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Polisario Front leader arrives in Algeria after Covid treatment in Spain
Issued on: Brahim Ghali, Polisario leader, during interview with AFP, Algeria, 2017. STRINGER / RYAD KRAMDI / AFP 3 min Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario Front, the separatist group in the disputed Western Sahara, has arrived in Algeria after a Spanish court decided not to detain him in connection with allegations of human rights abuses, following weeks of hospital treatment that triggered a row with Morocco. Advertising Read more
Algeria supports the Polisario Front in its campaign against the Moroccan government, which claims sovereignty over Western Sahara – a former Spanish colony.
Polisario Front spokesperson Jalil Mohamed was quoted by Reuters news agency on Wednesday as saying that Ghali had arrived in Algeria, “safe and sound”.
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement returned to Algeria Wednesday after six weeks of medical treatment in Spain that unleashed a tetchy diplomatic standoff between Rabat and Madrid. Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali flew out of Pamplona airport in northern Spain overnight, with a Spanish government source telling AFP on Wednesday morning he was "in Algeria".
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence in Spain has angered the Moroccan government, will appear before a Spanish court Tuesday to answer allegations of torture and geno…