to invest 1 billion dollars in oil projects in Western Sahara. But because of their […]

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Wanted Polisario chief summoned by Spanish Court over torture and Kidnapping charges

The Polisario leader Brahim Ghali, who is currently admitted in a hospital in Logrono in Spain, has been summoned to appear before a Spanish court over torture and kidnapping charges, one of his victims told MAP on Monday.   This summons, which takes place following a complaint filed by this victim, Fadel Breika, was also […]

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European Parliament members rebuke Spain for letting in Polisario leader facing rape charges

Members of the European parliament have denounced the Spanish decision to let in Polisario leader Ibrahim Ghali who faces charges of for war crimes, human rights abuses and rape. “‘I am wondering how is it possible that the authorities of #Spain allow the illegal entry with a false identity of a person Brahim Ghali accused […]

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Algeria sacrifices its relations with the US to nail Israel, defend Iran

Algeria, deeply disheartened by the latest news implying that the new US administration of President Joe Biden, will not reverse the decision made by its predecessor regarding the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, has mobilized the pro-regime media to nail the USA and its ally Israel, and to defend Iran.   In a […]

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Spain faces a choice: either Morocco or Polisario leader, Foreign Minister warns

Foreign minister Nasser Bourita has reiterated Morocco’s strong rejection of the Spanish decision to host Separatist leader Ibrahim Ghali, and said that Spain has to choose either Morocco or Ghali. The Spanish decision risks seriously undermining relations with Morocco, Bourita told Spanish news agency EFE. Ghali was admitted at a Spanish hospital after entering the […]

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Polisario’s violations of ceasefire referred to Security Council by Sahrawi Movement for Peace

The Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP) denounced the repeated violations of the ceasefire in the Sahara by the Algeria-backed Polisario in a letter addressed on April 19 to the UN Secretary General, who referred the document to the UN Security Council.   In this letter, the opposition movement to the polisario expressed its “concern over […]