Sahara : Self-determination, a sticking point in the Geneva round-table

Negotiations in Geneva between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario under the auspices of the United Nations started on Thursday. The notion of self-determination was a sticking point in the round-table convened by the UN personal envoy.

Sahara : Morocco prepares for Geneva's second round-table

Sahara : Brahim Ghali sends a message to Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Nizar Baraka hands over a letter from King Mohammed VI to Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Mauritania’s Defense Minister runs for presidential elections

UPR congress : Nizar Baraka leads an Istiqlal delegation in Mauritania

After visiting Algiers and Tunis, Ould Abdelaziz emissary hands King Mohammed VI a message

Mauritanian President’s emissary Mohamed Ould Maham visited Rabat, Tuesday, handing Prince Moulay Rachid a message of Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to King Mohammed VI. Last week, the official toured Algiers and Tunis, carrying letters from the President to Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Beji Caid Essebssi.

Prince Moulay Rachid receives emissary from Mauritanian President

Horst Köhler is reportedly expected to meet a Polisario delegation in Berlin in March

Sahara : Horst Köhler might arrange a meeting between Morocco and the Polisario in Berlin

In January, the UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara announced that he is preparing for a second «round-table», on the Western Sahara dispute. But instead of bringing the four parties together, Horst Köhler might arrange a meeting between Morocco and the Polisario.