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SONREP hails Australia’s ending of controversial and illegal imports of Western Sahara’s Phosphate
Sahara Press Service
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Chahid Elhafed (Sahrawi Republic) 09 July 2025 (SPS)– The Sahrawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (SONREP) hailed the official end of all imports of phosphate rock from the occupied territories of Western Sahara to...
Bolton’s Bluster Attempts to Trivialize US Foreign Policy with Baseless Western Sahara Claims
Morocco World News
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July 7, 2025
Rabat – Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton — a vocal advocate for Polisario and its terrorist agenda targeting Morocco’s sovereignty and security – continues to disseminate what critics describe as empty rhetoric, baseless and...
Rights groups sound alarm over alleged exploitation of Sahrawi children in Polisario’s 'holidays for peace' program
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
The controversial “Holidays for Peace” program, overseen by the Polisario Front and supported by sympathetic European organizations, is under fire from Moroccan and Sahrawi rights activists who accuse the initiative of using Sahrawi children for...
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...
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...
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...
Ghana’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan undermines Western Sahara’s push for sovereignty
Black Agenda Report
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Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Photo: Moroccan Diplomacy/X Ghana endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, abandoning its...
A new era of Morocco-UK collaboration?
African Business
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July 9, 2025
Speaking in Rabat earlier this month, the UK’s foreign secretary David Lammy announced that his government would now be backing Morocco’s claims to sovereignty over the Western Sahara. Lammy said “the UK has chosen to endorse autonomy within the...
Sahrawi Observatory exposes in new report: Renewable energy in Western Sahara as a tool for cementing occupation and resource plunder
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland) 24 June 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Enviromental Protection (SONREP) launched its new annual report today under the title: “Sustainability for Whom? Renewable Energy and Environmental Justice...
Western Sahara: Panama Renews Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan
Morocco World News
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June 16, 2025
Rabat – Panama renewed its support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a serious, credible, and realistic basis to resolve the dispute over Western Sahara. Panama’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Javier Martinez-Acha Vasquez, reaffirmed his country’s...
Promise and pressure of cost-competitive green hydrogen
ESI Africa
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July 9, 2025
The economic feasibility of exporting green hydrogen from Africa to Europe by 2030 is in question. The study Mapping the cost competitiveness of African green hydrogen imports to Europe provides some answers. As at December 2023, Africa’s green...
Moroccan sustainable mining receives support from the EBRD
Atalayar
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June 29, 2025
The importance of mining in Morocco Aya Gold & Silver Inc., a Canadian silver producer operating in Morocco, has received 25 million dollars from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in its third financial agreement to...
Companies involved in plundering Sahrawi wealth are perpetuating colonial situation
Sahara Press Service
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Berlin, 8 July 2025 (SPS) – German writer and international studies researcher Ramona Schnall emphasized that European companies complicit in looting the wealth of the Sahrawi people through illegal agreements with the Moroccan occupation not only...
Sahrawi NGOs Condemn Polisario Attack on Es-Smara, UN Mission Launches Field Investigation
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Rabat – A coalition of Sahrawi NGOs has strongly condemned the recent projectile attack near the southern Moroccan city of Es-Smara, calling it a “hostile act” and a grave violation of Morocco’s sovereignty and international law. The incident,...
Sahrawi delegation participates in AU-EU Agriculture Ministers' Meeting in Rome to achieve sustainable food security
Sahara Press Service
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Rome (Italy) 27 June 2025 (SPS)– A delegation from the Sahrawi Republic participated today, Friday, in the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture from the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU). Hosted in Rome, Italy, the meeting aimed...
Morocco in talks with UAE firms on $10 billion wind energy investment in Sahara
Hespress
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July 9, 2025
Morocco is engaged in advanced discussions with three major Emirati energy firms—Masdar, AMEA Power, and TAQA—over a potential investment of up to $10 billion in large-scale wind energy projects in the Sahara Desert, according to a recent report...
UN Sounds Alarm: Critical Malnutrition Crisis Grips Polisario Captives in Tindouf
Morocco World News
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June 26, 2025
Marrakech – Catastrophic malnutrition rates now plague the Polisario-run, Algerian-controlled Tindouf camps, according to a new UN investigation. The findings reveal the brutal reality faced by thousands of Sahrawis held hostage in these desolate...
HRC59: Civil society presents key takeaways from the session
International Service for Human Rights
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July 8, 2025
We join others who have expressed grave concern about the UN’s financial situation throughout the session. We deplore that we are in this position primarily due to the failure of some States to pay their assessed contributions in full and on time....
Inconsistency on Western Sahara conflict damages Ghana's credibility – Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh
GhanaWeb
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June 10, 2025
The Deputy Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Bosome Freho, Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticised the government’s handling of Ghana’s foreign policy on the Morocco-Western Sahara conflict,...
Southern Provinces, Strategic Link between North Africa & Morocco’s African Depth - Laayoune Declaration
Hespress
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June 21, 2025
Participants in the Parliamentary Forum on Economic Cooperation between Morocco and the CEMAC highlighted on Friday in Laayoune, the strategic importance of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom and the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region as a vital...