UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura Continues Tour with Mauritania Trip

By Rym Bousmid, Jeune Afrique /Africa in Summary, April 4, 2025. Photo: Staffan de Mistura. Six months ago, before the United Nations Security Council, he spoke of his resignation almost provocatively, due to the lack of “significant advances.” Although the situation remains unchanged, the personal envoy of [...] The Western Sahara Entry. Will the UN envoy Staffan de Mistura finish soon? was first published in Latin American Summary.

Tindouf (Algeria), 4 Apr (EFE).- The UN special envoy for the conflict in Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, arrived on Friday at the Saharawi camps in Tindouf, Algeria, to explore the development of the peace process with Morocco. https://ecsaharaui.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/VID-20250404-WA0020.mp4 De Mistura is scheduled to appear on 14 April before the UN Security Council on this dispute and the mandate of the United Nations Mission for…

Six months ago, before the UN Security Council, he spoke of his resignation in an almost provocative manner, for lack of "significant progress." While the situation remains unchanged, the personal envoy of the Secretary-General is again expected, on 14 April, to present a semi-annual report which could be his last.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani received the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, on Wednesday at the presidential palace in Nouakchott. The envoy is part of his regional tour aimed at revitalizing the UN-sponsored political process.

Staffan De Mistura, who had already traveled to Rabat last week to meet with the head of Moroccan diplomacy, Nasser Bourita, met in Nouakchott with the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, as well as with the heads of the local foreign affairs and defense ministries, the official news agency reports. Before presenting a report to Guterres and the Security Council on the current moment of the dispute, on the 14th of this month, António …

UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura Continues Tour with Mauritania Trip

UN envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, visited Mauritania as part of his regional tour ahead of his mid-April report to the UN Security Council, according to “Mauritania’s News Agency” (AMI). After meeting Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Rabat last week, De Mistura held talks in Nouakchott on Thursday with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and several government officials, including the ministers of foreign affairs a…