Vol 48 No 1 |
- NORTH AFRICA
Saharan gambit Polisario Front leader and Saharan Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) President Mohamed Abdelaziz who has led the Saharawi independence movement for 30 years is looking for progress on a referendum in the former Spanish Sahara...
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...
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...