After the US House of Representatives passed a bill that treats Western Sahara as a «sovereign entity», pro-Polisario lobbyists in the Senate took the lead, stressing that they would endorse MPs’ will to exclude the Saharan provinces from economic assistance granted to the Kingdom.
According to the United States Department of State's recent estimates, 100,000 Sahrawis live in Tindouf. This number comes as the Security Council has urged the UN for years to conduct a population census in the camps.
While the Africa Eco Race participants are heading to Guerguerate, the Polisario is hosting a military drill in Amhereez. The Front, once again, denied alleged incursions in Guerguerate.
After reports suggested that the Polisario is planning to block the 11th edition of the Africa Eco Race, expected to stop by Gueguerat, a source from the Tindouf camps denied the information.
Istiqlal secretary general Nizar Baraka responded to the US National Security Advisor John Bolton. In a letter addressed to the American official, he recalled some facts about the Sahara dispute.