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The American designation of the Polisario a foreign terrorist organization will have serious implications for South Africa, warned South-African newspaper Mail & Guardian. Such a designation will deprive the separatist group of its traditional state supporters namely Algeria and South Africa, said the daily in a recent Op-Ed authored by Michael Walsh, senior fellow at […]
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) has called on the Trump administration to designate the Algeria-backed Polisario armed militias terrorist organization for its proven ties with Iran & Hezbollah and deadly rocket attacks launched against civilians in Smara, Southern Morocco. In an analysis titled: “Iran’s Foothold Reaches into North Africa”, the experts of the […]
The Hungarian ambassador to Morocco will visit the Sahara following suit of the trips paid by diplomats of other major countries. This sends a strong message to the Algerian junta and its proxy, the polisario separatists. The announcement of this visit was made by foreign minister Peter Szijjártó following talks held Wednesday in Budapest with […]
The government of Croatia has joined several other European countries in expressing support for the “serious and credible” autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty, saying the plan is a solid basis for reaching a political and mutually acceptable solution in line with UN Security Council resolutions. The supportive stand was […]
The Republic of Estonia has expressed strong support for the autonomy plan presented by Morocco in 2007 for a lasting settlement of the Sahara issue, saying the plan offers “a good, serious and credible basis” for reaching enduring peaceful solution to the Sahara regional conflict. The announcement was made by Estonia’s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna […]
A group of rights groups operating in the Sahra territory called on the international community- including the UN, the EU, human rights NGOs, to put pressure on Algeria to stop its summary executions of the Sahrawis held against their will in abject conditions in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps. “Since 2014, at least 21 cases of […]
Moldova expressed on Tuesday its support for the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan and commended the reforms undertaken in the Kingdom under the leadership of King Mohammed VI. This came in a Joint Statement adopted following talks in Chisinau between the Moldovan Foreign Minister, Mihai Popșoi, and his Moroccan peer, Nasser Bourita, who is on a working […]
The Sahara conflict seems to be heading towards a settlement under Morocco’s Sovereignty, as emerged from a closed-door meeting on the issue, held on Monday, April 14, at the United Nations Security Council. During the meeting, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, pleaded vehemently for renewed diplomatic momentum to reach […]
South Africa has shown once more its hostility to Morocco’s territorial integrity in connivance with the Algerian military regime by trying to deceive member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and drag them into supporting Polisario, Algeria-backed armed militias. But all their plots and manipulations have failed and blew up on their faces, […]
France has reaffirmed its “unwavering” position on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, emphasizing that “for France, the present and future of Western Sahara lie within the framework of Moroccan sovereignty.” This support was reiterated in a statement released Tuesday by the French Foreign Ministry following a meeting between French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot and […]