26.02.96
63th assembly of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAU,
Addis Abeba
The Secretary General of the OAU explains in his report the
conditions and history of the intervention of the OAU at the UN
Security Council last December. He repeats that a dialogue between
the two parties is necessary "to reach a common platform about the
contentious questions".
In his intervention Mr. Sadik, Minister of Foreign Affairs of SADR,
speaking about the negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario
Front, said that efforts, so little they are, have been started. Mr.
Sadik met Mr. Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister and actual
President of the OAU.
26.02.96
The new military commander of MINURSO is General Jose Garcia Leandro,
Portugal.
27.02.96
South Africa's President Nelson Mandela called Colonel Kadhafi to
speak about the Western Sahara conflict. According to Jana, he
insisted on the necessity of a coordination between Libya and South
Africa to find a solution for the problem of Western Sahara within
the space of the Arab Maghreb Union.
According to Jeune Afrique, Mr. Mandela also sent a letter to
President Ben Ali of Tunesia in order to tell him his deep concern
about the situation in Western Sahara.
27.02.96
20th anniversary of the proclamation of the SADR
In his speach President Abdelaziz considered that "the Sahrawi people
is nearby the achievment of his struggle". He denounced a military
escalation in the last month by the Moroccan army with new arms and
new troops arriving in the territory and also along the wall. He
insisted on the necessity of direct talks with Morocco and appealed
to the Moroccan government to engage rapidely direct negociations
with the Sahrawis. He reaffirmed the will of the Polisario Front to
continue the cooperation with the Identification Committee to find a
solution for the actual problems. He declared that the last
resolution of the Security Council 1042 gives a good opportunity to
make a step toward a solution.
The Algerian Minister Mr. Said Abadou reaffirmed in his speach the
support of Algeria to the Sahrawi people in his struggle for
selfdetermination and renewed the Algerian appeal for direct talks.
27.02.96
The Polisario Representative in Bruxelles revealed important Moroccan
troop movements along the Algerian border since 6 weeks. A military
airport has been built near Zak, 80 km from Tindouf.
Bachir Mustafa Sayed, Sahrawi Coordinator with MINURSO, also spoke of
a possible return to war. The Moroccan defense system along the
border has been considerably reinforced, he added, the third and
sixth division have been transfered to the region between Tindouf and
Bechar.
About the direct talks with Morocco he revealed that an influent
member of the Security Council makes efforts to organise a real
dialogue between the two parties but without publicity.
27.02.96
The Sahrawi President announces the peseta Sahrawi, new official
money of the SADR
.