{"id":3330,"date":"2025-11-01T20:42:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2025-11-01T20:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:42:39","slug":"ferhat-mehenni-and-the-un-resolution-when-royal-diplomacy-defeats-colonial-geography-and-the-kabyle-people-claim-their-independence-from-algeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/ferhat-mehenni-and-the-un-resolution-when-royal-diplomacy-defeats-colonial-geography-and-the-kabyle-people-claim-their-independence-from-algeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferhat Mehenni and the UN Resolution: When Royal Diplomacy Defeats Colonial Geography \u2014 and the Kabyle People Claim Their Independence from Algeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ferhat Mehenni between Morocco\u2019s Sahara and Kabyle Mountains: When History Begins to Correct Itself<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ferhat Mehenni\u2019s recent statement, leader of the Kabyle independence movement and head of its provisional government, was more than a political remark on social media \u2014 it was a moment of clarity in North African geopolitics.
His declaration resonated as both an acknowledgment of Morocco\u2019s diplomatic triumph<\/strong> in its Sahara and a reflection of Algeria\u2019s unresolved identity crisis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

By describing the latest UN Security Council resolution on the Moroccan Sahara as a \u201ccorrection of a historical mistake,\u201d<\/strong> Mehenni drew a sharp contrast between two divergent trajectories:
that of Morocco, which has restored its sovereignty<\/strong> over its southern territories under the visionary leadership of King Mohammed VI;
and that of Kabylia, still deprived of self-determination<\/strong> within the boundaries of a state that confuses nationalism with control.<\/p>\n

Beyond his own cause, Mehenni\u2019s words signal a shift in the moral geography of North Africa<\/strong>.
Legitimacy now belongs not to revolutionary slogans, but to institutional diplomacy and royal foresight<\/strong> \u2014 a strategy that has compelled even the United Nations to speak in the language of Morocco, not that of its opponents.<\/p>\n

When Mehenni recalled the 1857 Icherriden<\/em> battle, he invoked a symbolic continuity between past loss and present reclamation, announcing December 14, 2025<\/strong> as the founding date of the \u201cFree State of Kabylia.\u201d
It was a gesture heavy with historical irony: the Moroccan Sahara has returned through diplomacy, while Kabylia seeks its liberation through memory.<\/p>\n

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Le Maroc a r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 son Sahara.
La Kabylie va r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer son ind\u00e9pendance.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est par un accident de l\u2019histoire, une parenth\u00e8se coloniale fran\u00e7aise, que le Royaume du Maroc a perdu le territoire que le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u2019ONU vient de lui restituer.
Mes vives\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/GBMBKhkLlR<\/a><\/p>\n

— FERHAT MEHENNI (@FerhatMhenni) November 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n