SADC does not want SADR to be excluded from participating in international events

After cancelling an AU troika meeting, a Polisario representative meets Rwanda’s Paul Kagame

In August 2017, Brahim Ghali was invited to the inauguration ceremony of President Paul Kagame. Since then, Rwanda has distanded itself from the Polisario, moving closer to Morocco. In an attempt to resume relationship with Rwanda, the Front sent an envoy to Kagame.

Morocco's Jamila Sedqi takes oath as new judge at AU Administrative Tribunal

African Union : The troika meeting on the Sahara did not take place in Niamey

Set up in July 2018 at an African Union summit in Nouakchott, the troika on Western Sahara held one unofficial meeting in February in Addis Ababa. A second meeting, scheduled for July 8 in Niamey, has been postponed to a later date.

African Union : Nasser Bourita downsizes the Polisario’s membership of AfCFTA

In Niamey (Niger), Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita reassured Moroccans about the Kingdom’s new membership of the African Free Trade Agreement Area, joined by the Polisario Front. Joining AfCFTA should not be interpreted as an acknowledgement of an entity that threatens the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, Bourita said.

AU Executive Council wants to send a human rights mission to the Sahara

The Executive Council of the African Union adopted, Saturday, a decision urging the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to visit the Sahara. The decision comes ahead of an African Union troika meeting on the Western Sahara conflict.

Moroccan MPs adopt the EU’s fisheries agreement and the AU’s AfCFTA

The Moroccan parliament examines a bill on joining the African Free Trade Agreement Area

The Moroccan parliament will examine, Wednesday, a bill on joining the African Continental Free Trade Area. As in January 2017 with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, having «SADR» among the parties that signed AfCFTA shouldn’t be a stumbling block.

In Algiers, the Polisario denounces Morocco’s rejection of AU participation in peace process

In a conference held, Saturday, in Algeria, the Polisario denounced Morocco’s rejection of the African Union participation in the Western Sahara process. This rejection comes after the body announced that a presidential troika is the only party allowed to address the conflict.

Moussa Faki and Antonio Guterres meet at the UN without addressing the Western Sahara issue