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PRAGUE, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States and Europe should worry that the conflict over the Western Sahara is souring relations between Morocco and Algeria and preventing them from joining forces to work together against Islamist violence and extremism. As U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recently warned, the ongoing conflict in Mali threatens to spill over into the Western Sahara, whereby there is a possibility of infiltration by foreign militant groups in...

Points to links, recruiting with other militants in region, including from Polisario-run camps WASHINGTON, March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ (MACP) -- A new report on terrorism in North Africa warns of a new al-Qaeda hub for jihadi recruits and a potential launching pad for terrorist attacks much closer to US and European shores, along an "Arc of Instability" stretching across Africa's Sahara/Sahel region. The study, "Terrorism in North Africa & the Sahel in 2012: Global...

Al-Qaeda concerns grow as dozens in Polisario-run camps in Algeria reportedly join Qaeda-linked MUJAO WASHINGTON, Aug. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ (MACP) -- Following a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Dine El Otmani in Rabat Wednesday, Senator Joe Lieberman (CT) praised Morocco's peaceful model of political reform and urged speedy implementation of its autonomy initiative for Western Sahara, which he said was a "serious, credible, good, and realistic" proposal that...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ (MACP) -- In a surprise move underscoring the growing danger in Africa's Sahara/Sahel, Spain ordered the evacuation of all its aid-workers from the Polisario-run refugee camps near Tindouf in Algeria. Aid workers from three other Western nations also left. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo cited increased fears for aid-worker safety and "well-founded indications" of possible attack by al-Qaeda-linked groups...

$60 million ransom demanded for aid-workers & Algerian diplomats held in northern Mali WASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ (MACP) -- Today marks more than 200 days of captivity for Western aid-workers Rossella Urru of Italy and Ainhoa Fernandez de Rincon and Enric Gonyacons of Spain, kidnapped October 23 from the Polisario-run refugee camps near Tindouf in Algeria by an al-Qaeda offshoot, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), reportedly with...

Experts, former US diplomats discuss Western Sahara crisis & the need for US Leadership to end it WASHINGTON, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, in Washington, DC, foreign policy experts and former US diplomats participated in a roundtable, "The Western Sahara Crisis: Why US Leadership is Needed Now," which focused on the urgent need for concrete US action in support of its long-standing policy for a solution to the Western Sahara conflict based on autonomy under...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- (Moroccan American Center for Policy ) On Tuesday, April 3, an expert panel will offer insights on the crisis in the Western Sahara, the growing threat of terrorism in the region, the deteriorating humanitarian situation, and how U.S. leadership can help bring this conflict to a peaceful end. The Roundtable will take place on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 1777 F Street, NW, First Floor, Washington, DC...

Also praise Morocco's role in advancing human rights, democratic reforms WASHINGTON, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- (Moroccan American Center for Policy) -- Echoing a recent statement by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe called Morocco's autonomy initiative for Western Sahara "the only realistic proposal" for resolving the decades-old conflict over the territory. On a trip to the region last month, Clinton said Morocco's autonomy...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study by the International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) warns that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) poses a "dangerous threat" to the region and beyond, as it seeks to exploit Arab Spring instability and expand terrorist ties to other militants across Africa's Sahel. The report recommends closing the Polisario Front's refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria, which the study says "are a recruiting ground for...

PARIS and BRUSSELS, November 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Antonin Tisseron, Research Fellow at the Thomas More Institute - Published on Monday 29 November 2010 - French and English versions Available at http://institut-thomas-more.org With the dismantling of the El-ayoun camp by Moroccan authorities on 8 November and the failure of the round of talks conducted between Morocco and the Polisario Front in New York, the Western Saharan issue has caught the attention of...