With the exception of the China-Africa Summit, the South African president has been calling on all international forums to advocate for the Polisario Front. In New York, he had the opportunity to demonstrate on two occasions his support for the separatist movement.
The president of the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) the biggest Islamist party in Algeria, Abderrazak Makri, said on Wednesday that the Western Sahara issue should not affect relations between Algeria and Morocco, considering the closure of borders separating the two neighboring countries as a huge «mistake that should be corrected».
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) hailed on Tuesday, 18th of September, the “historic decision” of a Canadian company who announced that it is no longer importing products from the Sahara. However, Nutrien, the firm in question, explains that its decision was based on economic reasons.