Pro-Polisario activists are planning to «besiege» a ship carrying a phosphate cargo from the Sahara to a New Zealand port in December, protesting against two Kiwi phosphate importers.
On Sunday, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation. The latter could be a source of concern for the Polisario, which might be losing one of its important allies in Latin America.
In 1977, France became the first and only country to lead a third-party military intervention into the Western Sahara conflict. The military operation was conducted on behalf of Mauritania, which was targeted by the Front’s guerilla forces.