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Why the World Needs to Know About Western Sahara’s Seemingly Endless Struggle for Independence
An interview with a Sahrawi Journalist and Activist. By Amira Ali. In 1975, Morocco, under King Hassan II, invaded Western Sahara; and since, the Sahrawi people — female-dominated society of Arab and Berber descent — have been in an unflagging...
Jatri Aduh: Western Sahara remains the last decolonization issue in Africa | wesatimes
ALGEIRS – The chief of lawmaker, Jatri Aduh stressed Tuesday that the Western Sahara issue remains the last on the decolonization issues in the African continent and the last African file included in the UN Fourth Committee of decolonization of the continent during...
Decolonizing Western Sahara
BIR LEHLU, WESTERN SAHARA – When Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in 1975, it had been under Spanish control for nearly a century. But Spain’s grip on the territory had weakened in the dying days of Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. And rather than...
Sign up! Stop EU trade talks with Morocco regarding Western Sahara!
“We call on the EU to abide by the judgment of its own Supreme Court, and to cease all trade talks regarding Western Sahara with the occupying state, Morocco. As a champion for rule of law and human rights, the EU should respect the rights of the Saharawi...
AFAPREDESA Calls for investigation into Moroccan repression against Father Deida and his family
Shaheed El-Hafed, August 12, 2017 - The Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA), called on the international society for creation of an international committee to investigate the repression committed by Morocco against...
Welcome to new Sahrawi Ambassador with Special Mission to Peru
Lima, Peru, July 15, 2017 - The Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi Republic has welcomed Khadijetu Mokhtar, Saharawi Ambassador with the Special Mission to Peru. The event was attended by journalists, intellectuals, national and foreign...
Western Sahara has won its conflict cargo case in South Africa
The Moroccan state company OCP has decided to drop defending the detained conflict mineral cargo in South Africa. The Saharawi people thus won a 5 million USD walk-over victory before the trial over phosphate rock ownership even had begun. Printer version...
29th AU Summit kicks off with the 34th Session of the Permanent Representative Committee
Under the theme of “Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth” , the 29th African Union Summit opened Tuesday 27 June 2017, at the African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with the Thirty Fourth (34th) Ordinary Session...
“Culture and Sahrawi identity” marked the third day of the Juan Carlos University summer course in Madrid on the Sahrawi issue
The third day of the summer course of the Juan Carlos University in Madrid on Western Sahara cause was attended by several lecturers on Saharwi culture, given by specialists in Sahrawi culture and anthropologists. The representative of the Frente POLISARIO...
Pierre Galand denounces an attempt to present Western Sahara as Moroccan territory
The President of the European Coordination of Committees in support of the Saharawi people, Pierre Galand, protested Friday against the way French television channel France2 presented documentary "Morocco seen from the sky ", denouncing an attempt to make...