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Jul
30
2021
By The African Mirror
No genocide case against Polisario Front leader

No genocide case against Polisario Front leader

NEWS
SPAIN’S High Court has dropped an investigation into alleged war crimes and genocide against Western Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali, whose hospitalization in Spain caused a diplomatic row with Morocco. Ghali and other Polisario Front leaders were accused by human rights groups and Western Sahara individuals of genocide, murder, terrorism, torture and disappearances, a court document said. Ghali had appeared remotely in a court hearing last month as part of the investigation. His lawyer said he denied any wrongdoing. The High Court ruled that most of the alleged facts brought against Ghali were covered by the status of limitation. It…
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Jun
10
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Madrid seeks to Europeanise crisis’

‘Madrid seeks to Europeanise crisis’

NEWS
MOROCCO's foreign minister has accused Spain of trying to turn a political crisis between the two countries into an EU problem by focusing on migration and ignoring the root causes. The row blew up in April after Spain admitted the leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, for medical treatment without informing Rabat, which regards the disputed territory as its own. Brahim Ghali, leader of Polisario Front and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is pictured southeast of the Algerian city of Tindouf, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo Morocco then appeared to relax border controls…
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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

NEWS
THE leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, landed in Algiers early yesterday after his hospitalization in Spain for more than a month triggered a diplomatic row between Spain and Morocco. Brahim Ghali speaking in 2019. PIcture: Fotos Presidencia El Salvador "He arrived safe and sound," said Jalil Mohamed, the Polisario Front's spokesman in Spain. Ghali flew to Algeria from Pamplona in northern Spain at 1:40 a.m. local time on Wednesday on an officially chartered private plane, the spokesman said. Ghali, who was suffering a serious bout of COVID-19, had been admitted to a Spanish hospital in April…
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Jun
02
2021
By The African Mirror
No custody for Western Sahara leader

No custody for Western Sahara leader

NEWS
INTI LANDAURO and GUILLERMO MARTINEZ SPAIN’S High Court has turned down a request for Western Sahara independence leader Brahim Ghali to be taken into custody, saying the plaintiffs in a war crimes case against him had failed to provide evidence he had committed any crime. Ghali's presence in Spain has infuriated Morocco, which says Western Sahara is part of its own territory and last month appeared to relax border controls with a Spanish enclave, resulting in a sudden influx of migrants. The Polisario Front leader, who has been hospitalized in the Spanish city of Logrono for more than a month,…
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Jun
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco to readmit minors from EU

Morocco to readmit minors from EU

NEWS
KING Mohammed VI has instructed Morocco's government to facilitate the re-entry of all unaccompanied but identified Moroccan children who are in the European Union illegally, the government has announced. Last month thousands of people crossed into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta from Moroccan territory, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. Morocco's foreign and interior ministries said in a statement that although Morocco had already worked with EU countries to ensure the return of minors, procedures in some countries had delayed their return. The statement appeared to be a response to reports in Spanish media that Morocco was…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco wants Polisario chief probed

Morocco wants Polisario chief probed

NEWS
MOROCCO has urged Spain to open an investigation into the circumstances of a Western Sahara independence leader's arrival in the country for medical treatment and explain its findings to Rabat. Madrid should explain "the conditions, circumstances and connivances that led to the fraudulent entry of this person using false documents and a usurped identity," said Foreign Ministry Director General Fouad Yazourh. Spain's decision to host Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali without telling Rabat while using what Morocco says are travel documents provided by Algeria and a false name, has angered Rabat, which regards Western Sahara as part of Morocco. The…
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