The embezzlement of humanitarian assistance is seemingly an enduring phenomenon in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps although the populations sequestrated there are in dire need of this assistance. A new embezzlement scandal broke out Tuesday, when the canary Islands “La Provincia” daily reported the diversion of some €2.5 million of humanitarian aid provided by the international […]
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Algeria’s Responsibility of Aid Embezzlement Resurfaces at UN
The involvement of Algerian authorities in the embezzlement of humanitarian aid sent to the population held in the Polisario-run camps was once again denounced at the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee. Omar Kadiri, a diplomat at Morocco’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York, lambasted Algeria for its proven responsibility in the dilemma […]
UN Secretary General Voices Concern over Food Shortage in Tinfouf Camps
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guteres, expressed deep concern over the shortage of food supplies sent to the population held in the Polisario-run camps in southwestern Algeria. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned over the plight of tens of thousands of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, who will have their food rations cut due to lack of […]
Mauritania Foils Humanitarian Aid Embezzlement Attempt by Polisario
A new attempt to embezzle humanitarian aid by the Polisario separatists has been foiled in north-eastern Mauritania where large amounts of foodstuff and medicines were seized, Moroccan daily Al Massae reported. The diverted humanitarian aid was loaded on trucks coming from Tindouf in southwestern Algeria despite the outcry of the international community against the diversion […]



