Western Sahara

HANDOUT - 09 June 2022, Algeria, Algiers: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) is received by President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) at the government palace in Algiers. Photo: Zurimar Campos/Prensa Miraflores/dpa - ACHTUNG: Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung und nur mit vollständiger Nennung des vorstehenden Credits.

Spain

CONFLICT

EU rebukes Algeria over dispute with Spain over Western Sahara

The Nomad Today 6/11/22

The Polisario Front movement is striving for an independent state in Western Sahara and is supported by Algeria. Morocco's claim has not yet been recognized internationally

FILED - 13 December 2019, Algeria, Algiers: Abdelmadjid Tebboune, then Newly elected Algerian President, speaks during a press conference. In the diplomatic conflict with France, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has adopted an intransigent stance towards the former colonial power. Photo: Farouk Batiche/dpa.

Spain

CONFLICT

Algerian banks halt trade with Spain over Western Sahara dispute

The Nomad Today 6/9/22

The Algerian presidential office said that Spain's position was contributing to the deterioration of the situation in Western Sahara and the region as a whole

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Moroccan ambassador returns to Madrid after U-turn on W Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Algeria, currently in a political spat with Morocco, reacted by saying that Spain "betrayed" the Saharawi people

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Algeria withdraws ambassador to Spain in row over Western Sahara

The Nomad Today 3/20/22

Western Sahara was a Spanish colony until 1975 but after Spain's withdrawal, Morocco annexed parts of the territory, located on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa

03/18/2022. The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, addresses the media after meeting with the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi, the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, and the Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Spain accepts autonomous W Sahara within Morocco in historic shift

The Nomad Today 3/19/22

The Spanish left-wing party Unidas Podemos , junior partner of the Socialists in the governing coalition, criticized Sanchez's move and stressed that the wishes of the Western Sahara inhabitants…

World

WESTERN SAHARA

Algeria says Moroccan forces killed three civilians in Western Sahara

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/4/21

"Their assassination will not go unpunished," the Algerian presidency said

Spain

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Spain "congratulates" the new tycoon-led Moroccan government

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/8/21

Mohammed VI designated his friend the billionaire Aziz Akhannouch, the second richest man in the country after the king himself, to form the government

FILED - 27 February 2021, Algeria, Tindouf: Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali speaks during a military parade marking the 45th anniversary of the declaration of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), near the south-western Algerian city of Tindouf, considered as the Sahrawi capital in exile. Photo: STR/dpa

Spain

CHARGES OF GENOCIDE

Spanish court rules Western Sahara secessionist leader to face trial

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/30/21

Spain, which ruled Western Sahara as a colonial power until 1975, does not recognize Morocco's territorial claims

Spain

DIPLOMATIC CONFLICT

Spain keeps head of Western Sahara independence movement out of jail

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/1/21

Spain, which ruled Western Sahara as a colonial power until 1975, does not recognize Morocco's territorial claims.

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World

PRO-INDEPENDENCE

Polisario Front quits decades-old Western Sahara ceasefire

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/15/20

In 1975, Morocco took over Western Sahara after Spain withdrew from the region. The Polisario Front, which is backed by Algeria , demands an independence vote.