Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 12/20/2004
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of December 20, 2004
- New visit exchange between families in southern Morocco and Tindouf
The 29th visit exchange between families in Morocco and their relatives in Polisario-controlled camps in southern Algeria was organized Friday from and to the Moroccan city of Laayoune. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/25/2004 - Sahrawi sequestered in Tindouf camps decides to stay in Morocco
Babaha Ahmed Hammoud, currently in Morocco as part of the visit exchange program between families in southern Morocco and their relatives in Polisario-controlled camps, decided to "stay with his family in Dakhla (southern Morocco) and not return to the camps," said the Office of coordination with Minurso (French acronym for the UN mission in the Sahara) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 12/23/2004 - Mauritania arrests 8 Polisario members for smuggling
The Mauritanian security forces arrested end of last week near the city of Zouirate, eight members of the Polisario secessionist group and seized two trucks, loaded with spare parts and smuggled goods, a source in Nouackchott said. Mauritania-Algeria, Local, 12/21/2004