“In reality, from a historical perspective the Sahara is nothing but Moroccan. “I think that the Sahara issue should be settled once and for all and that Algeria and Morocco should open their borders and normalize ties,” Saadani said. He deplored the lavish spending by the Algerian regime on the Polisario, saying that leaders of the Polisario militias have been using Algerian tax-payer’s money to enjoy stays at luxurious hotels for five decades. “That money should have been invested in Souk Ahras, El Bayadh, Tamanrasset and other cities,” he said citing marginalized areas in Algeria’s south. In 2015, Saadani had called on Algeria to abstain from interfering in the Sahara issue and leave it to the UN.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 18, 2019 01:18 UTC