South Africa left angered over Morocco’s conference on the Sahara

The chairperson of the African National Congress, a ruling party in South Africa, criticized Morocco for hosting a parallel conference on the same day SADC was organizing a meeting to support the Polisario Front.

Palestine : Donald Trump recognizes Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights

King Abdullah II of Jordan to visit Morocco on Wednesday and Thursday

Abdelkader Bensalah «can't replace Bouteflika» because of his «Moroccan nationality»

The leader of Algeria’s Justice and Development Front party has announced that the current Speaker of the country’s Council of the Nation, the parliament’s upper chamber, could not run the country if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns. To him, Abdelkader Bensalah’s Moroccan origins are the problem.

Morocco purchases 25 F-16 and upgrades 23 others for $4.772 billion

Western Sahara : The Marrakech conference supports the UN-led process and the AU Troika

Sahara : SADC member states torn between a Polisario conference and a Marrakech meeting

As Marrakech is hosting an African meeting on the Western Sahara conflict, Pretoria chairs a SADC conference to support the Polisario. Some African countries have decided to send delegations to both Morocco and South Africa, trying to please both parties.

In Geneva, Algiers reiterates its call for a meeting of the AMU Executive Council

Rabat : Police disperse a teachers’ protest using water cannons

Sahara : Horst Köhler ends the second round-table, promises to arrange a third meeting  

The second round-table on the Western Sahara dispute has ended Friday. Following the two-day talks, Horst Köhler issued a statement that goes hand in hand with the UN Security Council resolutions.