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Terror groups in Africa, a breeding ground for attacks in the West

Pundits have been warning that terror groups in Africa have found a breeding ground for recruiting militants in the huge refugee camps scattered around the continent, including the Polisario-controlled camps in Tindouf in Algeria, with plans to stage attacks on Europe. “Islamists have a strong presence in Africa and recruit in huge refugee camps. And […]

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NGO denounces before UNHRC plight of women and girls in conflict zones, in Tindouf Camps

NGO PDES (French acronym for ‘Promotion of Economic and Social Development’) has sounded the alarm about the serious, appalling conditions facing women in conflict zones such as the Tindouf camps in South-Western Algeria, where they are experiencing gender-based violence. Speaking at the annual discussion on women’s rights, held in Geneva as part of the 53rd […]

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Tindouf Camps boiling, anger against Polisario intensifying

Anger continues to build up in the Tindouf camps which are rocked by growing demonstrations making Polisario leaders uncomfortable and responding with more repression and arrests of protesters including women. Demonstrators have set fire to cars belonging to the separatist front, while another group burnt a pharmacy belonging to the son of the so-called interior […]

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Algerian army maintains deadly siege of civilians in Tindouf-Camps

The Algerian army has killed a Sahrawi dweller of the Polisario-run Tindouf camp after shooting a pick-up in which he was transporting smuggled fuel. The assassinated Sahrawi is Said Ould El Bachir Ould Chaabane, a native of the Rguibat Oulad Daoud tribe who was known for making a living out of smuggled fuel. Summary executions […]

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Algeria has responsibility to guarantee humanitarian access to Tindouf Camps

Morocco has underlined Algeria’s responsibility, as host country, to guarantee safe and unrestricted humanitarian access to the Tindouf camps and to allow free registration of the populations sequestered in the camps, in accordance with its obligations and the provisions of international humanitarian law. This was outlined in a speech delivered by Morocco’s Permanent Representative in […]

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UNHRC: Morocco exposes in Geneva sufferings of Sahrawis sequestered in Tindouf Camps

While Sahrawis sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps are enduring inhumane conditions, their brethren living in Morocco’s southern provinces are enjoying all their rights and participate in the management of public affairs, said on Monday Moroccan justice minister Abdellatif Ouahbi. Addressing the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), convening in Geneva, the […]

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Over 120 NGOs decry alarming situation of children sequestered in Polisario camps

The Civil Coalition for the Protection of Children in the Tindouf Camps, which includes more than 120 NGOs, sounded the alarm bell over the alarming situation of Moroccan children sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, noting that the Algeria-backed separatist group recruits thousands of children, exploits them sexually, enslaves them and forces girls to marry […]

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UN: Tragedy of Child Soldiers in Tindouf Camps Denounced in New York

The tragedy of children turned into soldiers by the separatist militia of the “polisario” with the blessing and support of the host country, Algeria, in the camps of Tindouf was vigorously denounced, Thursday, before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York. Thus, the president of the Christian Democratic Women International, Anna […]

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UN-Sahara: Elected Sahrawis & NGOs support Autonomy Plan & slam Polisario over abuses in Tindouf camps

Several elected Moroccan Sahrawis, representatives of NGOs and diplomats have voiced strong support for the autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under Morocco’s sovereignty, and hailed the democracy and inclusive development achieved in the Sahara. During the debate of the UN fourth Committee, the speakers have also exposed the serious human rights abuses committed by […]