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The government of Mauritania has refused a request from the Algeria-backed Polisario militias to establish a consulate or embassy in Nouakchott, dealing another hard blow to the separatist group and its Algerian supporters, according to press reports. Mauritania, which adopts a neutral position regarding the Sahara regional conflict, has always been cautious in its ties […]
Chinese ambassador to Morocco YU Jinsong has conferred lately in Rabat with MINURSO Chief Alexander Ivanko and reaffirmed her country‘s full support for the UN Mission. The meeting was announced by the Chinese Embassy on its X account. It comes after the historic resolution 2797 adopted by the UN Security Council endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan […]
Algeria suffered two diplomatic setbacks in the final days of October, with the French National Assembly recommending the repeal of a decades-old migration accord and the United Nations Security Council endorsing Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara territory. On Oct. 30, lawmakers in France voted in favor of a resolution introduced by the far-right Rassemblement […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, described the recent UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara as a historic milestone crowning 50 years of efforts in defense of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and national unity. In a televised interview with Rita Cosby on Newsmax’s “Saturday Report,” Hilale praised US President Donald Trump […]
Algeria’s response to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 backing Morocco’s autonomy plan has exposed deep contradictions within its foreign policy apparatus, further isolating the country diplomatically. The resolution, adopted on October 31, 2025, endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan as the basis for resolving the Sahara conflict and calls on all four parties, including Algeria, to engage […]
On November 6, the Polisario Front once again claimed to have launched attacks on Moroccan troops along the berm in the Sahara territory. These declarations, timed to coincide with the anniversary of Morocco’s Green March, are part of a long-standing pattern of misinformation aimed at projecting relevance in a conflict the United Nations now classifies […]
The Spanish think tank Real Instituto Elcano considers United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 on the Sahara a decisive turning point in favor of Morocco. In its analysis, the prestigious institute for international and strategic studies emphasizes that this resolution consolidates the predominance of Morocco’s approach to resolving the regional dispute through the Autonomy Plan; […]
In his first public statement since the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2797, Staffan de Mistura, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara made it clear that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the basis of talks between the parties: Morocco, Algeria, the Polisario, and Mauritania. De Mistura confirmed a significant shift […]
In a recent analysis, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) declared Morocco the clear diplomatic victor in its long-standing struggle to safeguard its sovereignty over the Sahara territory, following the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797. The resolution, passed on October 31, marks a significant shift in international consensus, with CFR noting that […]
The proclamation of October 31 as a Unity Day marks the first national holiday since the recovery of Oued Eddahab in 1979. The declaration comes in the wake of significant diplomatic progress on the Sahara issue, notably the growing international recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty and the credibility of its Autonomy Plan. Unity Day thus serves […]