A 30-year ceasefire in the Western Sahara has been brought to a crashing collapse, as rebel independence fighters the Polisario Front reportedly launched attacks on Moroccan forces over the weekend of November 14 and claim to have caused “human and material damages” since then. The Front, which claims to represent…
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted late Friday to extend the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) through April 30, 2018. The extension was unanimously adopted by the 15-member council. The decision on the mandate extension was welcomed in a statement issued by Stéphane Dujarric, the…
Morocco announced it will withdrawal forces from the Guerguerat region of Western Sahara, a move expected to reduce tensions between the government and armed elements of the Polisario Front maintaining their decades-long call for an independent state. Reuters reports the decision came just days after a phone call between King…