The «young» leaders of the Polisario, who have long awaited their turn to take the helm of the movement, accuse the «old guard» of being responsible for the Front’s failures and «political defections». They also denounce its inability to «rise to the challenge and adapt» to current realities.
From Geneva, civil society actors issued a call during a recent meeting urging the United Nations to ensure protection for Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps by granting them official refugee status, a right denied for the past 50 years due to the Polisario Front and Algeria’s determination to use the camp population as leverage in their ongoing conflict with Morocco.