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...
Africa Eco Race: The Sports Event Which Irks Polisario Chief
The Polisario leader Brahim Ghali is fuming and angry against the organizers of Africa Eco Race, whose competitors started, on Sunday from Monaco the 6000 km-long race to cross Morocco, its Saharan provinces...
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: 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.
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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...
Polisario, Mauritania … the pathways taken by Tehran to establish itself in the Maghreb
Only few days after Morocco decided to sever diplomatic relations with Iran, which it accuses of helping the Polisario through Hezbollah, Mauritanian authorities vented their anger at Iranians for the...
Polisario: What is behind Nouakchott’s decision to declare border with Algeria “closed military zone”?
Nouakchott’s decision to declare the border with Algeria a “closed military zone” did not come out of the blues. The seizure a few days later of weapons and drugs in a vehicle coming from...
Sahara: Polisario appalled by its powerlessness to hinder holding of Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla
A feeling of helplessness has overwhelmed the Polisario leaders because of their powerlessness to undermine the holding of the renowned Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla, a seaside city of Western Sahara in...