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Former Polisario Leader’s Case to be Referred to ICC, UNHRC by French Lawyer

The case of Ahmed El Khalil, a former leader of the “polisario” who has been missing since 2009, will be referred as a case of enforced disappearance to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva. The case referral will be made by French attorney Hubert Seillan, at the request […]

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Anger growing in Tindouf camps after circulation of intimate photos of opponent’s wife

Anger is growing among the populations of the Polisario-run Tindouf camps following the circulation by the separatist front’s media of intimate photos of the wife of opponent Fadel Breika, who has been detained since June. In a bid to humiliate the Sahraoui activisit and blogger, Fadel Breika, the Polisario “security services” violated his privacy by […]

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Algeria unhappy with Security Council Resolution on Sahara

Algeria expressed its resentment about the recent UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara which confirmed Algiers’ role in the conflict. Resolution 2494 extends the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO by another year breaking away with a short interruption in which its mandate was only renewed by six months under pressure […]

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Sahara: Security Council reiterates “concern” over Polisario violations of military agreements

The UN Security Council reiterated on Wednesday its “concern” over the Polisario’s violations of military agreements in the Sahara, and urged the separatist movement to respect the “commitments” it made in this regard to the former UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler. The Security Council reaffirms, in resolution 2494 adopted on Wednesday, “the importance of […]

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Security Council stresses Algeria’s role in Sahara conflict, backs UN-led talks

Resolution 2494 of the UN Security Council renewing for one year the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO has also reiterated the call on Algeria to contribute to the settlement of the Sahara conflict. Algeria, which arms, hosts and backs the Polisairo separatist front diplomatically has refused in the last four decades […]

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UN Security Council extends MINURSO mandate by one year

As was expected, the UN Security Council extended the UN mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) for another year while lauding Morocco’s autonomy initiative to end the over four-decade dispute. Resolution 2494, adopted by a sweeping majority at the Security Council, Wednesday oct. 30, restored the tradition of extending the MINURSO by one year after an […]

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Algeria: 22 candidates apply for December 12 elections

Twenty two candidates, including two former Prime Ministers, have applied for the December presidential elections, state-run news agency APS said Sunday, after deadline for bids submission ended Saturday. The election authority, according to the agency, has 7 days to validate the various candidacies that include Ali Benflis and Abdelmadjid Tebboune, two former premiers under Abdelaziz […]

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Polisario fears its days are numbered as senior Algerian politicians demand an end to lavish spending

Former Secretary General of Algeria’s all-powerful FLN party, Amaar Saadani, voiced the discontent within the Algerian political class regarding the blind support and lavish spending on the separatist Polisario front. The former number 3 in state apparatus told TSA news outlet that the Sahara has always been Moroccan and that the Polisario is a waste […]

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Sahara is Moroccan and Algeria should stop funding Polisario- Senior Algerian politician

Ammar Saadani, former Secretary General of Algeria’s all-powerful political party, the FLN, whose leaders ruled the country since independence, unveiled the disenchantment among Algeria’s political elite with regards to Algiers hostile policy towards Morocco’s territorial integrity, saying that the Sahara has always been Moroccan and that Algeria should stop dilapidating its resources on the separatist […]

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Two Algerian drug traffickers nabbed at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca

Moroccan security forces have arrested two Algerian nationals for drug trafficking after the men were found with over 1,000 kg of cannabis hidden in their bowels, Huffpost Maghreb reports. The unidentified men, aged 30 and 36, were arrested on October 12 at Mohammed V airport as they were about to board a flight to Algiers. […]