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Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

Western Sahara independence leader lands in Algiers amid diplomatic row

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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No custody for Western Sahara leader

No custody for Western Sahara leader

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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