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UN draft resolution signals end of Polisario myths, boosts Sahrawi Peace Movement

A United States-backed draft UN Security Council resolution on the Sahara issue is poised to reshape the decades-old conflict, effectively sidelining the Polisario Front while elevating alternative peaceful Sahrawi voices committed to a negotiated political solution based on Morocco’s autonomy plan. According to an analysis of the draft- also called zero draft-, the text eliminates […]

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Sahara: U.S. Engagement with Sahrawi Peace Movement Growing Ahead of Upcoming UNSC Meeting

Political advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Rabat met lately in Laayoune with leaders of the Movement of Sahrawis for Peace, set up in 2020 by former Polisario members who broke away from the Algeria-backed separatist group. Discussion between the American diplomat and the Sahrawi peace movement focused on the latest developments of the Sahara […]