By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lebrief
Romania has renewed its support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Sahara, presented as the most appropriate path towards a definitive settlement. Romanian Foreign Minister Dan Neculăescu reaffirmed this position on 3 November, according to Lebrief.
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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.
3 NovMINURSO to close its 13 sites in the Sahara under UN supervision
3 NovSahara: Rachid Lazrak analyses Russia’s 30 October veto3 NovIn Helsinki, Morocco defends autonomy for the SaharaAbdoul Latif Aïdara, director-general of the International Centre for Security and Peace for Africa, says the end of MINURSO’s mandate marks a turning point in the handling of the conflict in the Sahara. He backs Morocco’s autonomy plan as a way to settle the conflict and considers current mechanisms unsuitable, in a statement to MAP.
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Morocco’s Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region has been officially declared free of slums after substandard housing was cleared in Es-Semara. The operation benefited 4,357 families, Morocco’s minister in charge of urban planning announced on Tuesday 3 November, according to Lebrief.
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Both chambers of Morocco’s Parliament welcomed the Royal statement of 30 October on the Sahara and the Kingdom’s diplomatic efforts. Parliamentarians described the end of MINURSO’s mandate as a major step and reaffirmed their support for the autonomy initiative under Moroccan sovereignty, MAP reports.
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Morocco’s embassy in Helsinki hosted a meeting on the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara, attended by Finnish, Moroccan and Norwegian experts. Ambassador Mohamed Achgalou presented Resolution 2797 and the recent UN vote as favourable to the option, according to MAP.
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Spain’s €754.3 million loan to Morocco carries 0.5% interestAn official Spanish Treasury document reveals that a €754.3 million loan granted to Morocco to buy trains carries an interest rate of 0.5% over 30 years. The financing, approved on 11 February 2025, is to allow Morocco’s National Railways Office to acquire up to 40 intercity trains, Bladi reports.
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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