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Polisario Front takes part in 21st Congress of Spain's Popular Party
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid (Spain), July 5, 2025 (SPS) – The Polisario Front’s representative in Spain, Mr. Abdullah Al-Arabi, took part in the proceedings of the 21st Congress of Spain’s Popular Party (PP) in Madrid, following an invitation from the party. His...
International conference in Geneva on resilient women in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - The city of Geneva, Switzerland, has hosted an international conference on resilient women in Western Sahara. The conference, held on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council session, was led by Sahrawi...
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara: American documentary highlighting suffering of Sahrawi people
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - During the ongoing session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, a documentary film by American journalist Amy Goodman, host of the internationally acclaimed daily news program "Democracy...
Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council
Democracy Now!
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We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks with Democracy...
Morocco trade push links Sahel to Atlantic via Western Sahara
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Morocco's Atlantic Initiative would concretise its control over the disputed territory of Western Sahara [Getty] A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle...
International Observatory documents Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Oslo, 29 June 2025 (SPS) – The International Observatory for Monitoring Western Sahara Resources, in its annual report released this June, documented Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara, in blatant violation...
Syrians urge Damascus to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara
I24 News
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News over Rabat and Damascus restoring diplomatic ties and Morocco's expectation of Syrian recognition of its sovereignty over the Western Sahara has sparked many reactions inside Syria in support of such a step. In an open letter to Syrian...
Algeria–U.S. energy ties grow amid Western Sahara tensions
Business Insider Africa
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June 29, 2025
This renewed engagement comes as part of Algeria’s broader push to assert economic diplomacy in the face of growing international pressure surrounding the long-standing territorial issue. On June 24, the Secretary-General of Algeria’s Ministry of...
Report: China, Russia Likely to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Marrakech – A recent report by the Migration Research Institute identifies Morocco as “the most stable country in the entire Maghreb” and indicates major diplomatic developments may soon reshape the Western Sahara dispute. Despite persistent...
Rockets Hit Moroccan-Controlled City In Western Sahara Sparking Tensions (Photos)
SouthFront
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June 28, 2025
Click to see full-size image. Via X. A barrage of rockets hit on June 28 the outskirts of the Moroccan-controlled city of Smara in the disputed Western Sahara region. The rockets fell near the Lazab neighborhood, close to the headquarters of the...
The project aims, in part, to cement Morocco's control over the disputed Western Sahara
Barron News Shield - Wisconsin
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Barron, WI (54812) Today Thunderstorms likely. Rainfall will be locally heavy at times. Potential for severe thunderstorms. Low 66F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%.. Tonight Thunderstorms likely. Rainfall will be locally heavy at...
WSRW welcomes reduction in 2024 list of purchasers of Western Sahara phosphate, illegally exploited by Morocco
Sahara Press Service
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London, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – The Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW), an international observatory monitoring natural resources in Western Sahara, welcomed on Thursday the reduction in 2024 of the list of clients purchasing phosphate from Western...
Sahrawi Chargé d'Affaires receives dean of Bolivian Union University
Sahara Press Service
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La Paz (Bolivia), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - Chargé d'Affaires at the Sahrawi Republic's Embassy in Bolivia, Ambarec Abdallah, received today, Tuesday, Mr. Pedro Quiroz, Dean of the Bolivian Union University, along with his administrative team at the...
UN Rapporteur urges Morocco to end repression of human rights defenders in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concerns on Friday over Moroccan police violence against Sahrawi human rights activists Sidi Mohammed Daddach and...
Sahrawi Republic takes part in first ministerial meeting of Regional Steering Committee
Sahara Press Service
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Cairo (Egypt), June 23 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Republic is participating in the first ministerial meeting (Health Ministers) of the Regional Steering Committee (ReSCO) and the second meeting of the Regional Technical Advisory Committee (ReTAC),...
Bureau Veritas backs Moroccan Prime Minister in occupied Western Sahara
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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June 26, 2025
The firm announces it will render its services to a project that raises deep concerns over international law and human rights. Photo: Pacific Prospect seen offloading the Chinese cargo on Tenerife 28 May 2025. The cargo was bound for a wind farm...
Morocco seeks to restore ties with Syria for Western Sahara recognition
I24 News
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The Syrian Foreign Ministry recently sent a technical delegation to Morocco to inspect the Syrian embassy in Rabat, which has been closed since 2012, a Syrian source with knowledge of the matter told i24NEWS. Last month, Morocco announced it would...
Polisario rocket attack on Smara highlights use of Soviet-era weapons and Algerian involvement
Hespress
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June 30, 2025
The recent rocket attack on the southern Moroccan city of Smara has reignited concerns over the use of outdated, indiscriminate weaponry by the separatist Polisario Front, with experts calling the act a clear indication of the group’s terrorist...
President of Republic congratulates President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Independence and Youth Day
Sahara Press Service
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Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), 04 July 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to his Algerian counterpart, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on the...
Sahrawi Republic highlights unique situation of Sahrawi refugees at assessment meeting of Global Refugee Forum pledges and AU humanitarian frameworks
Sahara Press Service
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Maputo (Mozambique), June 21, 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) participated in the technical meeting to assess the implementation of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum pledges and the African Union’s humanitarian frameworks,...