A woman at the head of a Smara commune

Thursday, 24 March, is a special day in the history of the rural commune of Haouza. This commune has, in fact, just recorded an unprecedented situation in our Saharan provinces. Meeting in an extraordinary session, following the sudden death of its president, the rural council of the commune elected a woman to preside over it. Haouza, a rural commune located a few miles from Rabouni, the stronghold of the Polisario, has a few hundred inhabitants. It has just set an example in terms of democracy by electing, unanimously by its members, a president in the person of Maâlouma Boussaaid, who kept the same composition of the office bequeathed to her by her predecessor unchanged. Coming from a family in Smara, the new president grew up in a highly politicized environment. She enjoys the consideration of all the members of the office who have granted her their trust to lead the commune. In a fi…