Geneva Support Group for Western Sahara calls for urgent protection of Sahrawi rights and respect of the rights to self-determination

Geneva (UN Human Rights Council) 12 September 2025 (SPS) – The Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the UN in Geneva, H.E. Abdallah Saleh Possi, speaking on behalf of Geneva Support Group for Western Sahara, a...

Minister of Education and Vocational Training launches school year from wilaya of Smara

Wilaya of Smara, September 15, 2025 (SPS) - The Minister of Education and Vocational Training, a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, on Sunday officially launched the 2025/2026 school year from the...

President Brahim Ghali appoints director of National Television

Shaheed El-Hafed, September 14, 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has issued a presidential decree appointing Mr. Sidahmed Ahmed Mahmoud (also known as Dahha) as the Director of...

President of Republic receives Ambassador Brahim Ahmed Mahmoud Following his accreditation as Ambassador to Cuba

Shaheed El-Hafed, September 13, 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received Ambassador Brahim Ahmed Mahmoud. The meeting, which took place in the presence of the Minister of...

Nandi-Ndaitwah opens SWAPO Central Committee meeting, calls for unity ahead of regional elections

Staff Reporter PRESIDENT of the SWAPO Party, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, called for a decisive majority across all constituencies and warning that weak representation hampers service delivery. She delivered her maiden address to the party’s Central...

Plundering Wealth of Western Sahara: Spanish Party calls for compliance with European Court of Justice ruling

Madrid, 13 September 2025 (SPS) - The Spanish party Sumar called Friday on the government to contribute to ensuring the European Union's compliance with the ruling of the European Court of Justice, which annulled partnership and fishing agreements...

A 'deep well' of historical and political context – Why are there so many pro-Palestine protests at the Vuelta a España?

In the closing kilometres of stage 13 of this year's Vuelta a España, a dog tied to a chair ran out into the road. Thankfully, the incident didn't cause any problems, and neither any riders nor the animal got hurt. But in the most volatile edition...

President of Algeria's Guidance and Reform Association reaffirms support and solidarity with Sahrawi people

Algiers, September 13, 2025 (SPS) - The President of Algeria's Guidance and Reform Association, Mr. Makki Qassoum, reaffirmed Algeria's support and solidarity with the Sahrawi people during a celebration organized by the Association on the...

Western Sahara’s Polisario Movement: Manufacturing a Threat to Global Security?

Executive Summary: Founded in 1973, the Polisario Front remains a UN-recognized secular liberation movement seeking independence from Moroccan rule. U.S. legislators are considering labeling the Sahrawi independence movement a terrorist group,...

Colonialism, post-colonialism and Western Sahara: rebuilding Africa's fractured geographies

Introduction: beyond colonial cartographies The coloniality of power and the fragmentation of the Sahara Sovereignty as a historical relationship, not a colonial invention The poetics of resistance: liberation as narrative Feminist and ecological...

Post-Coloniality and Western Sahara: Stitching Back Together Africa’s Broken Geographies

The incompleteness of decolonization is not only a matter of borders, flags, and treaties. It is also, and above all, a matter of imagination: who tells the story, who defines belonging, and who controls the symbolic cartographies of space. As the...

US Congressman Calls Morocco a Trusted Ally

Morocco is a “long-standing ally” and a “trusted partner” to the United States in North Africa and the Middle East, underlined US Congressman Mike Lawler, while advocating for the deepening of this exceptional alliance that dates back to 1777....

Western Sahara: South Africa Still Not Over Zumba’s Visit, Support for Morocco

Rabat – South Africa’s government continues to grumble over former President Jacob Zuma’s remarkable visit to Morocco, where he announced support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for the Western Sahara dispute. Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of...

International community's neglect of Western Sahara conflict has imposed heavy human and political costs on peoples of region

Geneva (Switzerland), 9 September 2025 (SPS) – Ambassador Oubbi Boushraya Bashir, the Representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva, condemned the inaction of the international community 50...

UN called to assume its legal and political responsibility towards Sahrawi people

New York (United Nations), September 13, 2025 (SPS) - Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Representative at the United Nations and Coordinator with MINURSO, emphasized the Sahrawi side's persistent...

Morocco's economic, political and security landscape: Key risks from this week

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics Khadija TachfineSaturday 13 September 2025 - 18:34 Welcome to this week’s edition of our Weekly Risk Watch, offering insights into the economic, political, and security updates that could have significant...

Sahrawi Human rights defender denounces systematic arbitrary detention in Western Sahara at UN Human Rights Council

Geneva (UN Human Rights Council) 10 Sept 2025 (SPS) – Sahrawi human rights defender Ms. Yaguta Mukhtar addressed the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday morning in Geneva, warning against the systematic use by the Moroccan...

NGOs Deplore Polisario’s Slavery Practices in Tindouf Camps

A number of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are raising concerns about the persistent ongoing inhumane conditions in the Tindouf camps. Taking part in the session of the 60th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday, the...

De Mistura identifies Morocco and Algeria as the main actors in the Western Sahara conflict

Staffan de Mistura, special envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) for Western Sahara, has identified Morocco and Algeria as the main actors involved in the ongoing conflict over the sovereignty of Western Sahara. In an...

Doha is paying for harboring terrorists; Ankara could be next

Doha poses as a mediator in the October 7 hostage talks, but the arsonist cannot be a firefighter. True mediation demands Cairo's credibility. Qatar hosted Hamas' leadership, funded and legitimized it, violating UN Security Council Resolutions...