UN Security Council : Horst Köhler has successfully scheduled a meeting on the Sahara

At the height of the holiday season, the UN Security Council will discuss the situation in Western Sahara on August the 8th. The meeting is taking place only two months before the October deadline, which will be dedicated to the MINURSO mandate.

Human Rights : The UN slams Algeria for the Tindouf camps and Moroccans it expelled in 1975

At the United Nations Human Rights Council, Algeria has been urged to allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to count the population of the Tindouf camps. It also questioned Algiers about Moroccans expelled in 1975 against their will.

MINURSO’s «partial» communiqué on Horst Köhler’s visit to the Sahara

31st Summit : The African Union wants to reopen its representing office at the MINURSO

In his recent report on the Western Sahara conflict, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission suggested to reopen the body's representing office at the MINURSO. The decision that can allow other AU bodies to deploy missions in the Sahara. Creating a mechanism to monitor the situation in the Sahara, however, remains questionable by some Moroccan parties.

Horst Köhler to meet pro-Polisario NGOs Thursday in Laayoune

After visiting Algeria, Mauritania and the Tindouf camps Horst Köhler arrives in Morocco

Sahara : Horst Köhler to start Saturday a tour in the region

Sahara : The Polisario withdraws from the Guerguerate buffer zone

Sahara : Russia, Ethiopia and China abstain in the Security Council

Sahara : Russia's gift to the Polisario and Algeria at the Security Council

By urging the United Nations to reduce the MINURSO’s mandate to six months, instead of one year, Russia has offered the Polisario and Algeria a precious gift. Details.