Western Sahara

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Vol 65 No 16 |

Emmanuel Macron’s Saharan mystery

31st July 2024

The recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed region comes after personal intervention by the French President

The interim French government’s decision on 29 July to in effect recognise Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara is another victory for Rabat – following a similar...

Vol 63 No 19 |

Ruto starts political fights as he shifts subsidies

16th September 2022

After ending fuel and maize subsidies, the new President got in a diplomatic tangle while cutting a deal with Rabat on cheaper fertiliser

In a mark of political self-confidence President William Ruto announced swingeing cuts to fuel and maize subsidies at his inauguration on 12 September at Nairobi's Kasarani stadium. But...

Vol 63 No 17 |

Rabat and Algiers cross swords over UN role

11th August 2022

Western Sahara remains in limbo while the two states tussling over it step up guerrilla diplomacy

The latest skirmishes in the long-running struggle between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara have drawn in the UN as they exchange fire over allegations of impropriety by...

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Vol 63 No 13 |

Madrid embroiled in zero-sum fight with Rabat and Algiers

14th June 2022

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been shocked by the ferocious responses to his policy change on Western Sahara

As Madrid rebuilds its diplomatic relations with Morocco in the wake of its latest row over Western Sahara, it is eroding its long-nurtured ties with Algiers. This has...

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Vol 63 No 9 |

Washington and Brussels edge back on Western Sahara

21st April 2022

Recognising Algeria's power on gas supply, the US and the EU are rowing back on support for Morocco's plan for the disputed region

After tilting strongly in favour of Rabat's offer of 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as an alternative to a UN-organised referendum, the United States and the European...

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Vol 63 No 7 |

Dropping the Polisario Front, Madrid backs Rabat

24th March 2022

The Spanish government's endorsement of Morocco's plan for Western Sahara could have unintended consequences

Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares' statement late on 18 March that Spain views Rabat's plan for 'limited autonomy' to the Western Sahara as 'the most serious, realistic, and...

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Vol 62 No 21 |

Fishing in undiplomatic waters

11th October 2021

Brussels bureaucrats and Moroccan diplomats are trying to find a way around another troublesome European Court ruling

The ruling by the European Court of Justice confirming its refusal to extend the EU's trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco to cover the Western Sahara marks another...

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Vol 62 No 6 |

How the diplomatic impasse in North Africa hits trade

19th March 2021

Some $2.4 billion of British trade is at stake in the renewed conflict in the Western Sahara

Britain, which launched its grand foreign policy review this week, has become entangled in the long-running saga over whether trade deals with Morocco apply to products coming from...

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Vol 61 No 4 |

MOROCCO
WESTERN SAHARA

Territorial armies

20th February 2020

An unresolved but dormant decolonisation dispute risks flaring up into renewed violence, threatening a 29-year-old ceasefire

Forty-five years into the conflict over Western Sahara, Morocco remains implacable in its determination to retain what it argues is its historical sovereignty over the disputed former Spanish...

Vol 60 No 11 |

MOROCCO
WESTERN SAHARA

Köhler leaves the hot seat

31st May 2019

Horst Köhler's appointment as the UN Secretary-General António Guterres's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara in July 2017 was welcomed by Morocco, for whom the former German President...

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