The Polisario Front announced on Wednesday in a press release the death of its «Minister of Equipment», following a Covid-19 contamination. In a statement, the separatist movement recalled that Sid Ahmed Batal was one of its founding members. The movement, whose Secretary General Brahim Ghali has also tested positive and hospitalized in Spain since April, has declared a «national mourning» of a week from Thursday, May 27, 2021, the same source added. Born in Tan-Tan, this former director of military security for the Polisario, in the 1980s, held several positions of within the separatist movement. Bilan Coronavirus dans le monde 260 064 469 Contaminations 5 182 449 Décès 235 813 303 Guérisons 54% de la population mondiale vaccinée