Continued tensions with their neighbour will keep the army and its re-equipment claims in the front line revived by the statement in early February from Polisario Front leader Mohammed Abdelaziz that fighting could resume in the Western Sahara if the long-delayed referendum on its future is not held by the end of 2000...
In December Algiers cut the knot persuading Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz not to insist on turning up...
Mohamed Abdelaziz Polisario's leader sees a UN-sponsored referendum as his best chance of becoming president of a real country and needs to raise the pressure to stop the voting plans losing momentum...
Diplomatic sources claimed that it was OAU Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim not Compaoré who invited Polisario/RASD President Mohamed Abdelaziz to the Ouagadougou summit...
Vol 39 No 2 |
- WESTERN SAHARA
When Baker visited a Polisario camp in April RASD President Mohammed Abdelaziz handed over 85 of the oldest and sickest Moroccan prisoners...
Mohamed Abdelaziz President of the 'Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic' has told visitors that Rabat's insistence on padding voters' lists could lead Polisario back to armed struggle...