In response to its support for the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" (SADR) has announced the exclusion of France from any initiative related to the decolonization of this territory, including the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
During the 45th session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) in Accra (Ghana), Ahmed Attaf, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, criticized the organization, particularly Morocco, without mentioning it, due to the exclusion of the Polisario from meetings with AU international partners.
The 2021 stay of Brahim Ghali , the leader of the Polisario Front, at the San Pedro de Logroño hospital in Spain cost the sum of 45,658 euros. An unpaid bill to this day, according to the authorities of La Rioja.
The Algerian army and the Polisario are using a replica of the Moroccan sand wall in a training field near Tindouf. What are they preparing?
The Polisario Front has claimed the new explosions that sounded in the afternoon of Saturday in desert areas dozens of kilometers from the city of Smara, located about 200 km east of Laâyoune, in the Sahara.
New explosions were heard on Saturday in desert areas dozens of kilometers from the city of Smara, located about 200 km east of Laâyoune, in the Sahara. Is the Polisario behind these attacks?
Targeted by calls for a boycott, the concert of Tunisian rapper Balti in Rabat is at risk of being canceled. Many Internet users blame him for having displayed a Polisario flag alongside those of the Maghreb countries in support of Algerian singer Soolking, who was prevented from performing in Morocco.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune reiterates his country’s support for the Polisario. He says he is committed to what he describes as the "right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination".
Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario, takes a dim view of the support the United Arab Emirates are providing to Morocco on several fronts, including military and economic.
Algeria has banned the entry into its territory of the jersey of the Moroccan club Renaissance de Berkane, which will have to cross swords with the Union Sportive de la Médina d’Alger, on Sunday, April 21, 2024, as part of the first leg of the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
The Sahara issue remains one of the points of friction between Rabat and Algiers, which unilaterally broke off diplomatic relations with its neighbor in 2021. Professor Abderrahim Manar Slimi believes that France’s recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara would have a negative impact on Algeria, the protector of the Polisario.
The Polisario, protected by Algeria, is expressing its opposition to the financing by the French Development Agency (AFD) of French projects in the Sahara.