Algeria could carry out a military intervention in the Sahara that could destabilize the region. This is at least what a report from the international think tank Crisis Group indicates, which recommends that Morocco’s international partners (the United States and France) push Rabat to accept, without precondition, a new envoy tasked with negotiating a de-escalation.
Omar Hilale , Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, stated that the problem of the El Guerguerat border crossing post was definitively over.
The visit of a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in coordination with the Moroccan authorities to Laâyoune and Dakhla is not to the liking of the Polisario. The independence movement expresses its anger through Oubi Bouchraya Bachir, its representative in Europe.
The defense wall has been extended by 50 km to the east to secure the Touizgui area in the province of Assa-Zag, and to complete the border system to the east. This new wall is located up to 3 km from the Algerian wall, according to satellite images broadcast by the unofficial YouTube channel of the FAR .
Contrary to the Polisario’s allegations of an "open war" in the Sahara, Stéphane Dujarric, the UN spokesperson, assures that the situation is normal. However, he calls on Morocco and the separatist movement to exercise restraint.
The US State Department and the CIA are now using the map of Morocco integrating the territory of the Sahara. This should reassure the kingdom at a time when Algerian lobbies and supporters of the Polisario are calling on the Biden administration to call into question the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)", a Polisario official, protected by Algeria, attacked the UN, accusing it of supporting Morocco in its military offensive against the separatist movement’s militias in the Sahara.
Jeune Afrique devoted an article to the long-standing tensions between Morocco and Algeria over the Sahara issue. The pan-African weekly wonders if we are heading towards an open conflict between the two countries.
Apparently, Abdelmadjid Tebboune , the Algerian president, is moving further and further away from any possible warming of relations between his country and Morocco. He received the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, at the Al Mouradia palace on Thursday.
Mauritania is preparing to soon announce the cancellation of the decree recognizing the Polisario Front. The current government wants to challenge this decision taken under the former president Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidala, and which has not been contradicted by any government so far for fear of retaliation or pressure.
Morocco and Spain share common interests in the areas of immigration, security and fishing. However, relations between the two countries remain tense, particularly due to their differences on the Sahara issue.
The Spanish public air navigation company, Enaire, has recommended that civil aircraft avoid overflying the Sahara, due to the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front.