By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
MINURSO’s 13 sites in the Sahara are to close as part of the mission’s liquidation, under the supervision of a small team sent to the area. Its head is travelling to Laayoune and then Rabat to discuss the departure with the parties concerned, according to RFI.
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Guterres and the UN place self-determination at the center of negotiations on the Sahara, while several countries support Morocco’s autonomy plan.
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3 NovMorocco welcomes expiry of MINURSO mandate3 NovSahrawi refugees hope to return to the Sahara after MINURSO endsJulian Harston, former head of MINURSO, is calling for the closure of the UN mission in the Sahara and says autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only solution to the conflict. In a LinkedIn post, he describes the mission as anachronistic and accuses Algeria of hindering the political process, according to Yabiladi.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
After MINURSO’s mandate expired, a meeting of senior officials was held in Laayoune to discuss the mission’s withdrawal. Staff on leave were told not to return, and the contracts of Moroccan employees are to be terminated, according to a source close to the matter cited by Yabiladi.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
The UN plans to withdraw around 340 people from MINURSO in the Sahara, including about 160 military observers and 180 civilian employees and affiliated personnel, according to TelQuel and Lebrief. The liquidation process began on 1 November after the mission’s mandate expired without renewal by the Security Council, Lebrief reported. TelQuel said no deadline had been set for completing the liquidation.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Lebrief ·
The UN has begun liquidating MINURSO after its operations ended and its mandate was not renewed by the Security Council, report Le Matin and Libération. The process includes repatriating about 160 military observers, reducing about 180 civilian and associated personnel and closing 13 sites. The US draft on the Sahara was blocked by a Russian veto on 30 October, according to Le Matin.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Le Matin ·
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Stora rules out an early resumption of Algerian-French memory workHistorian Benjamin Stora believes an early resumption of the work of the Algerian-French joint commission on memory is not feasible. He says long-term research into colonisation and its consequences is necessary, and discussed this prospect at the Algiers International Book Fair, according to El Khabar.The week in Africa
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