African Union : The troika meeting on the Sahara did not take place in Niamey

Set up in July 2018 at an African Union summit in Nouakchott, the troika on Western Sahara held one unofficial meeting in February in Addis Ababa. A second meeting, scheduled for July 8 in Niamey, has been postponed to a later date.

Sahara : Morocco backed by its allies in a UN Special Committee on decolonization meeting

On Monday, the UN Special Committee on decolonization discussed the Western Sahara issue in a session held in New York. During the meeting, attended by several delegations, the Kingdom was backed by its classical allies in Africa and in Middle East.  

Saadeddine El Othmani and Tunisia’s Prime Minister meet in Geneva

Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita received by his Saudi counterpart in Jeddah

Western Sahara : Polisario’s leader Brahim Ghali meets Icelandic Prime Minister in Reykjavik

After a delegation from the Front was received by the Irish President in Dublin, Brahim Ghali and two of the Polisario’s members flew to Iceland. In Reykjavik, the separatist movement’s leader was received by the Icelandic Prime Minister.

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

Western Sahara : Horst Köhler and a Polisario delegation meet in Berlin

African Union : Morocco’s pressure worries the Polisario Front

Horst Köhler is reportedly expected to meet a Polisario delegation in Berlin in March

Despite Morocco's efforts, a Polisario delegation attends an EU-AU meeting in Brussels

Brussels is currently hosting the meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the African Union and the European Union, which is attended by a Polisario delegation. This move comes after Morocco has tried everything to ban the representatives of the separatist movement from making it to international meetings.