A strike launched by a Moroccan drone killed the Polisario’s gendarmerie chief in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, April 8. This announcement was made by Mustapha Selma, former inspector general of the police of the independence movement.
The Polisario is changing its strategy of action to achieve its goal of resolving the crisis in the Sahara. At the end of a press conference held in Algiers on Monday, Mohamed Ould Salek expressed his willingness to sit at the United Nations in order to be able to directly raise his problems to the Security Council.
In the run-up to the next meeting of the Security Council scheduled for April 21, Morocco, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation, has given the green light for the appointment of a United Nations special envoy for the Sahara. Nasser Bourita denounces the actions of Algeria and its protégé, the Polisario.
The Daesh-linked jihadist cell recently dismantled in Morocco was planning to attack a border military post in order to provoke an armed conflict between the kingdom and Algeria.
The Sahara issue remains a concern for the United Nations Security Council. This issue will be addressed at the next session of the UN organization.
The presence of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) has been increasingly noticeable in recent months in the border region with Algeria. They are working to extend the Sahara sand wall and to ensure the permanent security of this very sensitive area.
Since March 2019, the negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Sahara have stalled. A delay that is too long in the eyes of American diplomacy, which is demanding that UN Secretary-General António Guterres appoint a new envoy to resume the discussions.
For several years, Morocco has been waging a relentless and constant fight against terrorism in the Sahelo-Saharan region. In this context, it has forged partnerships with several major powers, including the United States.
Slowly but surely, Morocco is trying to reconquer "the points considered as liberated zones by the Polisario" in the Sahara. However, the tensions between the kingdom and the independence movement are not subsiding.
Algeria and the Polisario have lost a legal battle over phosphate imports in the Sahara against the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. The High Court of New Zealand dismissed the separatists’ complaint filed against this fund in March 2020.
Europe must make a realistic decision on the Sahara issue. This is what the former Spanish Foreign Minister, Ana Palacio, demands in an op-ed after the American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.
Iran provides evidence that it had conspired in secret in Algiers three years ago against Morocco. This is what can be deduced from the recent statements of an Iranian diplomat on the Sahara, supporting the Polisario.