Tag Archives: Polisario Front
By Abe Greenwald, commentarymagazine Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant extremists,” “Egypt Takes Another Step Toward … read more »
Posted in Angola, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara
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By Abe Greenwald, Moroccan American Center for Policy (Washington, DC) column Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara
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Alice Wilson Silence descended on the room. Minutes before, some 50 people had been calling out and exchanging views in the final session of three days of participatory democratic meetings. These meetings had been held in conjunction with the parliamentary … read more »
Posted in Article, Mauritania, Morocco, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, SADR, Sahrawi, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
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By Celeste Hicks Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is correct … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Algeria, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, Ross, Sahel, Western Sahara
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By Celeste Hicks analysis Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is … read more »
This reflection is based on the final report of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations released on November 28. A report that has greatly exasperated the Polisario and its biggest backer, Algeria, because the mandate … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Christopher Ross, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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By: Said Temsamani October 30, 2012 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Western Sahara envoy Christopher Ross, spurned by Morocco in May, began a visit to the kingdom early on Saturday, the Moroccan foreign ministry said. Details of the visit were … read more »
Timofei BELOV The New York Bar Association has issued a document recommending that a referendum be held in Western Sahara which follows the same lines as the South Sudan referendum on independence, making references to international law and claiming that … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, News, North Africa
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New York – South Africa on Tuesday accused UN Security Council powers of “conveniently” ignoring human rights abuses in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The council again rejected growing demands for the UN peacekeeping force in the Moroccan-controlled territory … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Arab Spring, Baso Sangqu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, Sahrawi people, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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By Peter Kenworthy, Master of Social Science, Africa Contact In many North African and Arab countries, the demands for democracy and economic redistribution of the so-called “Arab Spring”, have sounded the loudest from the region’s youth. The press has covered … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged European Parliament, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mariano Rajoy, Master of Social Science, Morocco, Polisario Front, Saharawi, Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
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November 18, 2011 by benim
Tangiers – Morocco wants to fully normalise relations with its neighbour Algeria, strained for decades over the disputed Western Sahara region, the kingdom’s foreign minister told AFP on Thursday. “Whatever the differences, it’s abnormal to not have a normal relationship … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Algeria, Arab League, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Mourad Medelci, Polisario Front, Rabat, Spanish Empire, Western Sahara
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Rabat – Morocco sought US help in May 2006 for opening talks on the Western Sahara with the Polisario Front independence movement, a leaked American diplomatic cable has revealed. Khelli Henna Ould Errachid, head of the government’s Royal Advisory Council … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Dozens of students from Western Sahara were dispersed by Moroccan security forces Friday in a Rabat campus violent protest after the murder of a comrade the night before, witnesses told AFP. Students went on the rampage at the Rabat-Souissi university … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Morocco, News local news, Polisario Front, Rabat, Spanish colony, Spanish Empire, United Nations, Western Sahara, World news
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Masked students with sticks and knives went on the rampage in a Moroccan university campus Friday after a student from the disputed Western Sahara territory was stabbed to death, official media reported. The MAP news agency said the head of … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Algeria, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Libya, Morocco, News local news, Polisario Front, Sahrawi people, Spanish Empire, Western Sahara, World news
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January 20, 2011 by benim
For the sake of international peace and security, the time is ripe to resolve a longstanding conflict over territory in North Africa that has become a major breeding ground for terrorists. The western Sahara, a 101,000 square mile strip held … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Algeria, breaking news, Chris Ross, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, News local news, newspapers, North Africa, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara, World news
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December 19, 2010 by benim
Morocco and Western Sahara’s independence movement agreed on Saturday to speed up talks next year on the disputed territory but remained at odds over its future status, a U.N. mediator said. Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in northwest Africa, … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Western Sahara
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, El Aaiún, Greentree, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, New York City, News local news, Polisario Front, Spanish Empire, United Nations, Western Sahara, World news
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November 16, 2010 by benim
Morocco has defended its security forces following a raid at a protest camp in Western Sahara in which at least 12 people were killed. Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui said police intervention at the camp near the town of Laayoune had … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, al-'Ayūn, Disputed territories, El Aaiún, Independence Intifada, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, Political geography, Political parties in Western Sahara, political-news, Sahrawi, Sahrawi nationality law, Sahrawi people, Spanish Empire, Taieb Cherkaoui, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, War Conflict, Western Sahara
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November 15, 2010 by benim
Several thousand people have protested in Madrid against Morocco over recent violence in Western Sahara…. No
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Tagged El Aaiún, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Javier Bardem, madrid, Morocco, Polisario Front, Pro Western Sahara, spain, Western Sahara
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November 8, 2010 by benim
At least three people have been killed in clashes in Western Sahara, after Moroccan security forces broke up a protest camp in the disputed region. The camp, for several thousand people near the territory’s capital, Laayoune, was the biggest protest … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African countries, al-'Ayūn, Aminatou Haidar, disasters-news, Disputed territories, El Aaiún, geography, Independence Intifada, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Outline of Western Sahara, Polisario Front, Political geography, political-news, Sahara, Sahrawi people, Social Issues, television station, War Conflict, Western Sahara
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October 22, 2010 by benim
One of Africa’s newest oil producers, Mauritania bridges the Arab Maghreb and western sub-Saharan Africa. The largely-desert country presents a cultural contrast, with an Arab-Berber population to the north and black Africans to the south. Many of its people are … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Al-Qaeda, Facts about Mauritania, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Maghreb, Mauritania, Mauritania country profile, Moktar Ould Daddah, Morocco, Polisario Front, Western Sahara
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