First Independent Mena Newspaper
The United States made it clear that independence is not an option for settling the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, writes the US widely-circulated daily, The Wall Street Journal. In a story by its special envoy Dion Nissenbaum published Sunday, the US daily notes that US officials who are closely following discussions on the Sahara […]
Japan reaffirmed its steady position on the Sahara issue making it clear that it has never and will never recognize the Polisario separatist entity. “Tokyo backs UN Security Council Resolutions,” said Japanese ambassador to Morocco Takuji Hanatani after talks with Lower House Speaker Habib El Malki. Japan’s position on the conflict remains “unchanged”, insisted […]
The feckless and corrupt Polisario leaders continue to suffer major setbacks, losing more grounds, allies, regional and international support. It seems that they have been dropped by the new Mauritanian leadership. The early signs of the cracks in relations with Nouakchott appeared during the presidential campaign that led to the victory of Mohamed Ould […]
A group of Italian NGOs staged protests recently to denounce the use by the Polisario of children in an utter violation of their basic rights. The Polisario has gained a notoriety over the years for enrolling children in the ranks of its militias and for forcibly sending them to countries such as Cuba where they […]
Morocco’s national human rights council (CNDH) will pay compensation to dozens civilians who were kidnapped by the polisario separatists militias. Many Moroccans endured violations by the Polisario, which, with consent and support from Algeria, conducted hit and run tactics against Morocco and kidnaped, burned down and looted villagers on the border. The victims were identified […]
Hafdallah El Khalil Ould Braih, son of Ahmed Khalil, was taken lately to Rabouni hospital after fainting in front of UNHCR HQs while he was staging a sit-in with his family to demand the disclosure of the whereabouts of his father, a former Polisario leader kidnapped in Algiers. For his part, Fadel Breïka, one […]
King Mohammed VI has affirmed that Morocco “remains resolutely and earnestly committed to the political process (for the settlement of the Sahara issue), under the exclusive aegis of the United Nations Organization”. Addressing the Nation on Monday on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his enthronement, the Monarch said the celebration of the […]
The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) welcomed on Wednesday the opening of an investigation into the fatal road traffic collision that occurred lately in Laayoune where there were clashes between pro-separatist troublemakers and security forces. The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights also decried “the use of children and minors in the context of a […]
The government of Guinea Conakry has renewed its full backing to the Moroccan autonomy plan offered for the Sahara, saying this plan is the only solution for the settlement of this regional conflict. The statement was made Tuesday in Rabat by Foreign Affairs minister Mamadi Touré at a joint press briefing with his Moroccan peer […]
About one hundred demonstrators have joined the members of the family of Ahmed Khalil in a sit-in organized in front of UNHCR headquarters in Tindouf to demand answers about the whereabouts of ex-polisario leader, kidnapped in 2009 by the Algerian security services. Mr. Khalil was abducted ten years ago in Algiers where he was expected […]