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The UN Security Council has reiterated the parameters it had set out in its resolutions 2414, 2440, 2468, and 2494 to achieve a final solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. The Security Council members made it clear at a briefing on the Moroccan Sahara issue, held Thursday, that there is no other […]
The over one hundred Sahrawis who have been stranded at the borders between Algeria and Mauritania after they were denied return to Tindouf, out of fear of the spread of coronavirus, spent days in the desert area without water or food and were totally ignored by the Polisario and their mentor, Algeria. Some of them, […]
The polisario is living a nightmare these days in Geneva as members of the sahraoui population living in the Tindouf camps made the trip to the European capital to reveal the truth about the everyday life in these camps where abuse and torture are common practice. Last week, Sahrawi activist & human rights defender, El […]
As announced last week by Liberia’s Foreign Minister Gbehzohngar Findley during a visit to Rabat, Liberia has officially opened this Thursday its consulate in Dakhla. FM Findley traveled again to Morocco to chair the official opening ceremony of this diplomatic representation. When announcing Liberia’s plan to further broaden its consular services to the […]
A human rights activist in the Tindouf camps denounced, Friday before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the repression and serious abuses perpetrated by the leadership of the separatist polisario front against the population of these camps, calling for holding Algeria accountable for these violations. The Human rights militant and opponent to the […]
Turkmenistan expressed support to Morocco’s efforts to find a lasting political solution to the Sahara on the basis of the autonomy initiative within the framework of its territorial integrity. The autonomy plan “is the only solution to the conflict over the Sahara,” Turkmen foreign minister Rachid Meredov said Thursday following talks with speaker of […]
Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya reiterated her country’s unwavering position on the Sahara issue during her visit to Algeria on Wednesday March 4, much to the distress of Algerian rulers. At a press conference in Algiers, the Spanish official, who was expecting questions on bilateral relations, was instead peppered with questions on Spain’s […]
The government of Turkmenistan has expressed its firm support to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting settlement of the Sahara conflict, saying this realistic plan, backed by the international community, is the only solution to this regional conflict. This stand was voiced by the foreign minister of this Central Asian country Rachid […]
The new Algerian leadership, which continues to be contested by the mass protesters, is on track of its predecessor in inciting hostility towards Morocco and its strategic interest. This could be predicted from previous statements of the new President Abdelmjid Tebboune, who reiterated on multiple occasions during his electoral campaign to the Presidency that he […]
Polisario Chief Brahim Ghali has not been invited to the inauguration of center-right president of Uruguay Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, marking a new era for this Latin American country after 15 years of left-wing rule. The exclusion of the leaders of the Algeria-backed separatist group from attending the presidential swear-in ceremony in Montevideo comes after […]