First Independent Mena Newspaper
The representation of the Vatican in Morocco strongly denounced in a statement the political use by the Polisario of the children of the Tindouf camps. The Tindouf camps in the Algerian territories are home to Saharans who are held against their will in harsh conditions as the separatists continue to trade in their suffering denying […]
Bachir Dkhil, one of the founders of the Polisario who defected to Morocco in 1990, welcomed the UN Security latest statements on Algeria’s involvement in the Sahara issue. “Algeria is a party to the conflict. Not only does it arm, back and fund the Polisario, but it has also prevented any attempt at reaching a […]
The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, looks forward to relaunching talks on the Sahara in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2414, say U.S. press reports. The last round of UN-brokered negotiations on the issue was held in 2012. The Former UN envoy for the Sahara failed to settle this […]
The abundance of sun and wind is increasingly attracting foreign firms to invest in Morocco’s south, the Sahara, as the government set the target of generating 50% of its energy mix out of renewable sources. The recent announcement by Soluna, a New York-based computing company backed by Brookstone Partners, to build a wind-powered center in […]
The Algeria-backed Polisario has suffered a new defeat in the European Union Court of Justice. A ruling of the court, rendered on July 19, has rejected an appeal lodged by the separatist front in 2014 against the Morocco-EU fisheries agreement and slammed it as ineligible to lodge such an appeal. After the Court’s rulings issued […]
Morocco has reiterated to the UN Security Council that the Algerian-backed separatist militia, known as the Polisairo, is not entitled to claim representation of the people living in the Sahara. In a letter, Morocco’s permanent representative to The UN Omar Hilale rebuked the presidency of the UN Security Council for spreading a letter from the […]
Although it is self-evident that Algeria backs the separatist Polisario fronts militarily, financially and diplomatically, Algiers refuses to pull its head out of the sand and formally acknowledge its responsibility in perpetuating the Sahara conflict. While Algerian officials and diplomats maintain that their country is not concerned with the Sahara issue, the Polisario has unveiled […]
The European Parliament has voted against an anti-Moroccan proposal submitted by allies of the Polisario separatists. The draft recommendation to the 73rd UN General Assembly relating to the implementation of the European Court of Justice decisions and the change of the MINURSO mandate was rejected by an overwhelming majority to the delight of the joint […]
The UN Human Rights Committee on Thursday denounced the retaliation practices used by Algerian authorities against the victims of human rights abuses to force them not to denounce their abusers. “International obligations require Algeria to protect and support victims and witnesses of human rights violations,” said an expert of the committee during the review of […]
Algeria’s voice is becoming increasingly inaudible in the African Union as it continues to be rebuked by international NGOs for its ill-treatment of Sub-Saharan migrants. The 31st summit, held in Nouakchott July 1-2, clearly shows that the Pan-African organization is breaking free of the Algiers-Pretoria pro-Polisario axis, which has been using the African Union for […]