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The Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has adopted without a vote a resolution reiterating its support for the political process led under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. The resolution calls on all parties to fully cooperate with the UN […]
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday released his annual report on the Sahara, in which he recommends that the Security Council extend the mandate of MINURSO for one year, until October 31, 2025. As in past years, this report addresses the recent developments in the Sahara issue, both on the ground and at the […]
After about five decades of nurturing a separatist chimera in the Sahara territory, Algeria is beating the drums of war again deploying troops on the Moroccan borders as the Sahara issue nears a final close under Moroccan sovereignty. International media has been warning of an Algerian attempt to end the state of “low intensity” war […]
For decades, Algeria has played a tacit role in perpetuating the Sahara regional conflict until the military regime recycled itself in the form of a new military-civilian duo that made the dispute a matter of life and death for the Algerian state. Algeria hosted the Polisario group, who at first had no separatist agenda, following […]
King Mohammed VI said Morocco made headway in bringing the artificial dispute over its southern provinces, the Sahara, to a final close urging pro-activeness and decisiveness in gathering further support for the autonomy plan for the territory as a final solution. “Our achievements to bring this issue to a final close and the economic and […]
King Mohammed VI highlighted the positive momentum in the Sahara issue with the growing support for the Kingdom’s sovereignty over the territory and its autonomy plan. In a speech on the opening of the Fall session of the parliament, King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan and Prince Moulay Rachid, […]
The socio-economic development dynamic in Morocco’s southern provinces was highlighted during a meeting of the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, held Wednesday in New York. Speaking on this occasion, British lawyer Andrew Rosemarine stressed that the Moroccan Sahara is establishing itself as an economic hub and as a link between Africa and […]
The Algerian regime and their Polisario puppets are intensifying their hostile campaign against Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its Sahara as the UN Security Council braces for receiving briefings on the Sahara before renewal of MINURSO mandate to expire on October 31. Availing the opportunity of the meeting of UN fourth Committee convening in […]
The political verdict rendered by the European Court of Justice, annulling the EU’s trade deals with Morocco, was an ineffectual decision that is akin to a sword thrust in water as far as the Sahara issue is concerned, said Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who reiterated the same stance expressed in an official statement […]
The European Parliament has rejected a motion tabled by the Left group to discuss the latest ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Morocco-EU fisheries and agriculture agreements, dealing a hard blow to the supporters of the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group. The proposal of the left-wing political parliamentary group to include the court’s […]