Colonel-Major of the Royal Armed Forces , Cherif Dlimi, passed away on Sunday morning in Rabat, following a Coronavirus infection. The deceased was buried in his hometown of Dakhla .
Algeria says it has "taken note" of UN Security Council Resolution 2548 on the one-year extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). A reaction that speaks volumes about the country’s discontent.
The Polisario views with disfavor the Security Council resolution on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in Moroccan Sahara until October 31, 2021 and threatens to resume arms.
The mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in the Sahara (MINURSO) has been extended until October 31, 2021 during the latest virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council. This decision was adopted by a written procedure of the 15 members of the Council following the cancellation of in-person meetings at the UN headquarters.
The UN Secretary-General has once again demanded the departure of the Polisario and the liberation of the buffer zone of Guerguerat .
The ambassador, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, rejected the allegations of the Algerian representative on the Moroccan Sahara. His intervention came during the virtual ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), held on Friday and whose theme is: "65 years after Bandung".
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, is seeking a sustainable solution for a resolution of the Sahara issue. Based on his latest report to the Security Council on the Moroccan Sahara, made public last Friday, the UN chief recalled the important elements of the recommended solution to resolve this regional dispute, which is over forty years old.
The Polisario Front has just denounced "the escalation strategy of the Moroccan occupation" and calls on the Security Council to react.
Morocco reaffirmed during the high-level meeting of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly its determination to find a definitive solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, within the framework of territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
During the 75th UN General Assembly, the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, reaffirmed his country’s call for a political solution based on compromise to the Moroccan Sahara issue.
Army Corps General Abdelfattah Louarak, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR), visited the Moroccan Sahara defense wall sector on Thursday.
The Head of Government, Saâdeddine El Otmani , has again posted a message on Twitter mentioning the "Western Sahara". The controversy is growing.