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Morocco has accused Algeria and the Polisario of obstructing the UN-led political process for the resolution of the Sahara conflict, saying that in less than three months they snubbed two candidates proposed by the UN Chief as a new UN envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019. […]
The Polisario should abide by the UN brokered ceasefire agreement and the free flow of transborder traffic should be maintained unhindered, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borell said. After Morocco intervened militarily in November to secure a border passage with Mauritania that has been blocked by Polisario fighters for three weeks, the Algeria-sponsored militia declared […]
John Bolton, former President Trump’s Security Advisor and pro-Algerian lobbyist, has made a volt face on his stands in support of the Polisario saying that the Administration of President Biden will not reverse Washington recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Speaking at a virtual conference organized lately by the New York City Bar Association, […]
The leader of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), Lhaj Barikalah, denounced the terrorist character of the Polisario front and the systematic repression it exercises against political opponents inside the Tindouf camps in Algeria. The Sahrawis in the camps face daily human rights violations, lamented Lhaj Barikalah, a former Polisario executive who had served as […]
Morocco has ordered 13 potent Turkish Bayraktar combat drones in addition to four remote control ground stations as part of a push to modernize its weaponry with state-of-the-art equipment, Africa Intelligence reported. Bayraktar TB-2 drones have proven their efficiency in multiple battlefields including in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the Libyan civil war. Moroccan media […]
The next UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara issue will take place at a regional context in which Morocco has strengthened its foothold on the ground and internationally while Algeria and its creation the Polisario have reaped but military and diplomatic defeat. Head of the UN mission in the Sahara, the MINURSO, will brief […]
The Biden administration should support its predecessor’s decision recognizing the Moroccanness of the Sahara, said former U.S. deputy National Security Advisor, Elliott Abrams. Speaking at a virtual conference organized by the New York City Bar Association on the Sahara issue, Mr. Elliot, former Assistant Secretary of State (1981-89), describes Morocco as “U.S. long-standing loyal strategic […]
Algeria’s army chief, General Said Changriha, has been extremely disappointed by the absence of international response to the polisario’s call for a UN seat for the self-proclaimed SADR as the General was behind the failed initiative which received no feedback or support. Such an eloquent silence observed by the international community is a slap in […]
Thev Polisario separatists and their lobbyists in New Zealand have been slammed by an Auckland High Court ruling, accusing them of abusing the country’s legal system to serve a foreign agenda, according to the European information portal “EU Political Report”. The decision even called into question the reasons behind the separatists’ insistence on abusing New […]
The misery and repression prevailing in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps make of these camps a hotbed for radicalization, writes journalist and Italian expert in international relations Mauro Indelicato. In an article published by the political magazine Insideover, the Italian journalist points to the impossibility for international observers to contact the population in captivity for more […]