Algeria hosted the Polisario group, who at first had no separatist agenda, following the Green March that marked the end of Spanish colonial rule. The advent of the Hirak that toppled Bouteflika and brought about a recycling of the military regime marks a U-turn in Alegria’s policy regarding the Sahara issue with a more explicit involvement in the defense of its Polisario proxies in international fora. Ruling behind a thin civilian curtain, represented by President Tebboune, the military regime in Algeria made the Sahara issue a question of life and death (more an issue of death than life). UN reports on the Sahara issue have been mentioning Algeria more than the Polisario. Meanwhile the more Algeria gets enmeshed in the conflict the more its diplomacy makes blunders that reveal the real nature of the conflict opposing Morocco to Alegria’s Polisario proxies.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2024 15:31 UTC