Polisario’s Threats to Resort to Arms Could Backfire
The Polisario is bringing up again the threat to take up arms against Morocco as a means of pressure on the Security Council which is about to vote a new resolution on the Sahara. Yet, this threat, obviously...
Algiers more worried than the Polisario by Morocco–GCC Summit
In Algeria, neither Algerian leaders, nor Polisario leaders were expecting such a heavy blow: the announcement of a summit between King Mohammed VI and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council, on April...
Sahara: The Feat of Manuel Valls in Algiers
The French Prime Minister’s visit in Algiers has just brought another disappointment to Algerian leaders, who could not snatch any concession from Manuel Valls on the Sahara issue. The diplomatic setback...
Sahara: The European Appeal that has Shaken the Polisario
After it followed with concern the indignant reaction of the Council of the European Union following the cancellation of the Morocco-EU farm deal, the Polisario has been shaken by the appeal lodged by...
Algeria-Sahara: How Ayrault Restrained Lamamra
According to informed sources in the Polisario headquarters in Tindouf, the Algerian government was keen to publicize its Sunday meeting with Polisario officials for a very specific purpose: to send a...
How the Leaders of Crans Montana Forum Infuriate the Polisario
The session of the Crans Montana Forum held in Dakhla is a moment of disappointment and irritation for Algeria and the Polisario, which tried to derail this major international event, but to no avail,...
Sahara: Ban Ki-Moon Turns Moroccans against him
The determined reaction of Morocco, with the demonstration staged by more than three million people in Rabat, on Sunday March 13, to protest against Ban Ki-Moon, constituted a strong signal that was felt...
Sahara: Anger against Ban Ki-Moon in New York
Ban Ki-Moon will remember for a long time his tour in the Maghreb region. The UN Secretary General has actually irked several members of the Security Council because he let the Polisario and Algeria...
Polisario: Jockeying on the Eve of Ban Ki-Moon’s Visit
Algeria and its protégé, the Polisario, are trying to exert pressure on Ban Ki-Moon regarding the Western Sahara issue, as they aimed at the United Nations just few days before the visit of the UN Secretary...
Western Sahara: Will Algeria Authorize Polisario Members to Attend a Conference in Marrakech?
The Bensaid Ait Idder Centre for Studies and Research will hold an international forum on the Western Sahara conflict in Marrakech next April 8 to10.
The Centre has faxed an official invitation to the...
