MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of the Western Sahara independence movement, Brahim Ghali, landed in Algiers early on Wednesday after his hospitalization in Spain for more than a month triggered a diplomatic row between Spain and Morocco.
“He arrived safe and sound,” said Jalil Mohamed, the Polisario Front’s spokesman in Spain.
Ghali left Spain a few hours after appearing remotely in a hearing with Spanish high court on a war crimes case. Following the hearing, Spanish judges did not impose any restrictions on the Polisario leader and allowed him to leave the country.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
