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Eighteen Italian cities have voiced strong backing to the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for a lasting resolution of the Sahara conflict. In a joint statement released lately, the mayors of eighteen Italian communes of Canavese, in the Piedmont region, “welcomed the process of advanced regionalization which provides for a new, more dynamic policy in […]
Speaker of Latin America’s Parliament, Jorge Pizarro Estéban Soto, has voiced firm backing to the efforts made by the Secretary General of the United Nations for the resolution of the Sahara issue. Speaking to journalists after meeting Wednesday in Rabat Moroccan foreign minister Nasser Bourita, Mr. Estéban Soto said talks were an opportunity for the […]
The UN is the only organization entitled to broker a settlement of the Sahara issue, said Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat in a statement that confirms AU’s new-found neutrality in the regional conflict. Moussa Faki Mahamat recalled resolution 639 of the African Union in Nouakchott, which remedied the organization’s past […]
Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita renewed on Sunday in Addis Ababa, his country’s firm attachment to the United Nations as the exclusive framework for finding a solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue. This regional conflict is in the hands of the UN which “remains the sole framework for finding a solution to this dispute in […]
Burkina Faso will be the next state to open a diplomatic representation in the Moroccan Sahara region, as part of an African push to show support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the southern territory. Burkina Faso will thus be the seventh state to open a consulate in the Sahara after Comoros, Gambia, Gabon, […]
The European Union (EU) has denied rumors that it will ban Morocco from exporting products from the southern region of the Sahara to European states. The EU’s position on the labeling of Moroccan products has not changed, affirmed the EU’s spokesperson Peter Stano on Thursday, Feb. 6, from Brussels, Belgium. The union will apply the […]
Satellite images shared on Moroccan media showed a sand wall built by Algerian authorities around the Polisario-run Tindouf camps where thousands of Sahraouis remain hostage. The Polisario and its mentor Algeria have restricted access by independent rights groups to the camps and prevented the UN refugee agency from conducting a head count. The […]
The Polisario is a geopolitical sham entity lacking all statehood attributes including historical and demographic aspects, Brazilian O Globo media outlet said. The paper, in an op-ed by Moroccan ambassador to Brazil, shed light on the recent withdrawals by many Latin American states of the so-called SADR republic, a puppet state created by Algeria. […]
Côte d’Ivoire will shortly open a Consulate General in the Moroccan Southern city of Laayoune, announced on Wednesday spokesperson for the Ivorian government, Sidi Tiémoko Touré. The decree establishing the consulate in Laayoune was adopted by the Council of ministers, convened Wednesday in Abidjan, the spokesperson announced at a press briefing. “This measure […]
Portugal described as “serious and credible” Morocco’s plan to grant autonomy to the Sahara region, saying the proposal offers prospects for the resolution of the Sahara issue. The remarks were made by Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva following talks with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita in Rabat Wednesday. “The Portuguese position on this regional […]