In total, 105 Senegalese transporters are stuck in Dakhla in the middle of the desert in the south of the Sahara due to the closure of borders by the Mauritanian authorities.
Franco-Algerian academic Idriss Aberkane, in a video published on his YouTube channel, stated that the Sahara is Moroccan. The essayist calls on Morocco and Algeria to transcend diplomatic tensions and move towards reconciliation.
Geza and Cherif Zerdoumi, a couple of South Tarn plastic artists, mainly based in Boissezon, are confined in their residence in Tarfaya, a Moroccan village located on the edge of the Sahara. They see this confinement as an incredible opportunity.
While he was supposed to return to his post in Nairobi after his vacation, the Moroccan ambassador to Kenya, El Mokhtar Ghambou, finds himself stuck in Kenitra due to the suspension of air travel and maritime transport.
In the Tindouf camps, it is said that there is a mass escape. Massive movements of Sahrawis towards the north of Mauritania have been observed recently. The wilayas of Tiris Zemmour and Adrar would be the final destinations of the latter, according to certain Mauritanian media.
Kuwait is following in the footsteps of African countries that have opened diplomatic representations in the Moroccan Sahara.
Several African countries have decided to open new consular representations in the southern provinces, particularly in Laâyoune and Dakhla. This avalanche of diplomatic acts that further consecrate the Moroccanness of the Sahara is not to the liking of neighboring Algeria, which has not been slow to react, thus reviving the tensions between the two countries.
Nasser Bourita, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, stated that official documents from Algeria are inviting other countries to boycott the Crans Montana Forum.
The Moroccan authorities expelled, on Friday, eight deputies, local officials and other Catalan activists, from the Sahara. The group had planned to meet in Laayoune with members of human rights organizations.
Despite the scathing criticism from part of the Spanish political class against Morocco, the government remains inflexible on its position regarding the Moroccan Sahara. However, recent events suggest that the arrival to power of Podemos can be detrimental to the interests of the Kingdom.
Google Maps has modified the borders according to the country where the search is made. According to the search made by an Internet user in Morocco, the Moroccan Sahara is not visible on the map, but one sees the kingdom, cut in two, with the presence of the Western Sahara.
The 8th channel of SNRT interviewed the Head of Government on national socio-political current affairs. Among the topics discussed were the efforts of the Executive, Moroccan political issues, the relations between the members of the majority he leads, ...