Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) hailed on Tuesday, 18th of September, the “historic decision” of a Canadian company who announced that it is no longer importing products from the Sahara. However, Nutrien, the firm in question, explains that its decision was based on economic reasons.
In 2017, Algeria spent $ 421,000 on lobbying in the United States, while Morocco expended nearly $ 1.8 million during the same period.
One day after King Mohammed VI met with the United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince, Mohamed Ben Zayed, in Abu Dhabi, Gulf states hailed the efforts made by Morocco to solve the Western Sahara dispute at a UNHRC session.
A few weeks before the adoption of a new resolution, extending the mandate of the MINURSO, the United States warns Morocco and the Front against the situation in the Sahara.
Spain is planning to restore universal jurisdiction, repealed in 2014 by the Rajoy government. The decision might affect Morocco, especially as the situation in the Rif and the Western Sahara interest judges in Madrid.
In the next twenty-four hours the United States will host two forums on the Sahara. The first event is initiated by an American university lecturer close to Morocco while the other one is conducted by a supporter of Algeria and the Polisario.