Talks on the Sahara could soon resume in Oslo. On the sidelines of a forum, the UN envoy and the American administration displayed their willingness to accelerate the dialogue process, currently at a standstill.
The Polisario Front maintains the dialogue option with Rabat despite the death of one of its senior leaders in a Moroccan strike. A contradictory stance that illustrates the confusion of a movement militarily outmatched and diplomatically isolated.
Lahbib Mohamed Abdelaziz, a rising figure and son of the former Polisario Front leader, has been killed. A drone attack destroyed his vehicle while he was preparing offensives against the Royal Armed Forces .
Under the impetus of the Trump administration, the Madrid talks mark a turning point in the Western Sahara conflict. By bringing Algeria back to the negotiating table, the United States is attempting to break a decades-old stalemate.
Under the auspices of the United States, Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario Front discussed a revised autonomy plan for Western Sahara. This process implicitly marks the abandonment of the option of a self-determination referendum.
Algeria and the Polisario Front have reported armed clashes in the Tindouf camps, suggesting that Algiers could withdraw its support for the independence movement fighting for the self-determination of the Sahara.
Abdelilah Benkirane, a figure of the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) and former Moroccan Prime Minister, made statements that should not please Algeria.
A new drone attack by the Moroccan military targeted two cars and a large truck belonging to gold prospectors residing in the Tindouf camps, in the Al Mek area, located in the buffer zone, near the Mauritanian border.
The Algerian army and the Polisario are using a replica of the Moroccan sand wall in a training field near Tindouf. What are they preparing?
The spokesperson for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, reaffirmed Washington’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, which is considered "realistic" and "credible".
Algeria, protector of the Polisario, a movement claiming independence for the Sahara, has gathered its former players for a "gala" match in the Tindouf camps, near the border with Morocco.