In recent days, fruits and vegetables have been sold at exorbitant prices in the markets of Nouakchott. This is the consequence of the closure for three weeks of the only crossing point between Mauritania and Morocco, its biggest supplier.
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.
Libya and the Sahara were at the heart of the remarks made by the Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, last Saturday, in front of the high-ranking officers of the army.
The Supreme Court refuses Spanish nationality to those born in Western Sahara during the colonial period.
Google Maps has modified the borders according to the country where the search is made. According to the search made by an Internet user in Morocco, the Moroccan Sahara is not visible on the map, but one sees the kingdom, cut in two, with the presence of the Western Sahara.
The normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and Rabat is still a concern for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter is said to have tried to conclude a tripartite agreement between Israel, the United States and Morocco .
The delimitation of Morocco’s territorial waters with Spain and Mauritania continues to provoke reactions. The Spanish party, Podemos, rejects "Morocco’s expansionist policy".
The brand new Algerian president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has once again contested Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara.
The decision of Guinea and Gabon to set up their consular representations in the cities of Dakhla and Laayoune is not to the liking of Algeria. Algiers is expressing its opposition and accuses Morocco of wanting to legitimize the occupation of the Sahara.
The South African Football Association (SAFA) is withdrawing from the 2020 AFCON futsal, scheduled to be held from January 28 to February 7 in Laâyoune . More than a political decision, South Africa, although qualified, wants to boycott the competition because of the Sahara.
The "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" condemns the opening of a Gambian consular representation in Dakhla. It describes this decision as a "flagrant aggression".
Abderrahmane Youssoufi, former Moroccan Prime Minister, also former first secretary of the Union of Socialist Forces (USFP) party, called for a "historic reconciliation with our Algerian brothers" during a conference organized by his party in Oujda, in the northeast of Morocco .