Western Sahara Issue to Take a Different Course in 2017
The year 2017 heralds the Western Sahara issue will take a different course both at the level of the UN, as Portuguese Antonio Guterres will be at the helm as of January, and at regional…
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Election of Portuguese Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary General, Unwelcome In Algeria, Tindouf
The UN General Assembly endorsed on Thursday the Portuguese Antonio Guterres as the new UN Secretary General who will succeed Ban Ki-moon. Antonio Guterres, who had been picked by the Security Council, will take up…
Western Sahara: Tindouf Sahrawis relieved after UN call for a census
Since the publication of the UN Secretary-General’s report, the Polisario leaders’ morale has reached its lowest ebb, while great satisfaction can be read on the faces of the majority of the Tindouf camps Sahrawis who…
UN-Western Sahara : Algeria, the Polisario in a black mood
After they were placed in the dock by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) for the diversion of humanitarian assistance destined to the Tindouf camps, Algerian and Polisario leaders suffered a new setback at the United…
UN / Western Sahara: Polisario fires its last blank cartridges
While a decisive meeting of the Security Council on the Western Sahara issue, scheduled for the end of April, is nearing the Polisario leaders seized the opportunity of the presence in the Tindouf camps of…
Western Sahara: Ban Ki-moon Reassures Rabat about UN neutrality
Morocco has received formal assurances from The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon with respect to the neutrality of the United Nations, its agencies and its special envoys in dealing with the Western Sahara issue. Rabat actually…
Western Sahara: New Blow to the Polisario and its Algerian Mentor
The Polisario leaders and their Algerian mentors will shortly receive another slap in the face in the Western Sahara issue despite the huge amounts they injected in anti-Moroccan lobbying campaigns. The UN Security Council is…