Sahara: Köhler Summons Algeria for a new roundtable with Morocco
The approach of Horst Köhler, the personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, including Algeria as a directly involved stakeholder in this regional conflict, is endorsed by the Security...
2018, annus horribilis for the polisario
The year 2018 was an annus horribilis for the Polisario, which suffered unprecedented diplomatic setbacks. The separatists have been disavowed at the level of the European Union institutions, while Algeria...
Sahara: Security Council designates Algeria as a party to the conflict
The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, can rub his hands. His perspicacity to involve Algeria as a party to the conflict has been validated by the Security Council,...
Sahara: Polisario, Algeria constrained by compromise demanded by UN Security Council
Now that Algeria has agreed to go to Geneva as a stakeholder in the Sahara conflict alongside Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Horst Köhler is only waiting...
Sahara: Algeria embarrassed to respond publicly to Köhler
Since the UN envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, extended his invitation to Algeria to participate in the December dialogue in Geneva, the Algerian leaders feel trapped. The situation is illustrated by...
Sahara: Horst Köhler pressures Algeria, the Polisario
Algeria is in great embarrassment after the correspondence it received from UN envoy Horst Köhler, inviting it to take part in talks, in Geneva in December, alongside Mauritania, the Polisario and Morocco.
The...
Sahara: Polisario losing foothold on international scene
There are telling signs in the developments of the Western Sahara issue. Several permanent members of the Security Council have clearly expressed their support for the autonomy plan advocated by Morocco.
After...
Sahara: Köhler tours region to understand reality on the ground
Horst Köhler, the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, who is currently touring the region, has chosen Algeria as his first stop. The choice speaks volumes about the role of Algiers...
Sahara: Why Algeria is pushing the Polisario to breaking point
The deterioration of the situation in the Sahara, where Morocco threatens to crack down on the incursions of the Polisario in the buffer zone, actually reflects a tension with Algeria, whose generals push...
Polisario on the defensive before UN Security Council meeting
Few weeks before the presentation of the report of the UN Secretary-General to the Security Council on the Sahara issue, the Algeria-backed Polisario is on the defensive, especially that it has just suffered...
