The Polisario used tanks and military vehicles to disperse a protest in Tindouf

Will protests in Algeria have a negative impact on the Polisario ?

Will Algeria’s Hirak movement have a negative impact on the Polisario ? To M’Hamed Khaddad, the Front’s coordinator with MINURSO, protests in the country wouldn’t affect the separatist movement. The Polisario, however, decreased its activities in Europe and in the US in 2019 compared to the previous years.

The Polisario knocks on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s door

The UN Security Council’s draft resolution on Western Sahara worries the Polisario

As UN Security Council’s members are holding discussions on the Western Sahara draft resolution, the Poilisario Front accuses Morocco of spreading «fake news», quoting sources in New York.

Egypt : A Polisario delegation invited to an AU meeting attended by Morocco

Cairo is hosting the second meeting of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Transport, Transcontinental and Interregional Infrastructure, Energy and Tourism. The event is attended by Morocco's Secretary of State to Minister of Transport Najib Boulif and a Polisario delegation.

Sahara : The Sahrawi Initiative for Change says the UN two round-tables are a «waste of time»

Before the adoption of a new resolution, the Polisario sends a representative to New York

Western Sahara : The Polisario addresses the UN Security Council

Laayoune : Authorities expel two Spanish activists to the Canary Islands

Ould Abdel Aziz : The West «doesn’t want a state between Morocco and Mauritania»

Interviewed by Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, the Mauritanian president said that «the West, the United States and Europe do not want a state separating Mauritania from Morocco». «Everything you hear, outside this framework, is wrong», he said, adopting a position that was voiced in 2008 by Peter van Walsum.