On Sunday 20th of May, the Polisario Front made sure to commemorate the outbreak of its armed struggle in Tifariti, located east of the Moroccan Berm. The decision discredits the movement’s stance and will to conduct direct negotiations with the Kingdom.
The Polisario ended up organizing military parades in Tifariti. No foreign ambassador has taken part in the ceremony, attended only by a military attachés from a few countries alongside a Mauritanian parliamentary delegation.
An Algerian delegation of MPs to visit Rabat Tuesday for two days. While local media describes the visit as «an initiative to calm things down», a source told Yabiladi that the delegation has a totally different objective.
Morocco’s ambassador to Algiers was received Wednesday by Algerian foreign ministry. After Hezbollah, the Polisario and the Iranian embassy in Algiers, Algerian authorities rejected the Moroccan accusations targeting the Lebanese Shiite organization.
A military plane of the Algerian army crashed in Boufarik this Wednesday. At least twenty-six Polisario officials are counted among the 257 dead, say government and local media.
Minister delegate for relations with parliament and civil society, and the government spokesperson attended Saturday in Laayoune a conference organized by the Forum of international alternatives. Yabiladi’s team was there and had the chance to ask Mustapha El Khalfi about the situation in the Sahara.