The wife of the Western Sahara Separatist Polisario Front leader, Khadija Hamdi, has been implicated in scandal relating diversion of refugee aid supplies that were sold in the black market.

The Western Sahara Separatist Polisario Front leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz has been placed in the hot seat when the name of his wife Khadija and his "defense minister" were listed in a document widely distributed - a few weeks before the start of the WEster Sahara Separatists congress- in the Western Sahara Separatist Camps located in South West Algeria's city of Tindouf,

The documents in question reveal the involvement of Khadija Hamdi and Mohamed Lamine El Bouhali, respectively "Ministers" of Culture and Defense in the Western Sahara Polisario "government", in cases of embezzlement of huge sums of money from international humanitarian aid and foreign donations.

The document lists bank foreign accounts, bank balances and supporting documents. An influential R'guibate tribal elder who wished to remain anonymous, said that when the old leader Abdelaziz viewed the incriminating documents, he convened an emergency meeting with his security team headed by Mr. Rabouni . He gave instructions to open an investigations about the leak of the incriminating documents, a leak that was timed to potentially inflict maximum damage on Mr. Abdeazi who has been the Western Sahara separatist Polisario strong man for over 35 years.