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UN Sahara envoy Staffan De Mistura’s talks held lately in Pretoria with South African foreign minister and Morocco’s enemies have left many scratching their heads trying to understand the rationale behind such a strange move. What’s intriguing is that Mr. De Mistura knows that South Africa is taking a hostile stand against Morocco’s territorial integrity […]
The United Kingdom should support Morocco’s Autonomy Plan offering a workable solution to the Sahara issue, says a leading UK defense and security think-tank. The Moroccan Autonomy Plan “remains the only credible, lasting, realistic and constructive solution” to the Sahara conflict, says a report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Following a paralyzing impasse […]
The Italian government has excluded the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist group from the Italy-Africa summit, held in Rome, despite the pressure exerted by the Algerian regime which has tried to no avail to buy the support of Rome through discounted gas deals. The Algerian blackmail strategy of weaponizing its gas supplies to get political gains has […]
The Union of Arab Chambers and the Union of African Chambers opened this Wednesday in the city of Dakhla, pearl of Moroccan Sahara, a two-day economic conference, sending a strong message to the enemies of Morocco’s territorial integrity as the Arab and African meeting confirms the Moroccannes of the Sahara. The conference, held under the […]
The Biden administration has intensified lately political and military consultation with the Algerian regime in a bid to de-escalate tension with neighboring Morocco, Washington’s strategic ally and partner. However, several experts wonder whether the U.S. overture to Algeria will hold given the impulsive diplomacy of a country controlled by an oppressive and corrupt junta swaying […]
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy has called on the Biden administration to be cautious in engaging Algeria as such approach does not guarantee it will shift away from Moscow and Beijing or defuse tension with Rabat. In an analysis focusing on U.S. policy in North Africa, the Institute experts Sabina Henneberg and Amina […]
The Republic of Azerbaijan has reaffirmed its strong steadfast support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and full sovereignty over its entire Sahara. The supportive stand was voiced by the government of Baku during the 2nd meeting of the Joint Cooperation Commission held Monday in Rabat under the co-chairmanship of Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita and his […]
A large march was held on Sunday in Laayoune to denounce the “despicable terrorist attack” perpetrated against civilians in the city of Es-Semara, the spiritual Capital of the Kingdom’s Southern Provinces. During the march, participants led by local Chioukhs, notables and elected representatives vigorously condemned the attack, calling it “a terrorist act committed by enemies […]
The Polisario separatist front has claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred in the night from Saturday to Sunday in the city of Es-Smara. The claim came in a statement released this Sunday evening and reproduced by the so-called Sahrawi news agency. The attack hit four impact zones in three neighborhoods of the city of […]
Former Spanish Defense Minister José Bono Martinez denounced, Friday in Dakar, the accession of the Algeria-backed Polisario to the African Union (AU) as an “anomaly”. “The AU recognizes an entity not recognized by the UN. This is an anomaly that does not occur in any other international organization,” Bono Martinez said at the 2nd International […]