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: King Mohammed welcomes increasing compatibility between Moroccan and international positions
King Mohammed VI reiterated on Monday Morocco’s commitment to the momentum launched by the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for the settlement of the Sahara issue, while noting the increasing...
Sahara: Security Council puts Polisario, Algeria under pressure
Although they try to hide their disappointment, the Polisario and Algeria have been particularly struck by the UN Security Council Resolution 2414 on the Sahara. The text insists on a realistic political...
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...
UN: Security Council Crack the Whip over the Polisario
With a one-day delay over the initial schedule, the Security Council meeting on the Sahara was finally programmed for this Friday. The Council will vote on a resolution urging the Polisario to withdraw...
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...
Western Sahara: Algeria’s blunders
Algeria’s frantic feverishness is growing as the Security Council meeting on the Western Sahara issue slated for the end of April is nearing, entailing not only media and diplomatic blunders on the part...
Ross in Tindouf : what is behind the Polisario’s odd restraint?
The restraint observed by the Polisario on the current visit of Christopher Ross in the Tindouf camps does not succeed to hide the embarrassment of the separatist front leaders regarding the UN mediator’s...
