The U.S. Ambassador to Algiers has paid the Tindouf Camps a visit. For the moment he has not met yet with member of the Polisario leadership. Yet, questions have been raised regarding the official’s visit to the area.
Spanish MPs have urged the Rajoy government to recognize the «SADR» and directly negotiate trade agreements that include the Sahara with the Polisario.
In 1988, a social unrest has taken place in the Tindouf Camps. A group of officials protested against the leadership of the front and the oppressive method it adopted. Several Sahrawis were arrested, tortured and abducted following the events. Flash back.
During a press briefing held in the office of the spokesperson for the UN secretary general, it has been announced that the USA has offered $1 million to the World Food Program. The fund is meant to help Sahrawi refugees in camps of the Polisario Front.
The Polisario Front announced on Monday the arrest of 19 Moroccans for smuggling and drug trafficking. Through its media outlets, the separatist movement is trying to draw attention away from the drug trafficking war that broke off earlier this month between Brahim Ghali and Mohamed Lamine Ould El Bouhali‘s gangs.