Madrid had also angered Morocco by allowing Polisario leader Brahim Ghali to come to Spain for medical treatment (AC Vol 62 No 12 Spain feels M6's fury)...

Its success in shaking a stick at Madrid after Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali travelled to Spain (in an Algerian jet on an Algerian diplomatic passport) to be treated for severe coronavirus was underlined as thousands of troops had to be deployed from the Spanish enclave's garrison...

Polisario leader Brahim Ghali for decades the Sahrawi guerrilla forces' commander before taking over as Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) President after Mohammed Abdelaziz's death in 2016 announced on 14 November a 'resumption of armed struggle in defence of the legitimate rights of our people...

Köhler's replacement was discussed when SADR President Brahim Ghali met Guterres in Addis Ababa on 10 February...

In traditional manner the party held its 15th congress all but unreported in Tifariti on 19-23 December re-electing 70-year-old secretary-general and its former military commander Brahim Ghali with 86% of the vote...

The death of its president for 40 years Mohammed Abdelaziz in May 2016 brought in another veteran of the struggle Brahim Ghali...

Under former guerrilla commander Brahim Ghali Polisario will stick to its old highly centralised leadership structure...

Squeezed by Morocco's diplomatic drive Polisario under former guerrilla commander Brahim Ghali and its main backer Algeria are assessing their options...

Polisario's new president veteran guerrilla leader Brahim Ghali will likely counter with more talk of ending the United Nations-sponsored ceasefire in place since 1991...