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The Sahrawis sequestered in the Tindouf camps can no longer take it. They are fed up with the corrupt, feckless and repressive leaders of the Polisario separatists, who are armed, funded and sheltered by the Algerian regime. These Sahrawis held against their will organized lately in the so-called “wilaya of Boujdour” a sit-in to protest […]
For 43 years, Algeria has relegated a part of its territory to a ruthless separatist militia taking thousands of Sahraouis hostage, denying them basic rights and liberties including the freedom of movement and the right to return to their homeland, a documentary conducted by Spanish investigative journalist Patricia Medjidi Juez showed. The documentary, dubbed From […]
Violent clashes occurred Saturday evening within the Polisario-run Tindouf camps. The confrontations opposed members of two factions of the Rguibat tribe, causing serious material damage. The violent clashes in the so-called “Smara” camp opposed Ahl Lahcen Ouhmad and Oulad Moussa factions of the Rguibat tribe. According to concordant sources and videos relayed on social networks, […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has reaffirmed the African Union’s full backing to the decision adopted by the African summit of Nouakchott on the Sahara and UN efforts made to reach a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional conflict. The report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security […]
The UN Secretary General reported to the UN Security Council the repeated protests taking place in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria, with the participation of hundreds of people living in these camps and the continuous violations by the separatist front of the Military Agreements and the Security Council Resolutions as well as its hampering […]
The United Nations Secretary General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler invited all parties involved in the conflict, namely Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario to a second roundtable meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva on March 21-22. The news was reported by several media outlets that quoted well-informed sources in Geneva. According […]
The second round table on the Moroccan Sahara is scheduled to be held in Geneva March 21 and 22, under the aegis of the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General, Horst Köhler, reported this Friday, the Moroccan news website le360, quoting concurring sources. According to these corroborative sources, “Hosrt Köhler has informed the parties […]
Morocco has been outspoken in showing support for the quest of the Venezuelan people to democracy and economic prosperity as masses continue to courageously defy the violent crackdown of dictator Maduro. Morocco’s stands in favor of legitimacy in Venezuela were recognized by interim President Juan Guaido who expressed recognition to Morocco as the first country […]
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 […]
The family of Ahmed Khalil, from the Souaada tribe, and hundreds of Sahrawis gathered Wednesday, February 6, in front of the UN representation in Rabouni, which also hosts the headquarters of the Polisario secretariat, to claim the truth about the fate of Ahmed Khalil, who went missing ten years ago in mysterious conditions in Algiers. […]