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International experts have condemned, in New York the links between the armed separatist group Polisario and terrorism and organized crime within the Sahel\u2013Saharan region. They warned that the Algeria-backed idea of a Maghreb micro-state is dangerous and will plunge the entire region into unprecedented violence.<\/p>\n

The Sahel-Saharan region is a major area of illicit activities and a transit corridor to different parts of the world for small arms and drugs, where the \u201cpolisario\u201d is a concrete example of three overlapping agendas: that of terrorism, separatism and organized crime,\u201d said Solomon Assor Sydney, president of the NGO \u201cSurry Three Faiths Forum\u201d, in an address before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

He noted that the Tindouf camps, which have long become a \u201chotbed of repression of sequestered populations, are linked to terrorist networks and traffickers in arms, drugs and human beings.\u201d These camps, located in northwest Algeria, are now a \u201chuge breeding ground for terrorists and outlaws,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe transnational illicit networks find in the camps a rear base that provides them with food from diverted humanitarian aid addressed primarily to the population of the camps, but also weapons, vehicles and fuel,\u201d denounced the petitioner, warning that the presence on Algerian soil, at the crossroads of the borders of Morocco, Mauritania and Mali, of the polisario armed militias is a \u201cdestabilizing factor\u201d for international security.<\/p>\n

He insisted that the persistence of the artificial conflict around the Sahara has generated a \u201cmarriage of interests\u201d between the polisario and terrorist networks that are very active in the Sahel-Saharan region, arguing that \u201cthe idea defended with fervor by the host country of the camps, to have a micro-state in the Maghreb is not only unsustainable, but dangerous, and will lead the whole region in trajectories of unprecedented violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

He stated that one of the realistic options against the growth of arms trade in the Sahel was the dissolution Polisario.<\/p>\n

The petitioner further noted that the regional dispute on the Sahara lives at the pace of a positive and realistic development, stressing that the Moroccan autonomy initiative remains the only solution to close this \u201cunfortunate chapter\u201d, building an environment conducive to lasting peace and security, and ending the geopolitical instrumentalization of terror to undermine the territorial integrity of the countries in the region.<\/p>\n

Echoing him, the President of the Sahel Institute of Research and Analysis for Conflict Transformation, Souleymane Satigui Sidibe, spoke out against the encouragement of non-state armed groups in the Sahel-Saharan region which constitutes a \u201cpermanent danger for the people and mortgages their future and their aspirations for a dignified and peaceful life.\u201d<\/p>\n

He denounced the behavior of some states in the region \u201cwho are coconspirators in this situation, thinking that their stability depends on the instability of their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Secretary General of Africa Youth stressed the importance of recalling the danger to the Sahel area from the encouragement or in any way of armed groups, while they are, most often, groups that work with terrorists, drugs traffickers and other obscurantists to the detriment peace and human tranquility.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany terrorist groups are supplied from humanitarian sites whose management of food and fuel are hijacked by allies disguised in fighting and a tour of the markets bordering the Sahel will show that the Polisario is no exception,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He noted that \u201cthose who claim to be a state have no legitimacy\u201d because the vast majority of the population of the Moroccan Sahara recognizes the efforts made by Morocco under the leadership of King Mohammed VI for the promotion of the southern provinces and thus build a bridge of development to the African continent and the Sahel-Saharan area in particular.<\/p>\n

In this context the President of Sahel Institute of Research and Analysis of Conflict Transformation highlighted the dynamics and socio-economic development of the population in the southern regions and the improved living conditions. He said that he was also impressed by the integration of African migrants who eventually arrived in Morocco to seek employment, health care, and education for their children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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