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Morocco Guerguerat intervention, a step towards ending once and for all Polisario banditry

Morocco sent its army to restore commercial and passenger traffic in the Guerguarat crossing in the UN-monitored buffer zone after all calls by the UN and the international community fell on deaf Polisario ears. Morocco has given ample time for the UN to make the Polisario leave the area and finally decided to act with […]

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Jubilation in Mauritania after Morocco clears Guerguarat crossing

Mauritanians welcomed the intervention of Morocco to clear the Guerguarat crossing where the Polisario has prevented the flow of commercial and passenger traffic for more than 20 days. Different Mauritania media outlets described the clearing of the crossing as the end of an economic blockade imposed by the Polisario in total disregard for the interest […]

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Morocco regains control of border crossing with Mauritania, secures area

Morocco acted firmly in line with Royal guidelines to clear Guerguarat from the Polisario bandits who have been blocking commercial and passenger traffic since October 21 and secure the area. King Mohammed VI, supreme commander of the Royal Armed Forces, has made it clear in a speech on the occasion of the Green March anniversary […]

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Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces set up security cordon to secure flow of goods, people at Guerguarat

The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) set up, on the night of Thursday to Friday, a security cordon in order to secure the flow of goods and people across the Guerguarat buffer zone, linking Morocco to Mauritania, a statement from the General Staff of the Royal Armed Forces said on Friday. After the intervention of the […]

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Mauritania speaks out officially against Polisario’s provocations in Guerguarat

Mauritania has for the first time officially reacted Wednesday to the Polisario’s provocative acts at Guerguarat crossing point as these acts obstruct the traffic of trucks carrying Moroccan produce to Mauritania and beyond to other African countries. The spokesperson for the Mauritanian government, Sidi Ould Salem, affirmed, at the end of the Council of Ministers […]

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Mauritania distances itself from Polisario

An official Mauritanian source denied the involvement of the Mauritanian administration in the creation of a so-called parliamentary friendship group with the Polisario separatist entity. Anbaa, a Mauritanian news website, cited an official Mauritanian source saying the so-called parliamentary group was created under the outgoing Mauritanian administration. “The news (about the parliamentary group) was elaborated […]

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Son of ex-Mauritanian President under investigation on alleged money laundering charges

Mauritania’s anti-corruption police department has interrogated Bedr Ould Mohamed Abdel Aziz, son of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on alleged money laundering charges. Bedr and the “Rahma de Bienfaisance” foundation he leads are suspected of money laundering and use of public funds for the organization’s private activities. The security forces also seized several properties […]

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Mauritania faces fresh produce shortage due to Polisario banditry

As the Polisario militias continue blocking the free flow of commercial traffic on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania, food markets in Nouakchott are suffering from an acute shortage in vegetables and fruits. Morocco is Mauritania’s main supplier of fresh produce and the provocations of the Polisario caused many trucks to return to […]

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Polisario’s banditry undermines Mauritanian economy- Mauritanian MPs

Mauritanian MPs decried the continuing banditry practiced by the Polisario by blocking the flow of commercial trafficking on the Guerguarat border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania. Le360 news websites cited statements by Mauritanian MPs describing the disruption of commercial traffic as an attempt to undermine the Mauritanian economy. Mauritania depends on much of its agricultural […]

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Mauritania: Former opposition leader Moustapha Limam Chafi returns to Nouakchott after eleven years of exile

Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi, targeted by an international arrest warrant issued by the regime of former Mauritanian President Ould Abdelaziz, returned Sunday, October 18 after eleven years in exile. After eleven years of exile, Mauritanian opponent and politician Moustapha Ould Limam Chafi returned to the country Sunday evening on board a […]