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Sahrawi Observatory condemns involvement of Israeli company in looting Western Sahara’s natural resources
Sahara Press Service
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Chahid Elhafed (Sahrawi Republic) 5 July 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Enviromental Protection (SONREP) issued a Press Release today strongly condemning the involvement of the Israeli company NewMed Energy in...
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...
Liberia, Ecuador Reaffirm Support for Morocco’s Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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July 4, 2025
Rabat – Liberia and Ecuador have both reaffirmed their strong support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara during official visits to Rabat on Friday. Liberia’s Foreign Minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, said her...
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...
Malainin Lakhal: Western Sahara will remain an open front for resistance until victory
Sahara Press Service
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 04 July 2025 (SPS) – The Deputy Representative of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Ethiopia and the African Union، Malainin Lakhal، affirmed that the Sahrawi ongoing resistance against the Moroccan occupation...
Occupying State has failed to legitimize its occupation of Western Sahara by force and will not succeed through buying consciences
Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), July 3, 2025 (SPS) – Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Polisario Front’s representative at the UN and coordinator with MINURSO, affirmed that the Moroccan occupation...
Guatemala Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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July 3, 2025
Rabat — Guatemala threw its full support behind Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara on Thursday, calling it the only realistic path to resolving the decades-old territorial dispute. Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez Alvarado told...
King Mohammed VI Congratulates President Trump on US Independence Day
Morocco World News
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July 4, 2025
Mrirt — King Mohammed VI has sent a congratulatory message to US President Donald Trump on his country’s Independence Day, celebrating the strong ties between the two nations. The King expressed warm congratulations and sincere wishes for health...
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...
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...
International symposium in Geneva addresses Morocco's systematic violations against Sahrawi women
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva, 1 July 2025 (SPS) – The United Nations Human Rights Council headquarters in Geneva hosted Monday an international symposium focusing on the systematic violations committed by the occupying administration against Sahrawi women in the...
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...
Opening of Sahrawi Women's Festival in Mostaganem, Algeria
Sahara Press Service
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Mostaganem (Algeria), July 5, 2025 (SPS) – The official launch of the Sahrawi Women's Festival took place on Saturday evening in Mostaganem province. The festival will run for four days and is hosting a Sahrawi delegation of around 400...
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...
Fouzi Lekjaa extends a hand to Algerian fans
Atalayar
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July 5, 2025
Political tension between Morocco and Algeria has been high in recent years due to political disagreements on very important issues such as sovereignty over Western Sahara, a territory claimed by the Moroccan kingdom. This political tension has...
Tensions flare at Ibn Zohr as students push pro-polisario agenda on campus
Hespress
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July 2, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics Hespress ENWednesday 2 July 2025 - 10:11 A confrontation erupted last week at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir when administrators intervened to stop students affiliated with the pro-Polisario “Sahrawi...
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...