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The UN Security Council has denounced the blockade by the Polisario armed militias last fall of the Guerguarate crossing point that hampered the movement of people and goods between Morocco and Mauritania. This came during the Security Council’s semi-annual consultation meeting on the Sahara which was held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, behind closed […]
Morocco has accused Algeria and the Polisario of obstructing the UN-led political process for the resolution of the Sahara conflict, saying that in less than three months they snubbed two candidates proposed by the UN Chief as a new UN envoy for the Sahara in replacement of Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019. […]
The Polisario should abide by the UN brokered ceasefire agreement and the free flow of transborder traffic should be maintained unhindered, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borell said. After Morocco intervened militarily in November to secure a border passage with Mauritania that has been blocked by Polisario fighters for three weeks, the Algeria-sponsored militia declared […]
John Bolton, former President Trump’s Security Advisor and pro-Algerian lobbyist, has made a volt face on his stands in support of the Polisario saying that the Administration of President Biden will not reverse Washington recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Speaking at a virtual conference organized lately by the New York City Bar Association, […]
The leader of the Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), Lhaj Barikalah, denounced the terrorist character of the Polisario front and the systematic repression it exercises against political opponents inside the Tindouf camps in Algeria. The Sahrawis in the camps face daily human rights violations, lamented Lhaj Barikalah, a former Polisario executive who had served as […]
The Egyptian government has reiterated its firm support to Morocco’s territorial integrity, praising the Kingdom’s serious and credible efforts seeking for a peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. During his videoconference talks held Thursday with Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita, Egypt’s top diplomat Sameh Chokri briefed the Moroccan minister on latest developments of the […]
The next UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara issue will take place at a regional context in which Morocco has strengthened its foothold on the ground and internationally while Algeria and its creation the Polisario have reaped but military and diplomatic defeat. Head of the UN mission in the Sahara, the MINURSO, will brief […]
A group of members of European Parliament has called on EU foreign policy chief Josep Borell to disclose the party or parties that rejected the candidacy of former Romanian PM Petre Roman as new UN Sahara envoy in replacement of German Horst Köhler. In a written question addressed to the EU’s top diplomat, seven members […]
Algeria’s army chief, General Said Changriha, has been extremely disappointed by the absence of international response to the polisario’s call for a UN seat for the self-proclaimed SADR as the General was behind the failed initiative which received no feedback or support. Such an eloquent silence observed by the international community is a slap in […]
The Maghreb and Africa section of La République en Marche, the party of French President Emmanuel Macron has announced, this Thursday, April 8, the creation of two branches in Morocco, in Agadir and… in Dakhla, chief-city of the Sakiat El Hamra province, a step viewed by many analysts as a move towards the full recognition […]