AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoMINURSO Restructuring: MINURSO has started cutting costs by closing its Laayoune medical center and ending contracts for around 20 medical staff, with equipment set to move to local humanitarian groups, as the UN reviews the mission’s future under Security Council Resolution 2797. Human Rights Under Pressure: European lawyers say Sahrawi defenders in occupied Western Sahara face escalating restrictions, including a reported de facto siege on human rights defender Hussein Mjahid’s home in El Aaiún and electricity cutoffs. Political Solidarity: South Africa’s EFF and the World Peace Council renewed calls to end Morocco’s occupation and back Sahrawi self-determination, with EFF leader Julius Malema calling it “shameful” to celebrate African liberation while Western Sahara remains occupied. UN Peacekeeping Spotlight: UN events this week also highlighted peacekeeping sacrifices and service, including medal ceremonies for Indian troops in South Sudan and upcoming posthumous honours for Bangladeshi peacekeepers—while MINURSO’s own role is being reshaped. Civil Society vs Corporate Claims: Catalan and French groups urged AZURA Group to stop marketing Dakhla as Moroccan and to respect European court rulings on Western Sahara’s separate legal status.
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