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Algeria’s responsibility in prolonging the Sahara conflict was decried by Morocco’s Representative at the UN in New York Omar Hilale, who deplored that Algiers continue to block efforts aiming at reaching a lasting political solution to the Sahara dispute. Hilale, speaking before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, presented arguments showing the invalidity of the […]
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 […]
Three months following the UN-Morocco agreement to allow for the return of civilian staff of the MINURSO, the full functionality of the UN mission in the Sahara is yet to be fully restored, the UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. The MINURSO “continues to operate under existing arrangements and procedures,” Farhan told Innercitypress, noting that […]
The association of victims of the Polisario Front, who suffered from torture practices and human rights abuses in Tindouf camp, in Algeria, Tuesday called on the autonomous government of the Spanish archipelago to help justice prevail and bring members of the separatist movement wandering in the archipelago to the book, reports say. Dahi Aguai, head […]
The war scenario between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists was at the heart of talks separately held by the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara with the Foreign Ministers of Spain and Mauritania. On the backdrop of the cease-fire violations by the Polisario militias in the buffer zone of Guerguarat and the […]
The anti-smuggling operation that Morocco launched to clear the southernmost tip of the Saharan provinces of all sorts of illegal commercial activities had a geopolitical impact in terms of barring the road for Algeria and its allies in Nouakchott from creating a camp where they intended to dislocate some of the population held against their […]
Morocco has officially submitted a request to regain its place as a member of the African Union (AU) during a meeting between Royal Advisor Taieb Fassi Fihri and the AU Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations. The Kingdom of Morocco has officially submitted a request […]
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 […]
A number of recent developments noticed both in Mauritania and Morocco have heralded normalization of diplomatic ties between the two Maghreb countries following a recent tension in their relations, after a change in Mauritania’s stand vis-à-vis the Polisario Front, which disputes Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory. One strong signal of a thaw in […]
The Polisario separatists, backed by Algeria, have failed at the 17th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement held in Venezuela (Sept. 17-18) in their hostile attempts targeting Morocco’s territorial integrity. They have not achieved any of their goals or schemes, according to political analysts. All their plots were foiled by Morocco at the NAM summit, which […]