Risking the ire of Algeria and the Polisario, Staffan de Mistura has called for the resumption of the Round Table process, which has been stalled for several years. The UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara also urged Algiers to (...)
The United States has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, increasing pressure on the Polisario Front and Algeria to resume negotiations. While the text is backed by Western (...)
On November 13, 2020, the Polisario Front announced the onset of a «war» against Morocco. Yet, since this bold declaration, the movement has failed to achieve any tangible progress on the ground.
As skepticism grows within the Tindouf camps (...)
In light of the recent remarks by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on the Sahara conflict, the Polisario Front is making its stance clear. Its leader, Brahim Ghali, announced this past Sunday, October 12, during a speech, that his (...)
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has subtly dismissed a Saudi initiative aimed at mending ties with Morocco, which have been strained since August 2021. «There are brothers, acting in good faith, who ask us to reopen the borders» with (...)
The United Kingdom has aligned with the United States and France to endorse a UN Security Council resolution supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, bolstering the 2007 proposal's credibility, Africa Intelligence reports. Meanwhile, (...)
The Royal Armed Forces (FAR) of Morocco and the French army have launched the 2025 edition of the Chergui exercise, taking place in the eastern region of the kingdom close to the Algerian border. France has dispatched «elements of the 5th Combat (...)
As the UN Security Council gears up to tackle the Sahara issue in the coming weeks, Algeria is placing its bets on Russia. Following a meeting last week in New York between the Algerian Foreign Minister and his Russian counterpart, Algiers has (...)
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, Algeria's Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf continued his consultations on the Sahara issue. In this context, he met yesterday in New York with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations (...)
This Sunday in New York, Algeria's Foreign Minister held talks with his «counterpart» from the Polisario Front. The discussions between Ahmed Attaf and Mohamed Yeslem Beissat centered on «the evolving situation in Western Sahara, in light of (...)
On Saturday, Algeria's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, held a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, in New York during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly. The contentious issue of Western Sahara was a focal point of their (...)
Massad Boulos, the special advisor to the President of the United States for Africa, held separate meetings on Friday, September 26, in New York with the foreign ministers of Morocco and Algeria.
During his discussion with Morocco's Foreign (...)
Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, is continuing his diplomatic efforts on the Sahara conflict. On Thursday, he met with Massad Boulos, U.S. President Donald Trump's special advisor on African affairs. (...)
The UN Secretary-General's personal envoy for Western Sahara is pressing ahead with his consultations. On Thursday, September 25, Staffan de Mistura met with Algeria's Foreign Minister, Ahmed Attaf, in New York.
The Algerian diplomatic corps (...)
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita met on Tuesday, September 23, in New York with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares.
According to Moroccan diplomacy, the two (...)
The personal envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, made a "technical stopover in Laayoune" on Saturday, September 20, a Moroccan source told Yabiladi.
During his brief stay in the provincial capital, (...)
On Thursday, September 18, at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, President Donald Trump's special advisor for Africa met with AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Youssouf. The talks focused on «our shared commitment to advancing peace, (...)
Polisario militias have kidnapped about ten Mauritanian gold prospectors near El Malhate, despite the area being inside Mauritanian territory. «Elements of the Front carried out operations on Tuesday and Wednesday against Mauritanians engaged in (...)
A few weeks before the pivotal October meeting at the UN Security Council, an official U.S. media outlet revealed details of discussions held in late July in Algiers between President Donald Trump's special advisor for Africa and Algerian President (...)
Staffan de Mistura has continued his regional tour. The personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara arrived in Moscow on Thursday, September 18, where he was received by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.
«The (...)
From September 10 to 13, the President of the House of Representatives, Rachid Talbi Alami, led a delegation of Moroccan MPs on an official visit to Finland. Just four days later, on Wednesday, the President of Algeria's upper house, Azouz Nasri, (...)
Tonight in Algiers, Staffan de Mistura, the UN Secretary-General's personal envoy for Western Sahara, met with Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf. According to a statement from the ministry, Attaf reaffirmed Algeria's support for UN efforts «to (...)
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to review the Western Sahara issue, coordination between Paris and Rabat is intensifying. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot is expected to meet soon with UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura. (...)
Algiers hosted the 4th edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) from September 4 to 10. The event was notably attended by Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, alongside Polisario leader Brahim Ghali, who was invited by (...)
On the sidelines of the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025), held from September 4 to 10 in Algiers, the Polisario Front called on African and international investors to view Western Sahara as a viable investment destination. The appeal was (...)