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...
Polisario militiamen attempt to reach Malian front
A group of Polisario militiamen have managed to steal four Toyota military vehicles from barracks in the Tindouf camps, kidnapped the head of the Polisario special units and tried to head to the Malian...
The Polisario destabilized by Christopher Ross’s new proposals
The mollifying stories published during Christopher Ross’s visit to Algeria hardly concealed the deep frustration and disappointment of the leaders of both the Polisario and Algeria. They are equally...
Algeria deletes Polisario dissidents from Ross’s agenda
If Christopher Ross was not allowed to meet with Polisario dissidents in Tindouf, it was because of the strong opposition of Algerian officials who wanted to avoid a precedent, according to an informed...
Mohamed Abdelaziz’s Hospitalization Ignites Succession Battle
The critical condition of the Polisario chief, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and his recent hospitalization ignited suspicions and tensions among the Tindouf camps residents.
Mohamed Abdelaziz, already diagnosed...
Algeria: collateral consequences of diverted aid
Algerian officials, still feeling bad after the latest revelations about the diversion of the international aid destined to the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, are shooting in the dark to try to discredit...
Sahara: The unconvincing denial of the Quai d’Orsay
While relations between Morocco and France are currently strained, a French minister has just committed a new faux pas, throwing more fuel on the fire.
The socialist minister of Agriculture and spokesman...
Algeria: Polisario spared by cuts in the budget
According to informed sources in Tindouf, the Polisario leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz, had had a hard time last Wednesday, when the Algerian Council of Ministers was meeting to decide cuts in the budget in...
SI: Polisario Stunned by Setback in Geneva
Neither the Polisario nor its Algerian mentors have assimilated the blow they were dealt recently in Geneva, after Algerian maneuvers to secure the Polisario’s membership to the Socialist International...