By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Telquel
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura presented the Security Council with formulas on international guarantees, self-determination and the place of the Polisario Front in the Sahara dossier. A diplomatic source close to the negotiations explained their significance to TelQuel after the briefing on 8 October.
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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.
23 OctBourita and Lavrov discuss UN vote on the Sahara
23 OctWashington seeks to change MINURSO mandate in the Sahara
22 OctSahara: Polisario threatens to leave peace processThe UN Security Council is to examine the annual report on the Sahara and the renewal of MINURSO’s mandate, which expires on 31 October 2026. The October consultations will draw on briefings by Alexander Ivanko and Staffan de Mistura, amid discussions on Resolution 2797, according to Libération.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Libe ·
The Polisario Front warns that it could withdraw from the Sahara peace process if the Security Council adopts the US draft resolution without substantial changes. The text would make autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty the basis for negotiations, according to the movement’s letter to the Security Council president reported by Yabiladi.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Yabiladi ·
The United States proposes extending MINURSO’s mandate while substantially changing the role of the UN mission in the Sahara. The Polisario Front believes the proposal targets it and threatens to leave talks, RFI reports less than 10 days before the Security Council vote.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: RFI ·
Morocco’s head of government Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri presented her health programme to both houses of Parliament on 19 October, with implementation to be led by Youns Bjijou. The roadmap contains neither figures nor deadlines and relies on unnamed institutions, TelQuel reports.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Source: Telquel ·
Morocco exempts FIFA and partners from taxes until 2032Morocco’s draft 2027 finance law exempts FIFA, its subsidiaries and partners from corporation tax, VAT, customs duties and most other taxes. The regime would apply until 2032 under commitments made by Morocco when it bid to host the 2030 World Cup, TelQuel reports.
Egypt intensifies crackdown on independent pressEgyptian authorities detained the six journalists from Matsadaash, referred Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of Mada Masr, for trial and summoned Rasha Azab. The procedures illustrate an intensification of the crackdown on independent media, with journalists reporting allegations of torture, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.The week in Africa
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