Tensions between Morocco and Western Sahara’s independence movement intensify

CNN’s Becky Anderson speaks with Dr. Sidi Omar, UN representative for the Polisario Front, about the rising tensions between the Western Sahara independence movement and Morocco. According to the group’s news agency, Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali announced the group will no longer abide by the commitment to the 29-year-old ceasefire after he cited Moroccan border operations as a provocation.

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    1. @Angel Love but yt is american, cnn is usa news, and usa has been at war for 20 years and biden voted for war 4 times and ended habeas corpus. mind your own business and speak when spoken to

  1. With the economic strife, this could spark unrest throughout the MENA region. Let’s hope cooler heads prevail.

    1. With what?! This terroristes Bastards ran away & left their Sandals behind!!!
      It’s Algeria ” North Correa of Africa” milicia

    2. I totally agree. But when was really the last time that cooler heads prevailed in this area of the world? I dont think this will end well…

    3. @abdou Al Morabit they aren’t but better than your feudal regime where people kiss a man’s hand and prostrate before the Madagascar movie’s king like.

  2. At this point in 2020 the only thing that is missing in an alien invasion to either save us from ourselves or kindly put us out of our misery.

    1. This is really bad under Biden and tension is like blm and antifa movement in America they act like ISIS, I hope Omar and Biden do something about it.

    2. AP: Rep. Every House Seat Flipped by GOP Was Minority, Woman, or Veteran
      The Associated Press has thus far called 422 of the 435 House seats up for election, with Democrats winning 219 to Republicans’ 203. 

      Pollsters predicting this to be a continuing trend in two years for midterm elections for House of Representatives …………………

  3. 9:57 You triggered all this so assume your actions. You are the ones who blocked the trade road for 3 weeks ! (with civilians backed with armed pickups). You ignored UN and Minurso calls during all this period. Morocco stopped the blockage with 0 casualty and precised it respects the ceasefire. You called for war.

    1. you claimed Mauritania, then you left it, then you divided Western Sahara with Mauritania, then you annexed the part you gave to Mauritania. Before that you tried to annex the Western provinces of Algeria, then you pulled back. And later you realized Ceuta and Melilla were not Moroccan anymore. What are you real borders? From Tangiers to Senegal river?
      That’s why UN, EU and AU don’t recognise your sovereignty over Western Sahara. Wake up, Moh 5th wasn’t in the moon and WS was never yours.

  4. This is ridiculous CNN. How could you invite a separatist spreading false and unbacked claims against Morocco without inviting a representative if Morocco to counter that!! It’s truly disturbing!!

    1. Ok guys, we need to fire up the war machine. We’ve successfully usurped Trump.
      *A woman with a dramatic eerie movie voice enters.*
      CNN viewers: “Woaah, CNN rocks”

    2. English is not her 1st language…it’s a struggle for her. She probably watches a lot of American drama films. I don’t know…I’M reaching. Lololol

  5. This country is where the Little Prince writer crashed with his plane. There is a small monument in the middle of the desert in his honor.

  6. CNN get your facts right !!!
    Becky your questions are not into the Core of the situation neither your producer !!!???
    First Polisario is a product of mouvement of communists party back in 60 and 70 th
    Backed by Cuba , Algeria, Libya , and more !!!
    Still the issue exists because of
    Politics of EU and USA to keep North Africa a weak and not United !!!
    Western Sahara issue was well orchestrated by the western Countries after Morocco ,Algeria and Mauritania got there independence from the french !!
    However Western Sahara is Moroccan, even including north of Mauritanien desert, most of Southern Algeria .
    Please refer to the Map and you will see how the french use a straight lignes to divide these three Countries !!! But All french African colonies !!!!
    Please before you broadcast any of your programs !!! Do your homework !!!
    Western Sahara doesn’t exist.
    There is only The kingdom of Morocco.
    A Country in the frontline
    , for the Western Countries Morocco will always be as history’s proven the Classical Enemy !!!

    1. What would you suggest? Invade? He just announced the withdrawal from Afgahnistan and Iraq but you low informations NPC’s just never seem to get enough of war. Guess that is why you cheer on Biden who pushed every war of the last 3 decades.

  7. Polisario is a ghost state.Polisario is Only working on behalf of Algeria to weaken Morocco.Polisario are Moroccans and used to destabilize the region for the benefit of the generals who rules Algeria.
    Algeria supply them with everything, from Military hardware to food, and without it, Polisario would not exist. Most of Polisario population went back to Morocco a longtime ago, what is left is a mix of sub Sahara people who migrant to cross to Europe but got stuck at the Polisario camp and they are forced to stay or die.
    God Bless Morocco 🇲🇦.
    A lot of enemies are waiting just to see Morocco weak.

  8. Polisario are pro-russia. They are anti-capitalism and anti-america. Look it up! Morocco is an US ally since 1777. At this point, it is clear who is the real enemy…

  9. This isn’t an all out war, Morocco is just protecting its borders and making sure their economy doesn’t fall still like Algeria would love to see. 100’s of trucks were stuck with their cargo between Moroccan/Mauritanian borders for 3 weeks, they were asked to move their troops and retreat from the no-man’s-land ( Guergerat ) multiple times without having harm done to them but they refused so they got pushed back and Morocco made a buffer zone which they are protecting at the moment, and I didn’t see CNN talk about this but there was a UN group that was patrolling around Guergerat the same day the Moroccan armed forces attacked, the UN group was stuck right between insurgents with pick-up trucks with heavy machine guns mounted on them when Moroccans decided to fire an anti tank missile to destroy the insurgents pick up in protection of the UN troops, the other cars fled afterwards but there’s multiple foto’s of this event having taken place.

  10. They don’t want peace and they wanted to have there own country after they fought for Morocco against Spain. Morocco accepted all they asked for but they still ask for more every time

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