First Independent Mena Newspaper
The return of Morocco to the African Union meant the end of an era when Algeria and its pro-separatist allies used the continental union to serve their national agenda to the detriment of Africa’s supreme interest. Nasser Bourita, speaking after an African Union Summit, made it clear that the African Union did not mention the […]
Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben Ali’s regime. “Algerian authorities fought the Tunisian revolution to which they showed hostility in its first years,” Marzouki told Al Khaleej TV. Marzouki added that he met former […]
The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces have responded swiftly and firmly to a group of Polisario mercenaries, who tried to launch an attack against the defensive berm in the Moroccan Sahara, according to reports cited by FORSATIN, the Forum of support to the autonomists of Tindouf. The Polisario mercenaries lost several men, vehicles and equipment in […]
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan affirmed that Washington will build on the success of Israel’s normalization deals including the one signed with Morocco. The news was relayed by the White House following a phone talk between Sullivan and Israel’s National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat. “They (Jake Sullivan & Meir Ben Shabbat) discussed opportunities to […]
The situation in Guerguarat crossing point is calm and normal, authorized sources said Sunday morning, adding that road traffic between Morocco and Mauritania, and beyond to sub-Saharan Africa, “is not disrupted in any way”. Despite the uneventful harassment by “Polisario” militias, the situation in Guerguarat, as in the whole of the Moroccan Sahara, is calm […]
The proposed UN envoy for the Sahara, ex-Romania’s Prime Minister, Petre Roman has been rejected by the Algeria-backed polisario front, according to Moroccan news website le360.com. Refusing the pick of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to fill the vacant post since May 2019 following the resignation of German Horst Köhler, will deepen further the […]
The United States has submitted to all 193 UN member states the US presidential proclamation recognizing Morocco’s full sovereignty over its entire Sahara territory. The text of the American recognition of the Moroccan Sahara was sent to all UN member countries by US permanent representative to UN Kelly Craft in the six official languages of […]
The Yemeni Government has reiterated its supportive stand of the Moroccanness of the Sahara, affirming that the autonomy plan offered by Morocco under its sovereignty is the only basis for resolving this regional conflict. The remarks were made by Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak Monday during videoconference talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser […]
The days of the Polisario in the African Union are numbered. Reports abound of an imminent resolution demanding the freeze of the membership of the Algeria-backed militia which lacks all attributes of a state. The Polisario was introduced as a full member into the predecessor of the African Union, the Organization of African Unity, in […]
Moroccan Foreign Minister said that the autonomy plan is gaining support among European countries citing France as the first country to back the proposal, but said that Europe needs to adopt bolder positions in view of the fallout of the status-quo on regional peace and stability. Speaking at a press conference following a ministerial event […]