The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, reaffirmed, in his latest report to the Security Council, the parameters of the political solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.
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In case you missed the news earlier, Western Sahara is not a topic for consideration in the Security Council this month.
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UK’s Minister for the Middle East and North Africa and Minister of State for International Development, Andrew Murrison, reiterated Tuesday in Rabat his country's "full support" to the UN-led process aimed at reaching a solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue as well as to Morocco's "serious and...
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The Talking Point piece "Stop New Zealand's role in controversial phosphate trade" Hawke's Bay Today August 26, prompts the need to restate the facts on this matter for the sake of an informed debate.
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Director general for Middle East and North Africa at the Japanese foreign ministry, ambassador katsuhiko Takahashi, reiterated, on Sunday in Tokyo, his country's non-recognition of fake "SADR" and lauded the important role of Morocco in the MENA region.
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The Polisario Front has not been one of the priorities set up by the Algerian lobbyists in the United States. This has been witnessed after the statements published by the Wall Street Journal’s recent article on the Sahara.
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For the United States, independence is not an option to settle the Moroccan Sahara issue, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out in an article published on Sunday.
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Japan reaffirmed its steady position on the Sahara issue making it clear that it has never and will never recognize the Polisario separatist entity.
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Following the unexpected resignation of Horst Köhler as the UNSG’s Personal Envoy for the Western Sahara on May 22, chances to advance the Western Sahara dossier in the coming year seem seriously diminished. However, other factors may keep the Americans pushing the parties forward.
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A large delegation of elected representatives from Morocco’s Southern Provinces, led by President of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab Regional Council, Yanja El Khattat, held talks with several Irish senior officials as part of a visit to Ireland (June 13-15).
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The Dominican Republic has reaffirmed its respect for the territorial integrity of Morocco and its national sovereignty as well as its support for the efforts of Morocco in the search for a political solution to put an end to the regional dispute over the Sahara.
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El Salvador's new government is currently in an assessment phase of its diplomatic relations with the pseudo "SADR", says on Friday the Salvadoran Foreign ministry.
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After serving for just 25 months as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Horst Köhler quitted his UN job for “health reasons”. His resignation raises the possibility of three scenarios.
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Two years after taking office, UN Special Envoy to the Sahara Horst Köhler submitted his resignation citing health reasons, a decision that analysts say could bring negotiations over the Sahara issue to square one.
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Lima-based Peruvian Solidarity Council with SADR, the Sahara republic, self-proclaimed by the Polisario with the support of Algeria, has dropped its support for an “independent” entity as claimed by the Polisario and urged the separatist movement to align itself with Morocco’s proposal for...
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MINURSO is not the oldest UN peacekeeping mission. That distinction belongs to UNTSO, the peacekeeping operation headquartered in Jerusalem and UNMOGIP based in disputed Kashmir along the India/Pakistan border region.
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Chairman of Australia-Arab Chamber of Commerce & Industry Roland Jabbour has voiced his country’s full backing to Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara.
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In diplomacy, artful ambiguity can be a useful tool, but it can also be a dangerous trap when clarity would have been the better choice.
The United States allegedly has a policy on Western Sahara, but what is it? -
A cargo ship, the World Cup and the wrangle over Western Sahara are factors in a bizarre face-off between Africa’s powerhouse nations, SA and Morocco, writes Ranjeni Munusamy
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Interviewed by Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, the Mauritanian president said that «the West, the United States and Europe do not want a state separating Mauritania from Morocco». «Everything you hear, outside this framework, is wrong», he said, adopting a position that was voiced in...
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Colonial legacies, more exceptionally the inherited colonial border adjustments of postcolonial States, have sowed the seeds of instability in Africa and elsewhere.