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New report on contentious #WesternSahara phosphate trade
Morocco shipped over 1.5 million tonnes of phosphate out of occupied Western Sahara in 2017, to the tune of over $142 million. But the number of international importers of the contentious conflict mineral is waning, WSRW's annual report shows. For...
#UN Security Council calls on #Morocco, #Polisario Front to hold negotiations without precondition
New York, April 28, 2018 (SPS) - The United Nations Security Council adopted, in a debate Friday on the issue of Western Sahara, a resolution which reaffirms the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and calls on the two parties to the...
Memories of Western Sahara By Nina Nedrebo
I. Background for the interviews This work seeks to record the oral history of more than five Saharawi women from the Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, southern Algeria: Dajna, Aza, Asisa, Dmaha and Fatimatu. These women tell the stories of their...
Activists in #WesternSahara: A tough Situation in a Hostile Environment by Mahmoud Lemaadel
Written by Mahmoud lemaadel The Saharawi media groups have a crucial role in their non-violence resistance in the conflict of Western Sahara. They are reporting truth and facts. As they become a credible source for other foreign media agencies, the...
The Fisheries Agreement concluded between the EU and Morocco is not applicable to Western Sahara and to its adjacent waters
The EU Court this morning issued a ruling stating that the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement is only valid if it does not apply to the waters of Western Sahara. Printer version The Court ruled that the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement cannot be...
3 Stolen Camera’s | FILM Screening | Event
Sponsored by the University of New York -Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at NYU - SAUSA invites you to attend our upcoming event. 3 STOLEN CAMERAS The members of video activist group, Equipe Media, fight to...
‘We Want the World to Know’: Activists Reporting on Occupation Face Legal Threats in Western Sahara
Among media freedom and human rights groups, Morocco is often described as having a relatively favourable landscape for media freedom, in contrast to other oppressive regimes and dictatorships in the neighborhood, such as Egypt and Mauritania. These...
Mohamed El-Ayoubi´s case defying Moroccan Justice and revealing Sahrawis Misery
By: Mohmed Brahim Gdeim Izik: a Historic event marking Saharawi civil peaceful resistance: November 8th, 2010 marked the barbaric and violent dismantling of the Sahrawi protesters ´camp in the area of Agdeim Izik located east of the city of El-Aaiun, the...
Aminatou Haidar advocates UN mechanism to monitor violations of Sahrawis’ human rights by Morocco
Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar advocated on Saturday in Algiers the setting up of a United Nations mechanism to monitor the violations of Sahrawi's human rights by Morocco, especially as the MINURSO" is powerless in the face of these violations." She...
