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.
Last week, several media platforms from Moroccan and the Polisario reported that Google Maps has updated the Kingdom’s map. Yet the information is not new and has nothing to do with the conflict.
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.
The Polisario has officially launched a new campaign to oppose negotiations held currently between Morocco and the European Union.
The ECOWAS Commission has not revealed yet the results of a study meant to examine implications of Moroccan membership. A situation the United Nations proposed to work on by hosting an expert meeting in Benin.