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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.
10 articles from 10 October to 23 October 2026 · 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇱🇷 Liberia
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov spoke by telephone about the expected Security Council vote on the Sahara. Rabat is seeking to clarify Moscow’s position as a permanent UN member, according to LeBrief.
Source: Lebrief
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov spoke by telephone about the expected Security Council vote on the Sahara. Rabat is seeking to clarify Moscow’s position as a permanent UN member, according to LeBrief.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 17:20
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 · 10:24
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 · 21:42
The 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 · 16:42
The Polisario Front challenges the approach of Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy for the Sahara, whom it accuses of favouring Morocco’s position on autonomy. The movement nevertheless maintains its participation in the UN process and calls for a review of the negotiating method, according to its representative to the United Nations, Mohammed Sidi Omar.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 11:54
The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee adopted its annual resolution on the Moroccan Sahara by 152 votes to two, with seven abstentions. The vote, exceptionally held following a US request, enshrines Security Council Resolution 2797 and Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the basis for a settlement, according to Libe.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 20:01
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Benin, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau and Togo have renewed their support for Morocco’s proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara. Their representatives also called for political dialogue to continue and welcomed Security Council Resolution 2797, according to the ANG agency.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 15:38
Liberia has renewed its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal for the Sahara, presented as a realistic basis for a political settlement to the conflict. Ambassador Baba Sillah defended this position before the UN General Assembly’s decolonisation committee, according to The New Dawn.
🇱🇷 Liberia · 07:50
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the Sahrawi people must be consulted on the future of the Sahara, while Algeria should resume negotiations. The Security Council is also due to consider renewing Minurso on 31 October, according to Courrier international.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 16:25
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.
🇲🇦 Morocco · 19:27
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