First Independent Mena Newspaper
Head of Morocco’s central bureau of judicial investigations (BCIJ) Habboub Cherkaoui has alerted to the surge in numbers of Polisario fighters who join the ranks of terrorist groups in the Sahel, notably Al Qaeda. Faced with grim prospects and oppression in the camps, many of the disenchanted youth held under the yoke of the Polisario […]
Mauritania is preparing for military drills near its northern borders with Algeria and Morocco in a bid to boost the readiness of its army to respond to Polisario incursions. The Polisario has often violated the territories of Mauritania to engage in provocations of Morocco’s armed forces and in all sort of trafficking in connivance with […]
The Summit of the African Union Peace and Security Council emerged as a platform to disavow Algeria and Kenya, who vainly maneuvered to include the Sahara issue in the agenda of the meeting initially devoted to climate change. At Algeria’s instigation, Kenya, which holds the rotating presidency of the AU Peace and Security Council, […]
The Algerian regime, which is well known for its anti-Semitism, does not hesitate to get in touch with Israel when it sees an interest in such contacts. The evidence of this ambivalence made the headlines lately with reports saying that a Brazilian military aircraft from Tel Aviv landed in the Houari-Boumedienne airport in Algiers, at […]
Algeria’s direct responsibility in the recruitment of child soldiers by the Polisario was denounced in Geneva Tuesday by International relations expert Matteo Dominici, who deplored that children in the Tindouf camps are used as “cannon fodder”. The international expert made his remarks on behalf of Swiss NGO “Promotion of Economic and Social Development,” at the […]
Morocco is tightening the noose on Polisario separatists by further narrowing the area east of the berm after satellite images showed that a new wall was built 3km away from the Algerian border. Equipped with state-of-the-art radars and motion detectors, Morocco’s security wall was completed in late 1980s and has put an end to the […]
Algeria has been slammed by the U.N. Human Rights Office for its crackdown on members of the pro-democracy Hirak movement which has picked up on its momentum. On Friday, thousands defied Covid-19 restrictions and took to the streets of Algiers and other cities across the country chanting slogans against the military junta and demanding a […]
The Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Stéphane Dujarric has explained the delay in naming a new UN envoy for the Sahara by the difficult task of filling such a high-profile position. Responding to a question on the delay in finding a new successor to former Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, […]
Since he assumed power in January, US President Joe Biden has received several letters from politicians, MPs, elected representatives, and civil society activists from the United States, Europe, Africa and Latin American, expressing backing to the US recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara and underscoring that the resolution of the Sahara conflict will ensure […]
The UN has laid bare the claims of Polisario regarding tensions in the Sahara and exposed to the world the lies of the Algeria-backed separatists. The UN mission in the Sahara “continues to receive unconfirmed reports of sporadic firing across the berm. The Mission continues to monitor the situation throughout the Territory, including in Guerguarat,” […]