The Polisario has announced its unilateral withdrawal from the ceasefire agreement in a move that signals the state of disarray in its ranks. By declaring war, the Polisario has committed an act of military and political suicide as its separatist thesis has de facto faded. The provocative move by the Polisario to leave the ceasefire will backfire on the separatist group which is obviously the least equipped for a war against one of Africa’s best equipped and best trained armies. Morocco has before the ceasefire of 1991 finished the war with the completion of a security wall that has thwarted all Polisario guerrilla attacks. The Polisario’s declaration of the end of the ceasefire is but a storm in a teacup that will further show the Polisario as armed bandits in the eyes of the international community.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 15, 2020 09:22 UTC