First Independent Mena Newspaper
Heads of major Moroccan political parties visited on Friday the Southern border post of Guerguarat, near Mauritania, after the action carried out by the Moroccan army to secure and restore the normal traffic flow which was obstructed for three weeks by the Algeria-backed Polisario mercenaries. In a joint statement, chiefs of Justice and Development Party […]
Polisario’s declaration of war against Morocco comes at a moment the separatist movement faces internal challenges amid changes in Algeria, wrote US Think Tank Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. “Polisario’s leadership is facing dissatisfaction inside and outside the refugee camps it controls in Algeria,” wrote Intissar Fakir in an Op-ed published on Carnegie website. The […]
The President of Côte d’Ivoire, Mr. Alassane Ouattara, has assured King Mohammed VI of his country’s solidarity and full support for the initiatives aimed at further mobilizing the United Nations Secretary General in favor of strict compliance with the status of the buffer zone of Guerguarat. In a letter sent to the Sovereign, President Ouattara […]
Bahrain has announced the opening of a consulate general in Laayoune, in the Moroccan southern provinces, becoming thus the third Middle Eastern country to make such a decision after the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The decision was announced by King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa in a phone call he […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN has briefed the Security Council on the latest developments in the Southern Moroccan border post of Guerguarat and the action carried out by the Moroccan army against the polisario mercenaries’ obstruction of traffic flow with Mauritania. The Moroccan action has ended the obstructions of the polisario militiamen and restored […]
Since the intervention of the Royal Armed Forces on Nov.13 against Polisario militias to secure the Guerguarat crossing point and restore the free movement of people and goods between Morocco and Mauritania, many countries continue to show their solidarity with the North African Kingdom and voice their strong backing to the Moroccanness of the Sahara […]
After its humiliating retreat from the Guerguarat passage on Morocco’s borders with Mauritania, the Polisario separatist movement threatened to bring the war into Moroccan lands by inciting its “dormant cells” to carry out attacks using the same language as terrorist groups like ISIS, Italian magazine Insideover said. The Polisario has blocked the vital border crossing […]
After the global outpouring of solidarity and support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and action against the polisario mercenaries’ obstruction of the Guerguarat crossing point, the Moroccan diaspora in several countries as well as Jews of Moroccan origin have voiced their strong backing to Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and its actions at Guerguarat to ensure […]
The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has expressed, on behalf of its member states, its support “for the measures taken by the Moroccan Government to preserve peace and stability in the buffer zone of Guerguarat, and to secure the free movement of people and goods to the African continent.” In a statement published on […]
The Republic of Haiti has decided to open a consulate general in Dakhla, extending thus the list of countries having opened consulates in the Moroccan Sahara. The decision to open the Haitian consulate in Dakhla was announced by Haiti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs in a letter addressed to his Moroccan counterpart Nasser Bourita. The […]