Polisario declares general mobilisation in response to Moroccan army
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TSA
The Polisario Front declared a general mobilisation on 10 November, accusing Morocco of massing troops along the dividing wall in the Sahara. Meeting under the chairmanship of Brahim Ghali, it called on the UN and the African Union to act, according to a statement relayed by TSA.
The Polisario Front, the Sahrawi independence movement, declared a general mobilisation on Tuesday 10 November. In a statement, it says it acted after an urgent meeting chaired by its leader, Brahim Ghali, and accuses Morocco of concentrating troops, weapons and military equipment along the dividing wall in the Sahara.
The Polisario asked the Sahrawi people to remain vigilant, united and ready in the face of any threat. It also demands that the United Nations and the African Union assume their responsibilities in the face of the risk of military escalation in the region. It considers Morocco’s attitude to be in contradiction with its commitment to respect the ceasefire.
Its national secretariat also called on all the peoples of the region to confront what it describes as Moroccan expansionist aggression.
The decision comes a few days after the halt of MINURSO operations, owing to the non-renewal of its mandate following Russia’s veto, on 30 October, of the US draft resolution at the Security Council. The Polisario had contested the halt of MINURSO operations on 1 November.
