Western Sahara

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Polisario threatens to quit W. Sahara talks

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement on Tuesday threatened to pull out of negotiations with Morocco unless seven detained activists were freed, its Algiers representative said. "The detention of the seven Sahrawi activists and human rights abuses in the occupied Sahrawi territories ...

Egyptian named head of UN mission in Western Sahara

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has named Hany Abdel-Aziz of Egypt to head the UN mission in the disputed Western Sahara (MINURSO), according to a letter seen here Wednesday. In a letter to the Vietnamese presidency of the UN Security Council, Ban said ...

Morocco's king pledges more reforms after first decade

AFP Global Edition 117 days ago

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of his ascension to the throne with a speech to the nation pledging to pursue reforms undertaken in the past decade. The king, 45, took the Alaouite dynasty's throne on July 23, ...

Morocco marks 10th anniversary of new monarch

AFP Global Edition 117 days ago

Moroccans on Thursday began four days of celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the accession to the throne of King Mohammed VI. The king, 45, took the Alaouite dynasty's throne on July 23, 1999, after the death of his father Hassan ...

UN releases 1.5 mln dollars in urgent aid for W.Sahara refugees

AFP Global Edition 121 days ago

The United Nations has released 1.5 million dollars in emergency humanitarian aid for refugees from Western Sahara who have fled to Algeria, a UN development office in Algiers said Sunday. "The coordinator for UN emergency aid, John Holmes, has allocated 1.5 million ...

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