The total blockade imposed by the polisario leaders on the Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps under the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic has boosted the million-dollar smuggling business of the corrupt Polisario chiefs. Six trucks loaded with 25 tons of flour, semolina or pasta, four tank trucks filled with 100 tons of diesel and […]
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Tindouf: Polisario Hit by New Scandal of Humanitarian Aid Embezzlement
Polisario officials are again involved in the embezzlement of the international aid initially intended for the Sahrawi population sequestered in the Tindouf camps. Products donated part of the assistance were actually found in display in Algerian markets. The news was revealed Tuesday by the pro-Polisario website futurosahara.com. According to the website, Gofio, a corn flour […]
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 […]
Sahara Issue: The EU Reiterates Support for UN-Led Political Process
The EU reiterated at the fourth Committee of the UN’s General Assembly its support for the efforts led by the UN Secretary General to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue. The EU representative at the UN Minister Counsellor Carl Hallergard called for a consensual solution to the Sahara […]
Tindouf Camps: Anger & Uprising Growing Against New Polisario Chief
Hundreds of Sahrawis sequestered in Tindouf Camps (Southern Algeria) have staged Thursday a demonstration to voice their anger at the Polisario new chief Brahim Ghali and express their frustration over status quo, deteriorating living conditions, alienation and political exploitation. This popular uprising, which reflects the deep cracks widening between the separatists’ leadership and grassroots, comes […]
Why Family of Late Polisario Chief Mohamed Abdelziz Moved To Spain?
Following the death of the long-serving Polisario ringleader Mohamed Abdelaziz, his family is believed to have left the Tindouf camps (southern Algeria) to live in Spain, according to press reports. Such a move has raised many questions over the reasons behind such relocation. Is it voluntary or compulsory? It is a sign of a rift […]
New Setback for Polisario Proponents at European Parliament
Polisario proponents at the European Parliament have suffered a new setback with the rejection of an amendment to include a new aid to the Algerian-based separatist group in the 2017 EU draft budget. Three extreme left MEPs presented the amendment to add 150 million euros in support of the Polisario sugarcoating their arguments with defending […]
OLAF Report Still Making Waves
The report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on the diversion of the international humanitarian assistance, mainly European, to the Algeria-based Tindouf camps that was made public last January is still making waves and influencing decision-making at the international scale. On Wednesday, the European Parliament adopted unanimously a resolution urging Algeria to allow the organization […]
OLAF Report Makes Stunning Revelations on Misuse of EU aid to Tindouf camps
For years, a large part of the European Union’s humanitarian assistance destined to the Tindouf camps Sahrawis has never reached the initial addressees as it has been diverted by the Polisario leaders. The facts were not established by any unknowns but by a report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) that dates back to 2007 […]









