Algiers, 12 November 2023 (SPS) - The Sahrawi people are marking the completion of the third year since the resumption of armed struggle against the Moroccan occupier, in a context marked by the determination of their legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, to intensify the fight on the ground to achieve the independence of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.
The resumption of armed struggle was imposed on the Sahrawi people following the violation of the ceasefire agreement, in effect since 1991, by Morocco, after the aggression on November 13, 2020, against Sahrawi civilians who were peacefully protesting against the illegal breach opened by Morocco in the buffer zone of El Guerguerat, in southwestern Western Sahara.
Since that date, Morocco, which imposes a media blackout to try to hide the reality of the situation in Western Sahara, continues to suffer heavy human and material losses inflicted by the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) along the sand wall.
During a meeting chaired last Sunday by Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali, the General Staff of the SPLA reviewed the latest developments in the Sahrawi issue and the efforts made to "accelerate the pace of the escalation of the fighting" against the Moroccan occupation forces.
The participants in this meeting particularly praised the "specific and increasing" operations carried out by the Sahrawi army against the Moroccan occupation forces, as well as the "effectiveness of the war of attrition."
They also commended the response of the Sahrawi people in the occupied territories, despite the siege and systematic restrictions imposed by the occupation forces.
Commenting on the latest developments in Western Sahara, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his "deep concern" about the "entrenchment" of the "deteriorating" state of the situation in this non-self-governing territory, calling for an urgent change to avoid any further escalation in the region.
In his latest report on the situation in Western Sahara, which he presented to the members of the UN Security Council on October 16, Mr. Guterres indicated that "the continuation of hostilities and the absence of a ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front represent a significant setback in the search for a political solution" to this long-standing conflict.