Dust from the Moroccan Sahara is expected to fly over Europe again this weekend or by Monday, February 22, 2021. This is what the European Atmosphere Monitoring Service, Copernicus, has announced.
Abdelilah Benkirane, former head of the Moroccan government, denies any responsibility of the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) in the agreement to normalize diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. He claims that it was King Mohammed VI who made this decision in the interest of the kingdom.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has reaffirmed his country’s position on the Sahara. He maintains that the "Sahrawis have the right to self-determination".
Algerian MPs have sent a letter to the current President of the United States, Joe Biden, asking him to cancel the decree recognizing American sovereignty over the Sahara. This move has elicited a reaction from their Moroccan counterparts.
The Saharan dust that swept over parts of Europe last week caused a peak in air pollution. This is the finding of the European atmospheric monitoring service Copernicus.
Nasser Bourita , Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, condemns Algeria’s relentlessness against the Sahara, which has become its "true national cause".
Danny Danon, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the UN, welcomed the decision regarding the US recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. He is convinced that the Biden administration will support this decision.
On January 31, King Mohammed VI and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari spoke on the phone. The two heads of state have probably addressed the issue of the Sahara during this discussion, which comes on the eve of the African Union (AU) summit scheduled for February 6 and 7 in Addis Ababa.
Algerian elected officials have written to the current US President Joe Biden to ask him to cancel the decree recognizing the United States’ sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, issued by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
After the telephone conversation between King Mohammed VI and the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, panic is beginning to spread among the leaders of the Polisario. Mohamed Ould Salek, the movement’s envoy, was received by President Buhari on Monday, February 1st.
The United Kingdom considers the status of Western Sahara as undetermined. This is at least what James Cleverly, Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa and the Commonwealth Office, has affirmed.
With the takeover of Joe Biden, a few voices were raised hoping that the new US president would review his position on the US recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara. This will not be the case, the new US president will not touch it.