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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted to the Security Council his annual report on the situation in the Sahara, highlighting the diplomatic and economic achievements accomplished in the Moroccan southern provinces. This report is sent to the Council ahead of its planned debate on the Sahara in October. During this month, the Security Council members […]
The membership of the Polisario separatist front in the African Union is anomaly that should be corrected by ejecting the Algerian client group from the continental organization, former Liberian foreign minister Gbehzohngar Milton Findley said. Findley, who was speaking at a seminar in Accra, joined his voice to that of numerous African leaders and states […]
The Union of Arab Lawyers has renewed its firm support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and praised the “serious and democratic” autonomy plan offered by the Kingdom for a lasting resolution of the Sahara issue. In a statement issued following its meeting held June 25-26 in Damascus, the Permanent Bureau of the Union has reiterated its […]
Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives of member states of the Support Group for Morocco’s Territorial Integrity in Geneva denounced, Wednesday, attempts by a small group of countries to politicize the debates at the Human Rights Council (HRC) to challenge the Kingdom’s sovereignty over its Sahara. Speaking at a virtual meeting of the Group with the High Commissioner […]
The UN Secretary General is determined to find a new UN Sahara envoy in replacement of German Horst Köhler who stepped down in May 2019 “for health reasons”. The remarks were made by Spokesperson for the UN chief, Stéphane Dujarric, during his latest daily press briefing, reaffirming that filling such an important post is not […]
The misery and repression prevailing in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps make of these camps a hotbed for radicalization, writes journalist and Italian expert in international relations Mauro Indelicato. In an article published by the political magazine Insideover, the Italian journalist points to the impossibility for international observers to contact the population in captivity for more […]
The US State department has dealt another blow to Algeria and the Polisario by omitting the section on Western Sahara which is now covered under Morocco country report in line with the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory. The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover […]
The European Union is called upon to play a “leading role” in reviving talks between the parties for the final settlement of the conflict over the Sahara, underlined former Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio. The status quo in the Sahara – and in the Maghreb more broadly – cannot last, noted the former Spanish […]
Kenya’s vice-president William Ruto has said that the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty in the Sahara provinces “is the best solution to the Sahara issue.” “I declare as Vice-President of Kenya that the Autonomy Plan under Moroccan sovereignty is the best solution to the Sahara issue,” said William Ruto during a meeting with the ambassador […]
The Polisario and its mentor Algeria failed once again in bringing a case in New Zealand against a sovereign fund that imports Moroccan phosphates. The high court in New Zealand has rejected a complaint by the Polisario against the sovereign fund which it said has authority to make investments in line with local laws. […]