South Africa’s deputy foreign minister met with the prime minister of Western Sahara on Sunday as part of a four-day visit to the long-disputed government seeking independence from Morocco. The visit by Llewellyn Landers aims to deepen diplomatic relations between South Africa and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), according to…
Horst Kohler, the United Nations Special Envoy on Western Sahara, has invited the Polisario Front to a first round of talks with Morocco in December in Geneva, according to Sahara Press Service. The official media outlet aligned with Western Sahara independence said the Polisario Front received its invitation on Friday…
South Africa is the next stop for President Brahim Ghali, leader of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), as he continues a tour of southern African nations ahead of an upcoming African Union summit. Ghali arrived in Johannesburg on Saturday, where he was met by the Sahrawi Ambassador to South…
In the United States, President Donald J. Trump and his administration have faced much criticism for failing to fill key positions that affect foreign policy – especially on Africa. Yet it appears that in the case of J. Peter Pham, the likely nominee for the assistant secretary for African affairs…