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Algeria Reinforces Siege of Polisario-held Sahraouis in Tindouf Camps

Satellite images shared on Moroccan media showed a sand wall built by Algerian authorities around the Polisario-run Tindouf camps where thousands of Sahraouis remain hostage.   The Polisario and its mentor Algeria have restricted access by independent rights groups to the camps and prevented the UN refugee agency from conducting a head count.   The […]

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Polisario, a Geopolitical Sham Lacking Statehood Attributes – Brazilian Paper

The Polisario is a geopolitical sham entity lacking all statehood attributes including historical and demographic aspects, Brazilian O Globo media outlet said.   The paper, in an op-ed by Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, shed light on the recent withdrawals by many Latin American states of the so-called SADR republic, a puppet state created by Algeria. […]

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Is South Africa Abandoning the Polisario?

Is South Africa Abandoning the Polisario? The question was raised just few hours after the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, delivered a speech Tuesday in Pretoria to present his program at the head of the African Union that he will be chairing for a year as of this February. Analysts did not give a clear […]

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Mauritania Cracks-down on Humanitarian Aid Embezzlement by Polisario

Trucks loaded with embezzled humanitarian aid that is supposed to benefit Sahraouis held against their will in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps are now stranded on the Algerian Mauritanian borders. In a move to end embezzlement by the Polisario separatists who have been trading in the suffering of the civilian Sahraouis in Tindouf camps for decades, […]

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Sahara: Bolivia Abandons Polisario, Separatists’ Isolation Deepens

The government of Bolivia has decided to suspend its recognition of the self-proclaimed “SADR” and cut all ties with the Algerian-backed Polisario separatist group, deepening their international isolation. The move was announced on Monday by the Bolivian ministry of foreign Affairs. In a press release, this South American country said “it adopts constructive neutrality” regarding […]

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Polisario’s debacle in Latin America continues

The Polisario’s debacle in Latin America is continuing. In just one week, Salvador has reiterated its support of Morocco’s territorial integrity and announced its decision to open an embassy in Rabat, while the Paraguayan Parliament has adopted a new resolution in support of the Moroccan autonomy initiative within the framework of the national sovereignty and […]

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Salvador to open embassy in Morocco after withdrawing recognition of SADR

Democracy brings an end to Polisario recognition in Latin America. All democracies in the region ended the anomaly of recognizing the self-proclaimed Polisario state known as SADR, including Salvador which braces to open an embassy in Rabat. The announcement was made in Rabat following a visit by Salvador’s Foreign Minister Juana Alexandra Hill Tinoco, who […]

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Polisario prepares another violation of UN-brokered ceasefire in Sahara again

Few weeks after being rebuked in a UN Secretary General’s report for obstructing the functioning of the UN mission in the Sahara, the Polisario prepares for yet another blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement east of the berm putting the peace process in front of a new test. Antonio Guterres urged in a report on […]

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Algerian regime resorts to Polisario to inflate turnout in Tindouf

A look at the turnout of the Algerian Presidential elections shows the scale of the boycott in most Algerian regions except Tindouf, home to the Polisario militias and some 22,000 Sahraouis they hold hostage in inhumane conditions. Turnout in Tindouf was 57% compared to Bejaia where many towns registered zero participation. By the past, Algerian […]

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Imminent terrorist attacks in Tindouf, Algeria refuses to pull head out of sand

Algeria’s foreign ministry obstinately denied the veracity of the reports warning of imminent terrorist attacks and kidnappings in the Polisario-administered camps of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria. Spain, Canada and the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO have all warned of the unsafety of visiting Tindouf due to risks of terrorist attacks. The same area in […]