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Western Sahara Conflict: Bolton calls for self-determination referendum to preserve regional security
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid, 14 August 2025 (SPS) – Former U.S. diplomat and ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton has called for a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara to preserve regional security, warning that the unresolved conflict will have...
Morocco pushes enormous green hydrogen plans in occupied Western Sahara
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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August 10, 2025
The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied Western Sahara. Photo: Electricity lines just outside of Western Sahara's...
Polisario Front takes part in African Political Parties Summit in Ghana
Sahara Press Service
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Accra (Ghana), August 12, 2025 (SPS) – The Polisario Front is participating in the African Political Parties Summit, held in Ghana’s capital, Accra, from August 12 to 14, 2025, at the International Conference Center. The Polisario Front’s...
US exploring an economic solution to Western Sahara conflict after 50 years of stalemate
El País
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August 5, 2025
King Mohammed VI of Morocco had an unusual outstretched-hand message for Algeria in his recent speech to the nation on Throne Day, when he called for negotiations towards a solution “without victors or vanquished” in the long-running conflict over...
Morocco endures unprecedented heatwave, breaks historic temperature records
Hespress
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August 18, 2025
Morocco has been gripped by an unusually prolonged and intense heatwave over the past two weeks, coinciding with the traditionally scorching “Smaïm” season. The soaring temperatures have scorched central and southern regions, interior plains, and...
Spain to Declassify Secret Archives: Morocco Awaits Revelations on Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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August 2, 2025
Marrakech – Spain’s government has approved a groundbreaking draft law on Classified Information that will replace the Franco-era Official Secrets law of 1968. The legislation, approved by the Spanish Cabinet in late July, represents an...
Sahrawi Observatory calls on Irish Airline Ryanair to withdraw from occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Occupied Dakhla, 31 July 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Observatory for the Protection of Natural Resources and the Environment has called on the Irish airline Ryanair to withdraw "immediately" from occupied Western Sahara, rejecting any complicity in...
Christopher Nolan urged to suspend filming The Odyssey in occupied Western Sahara
The Independent
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July 29, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
New Weather Alert Forecasts Temperatures Up to 47°C, Hail, Thunderstorms in Morocco
Morocco World News
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August 6, 2025
Rabat – A new heatwave alert expects temperatures to range between 40 and 47 degrees Celsius in several provinces across Morocco. According to the country’s weather directorate, the new heatwave will strike several provinces from Wednesday to...
How The World’s Highest Court Bolstered The Fight For Climate Reparations
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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August 5, 2025
The International Court of Justice ruling that climate harm violates international law is expected to shape current — and future — climate lawsuits. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As...
The MKP’s two-faced foreign relations on Western Sahara
Sunday Independent
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July 22, 2025
Siyabonga Hadebe|Published 49 minutes ago 9min THE Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a complete African Union (AU) member state and is recognised by more than 40 United Nations (UN) member states. Despite decades of occupation by Morocco and the...
Portugal: Autonomy Plan is Most Serious, Credible Basis to Resolve Western Sahara Dispute
Morocco World News
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July 22, 2025
Rabat — Portugal has renewed its support for Morocco’s territorial integrity, describing the Autonomy Plan as the most serious, credible, and constructive basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute. Portugal asserted its position in a Joint...
How the world’s highest court bolstered the fight for climate reparations
Grist Magazine
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July 28, 2025
As global inaction over the climate crisis has mounted and Pacific islands nations have watched in frustration as their calls for decisive action have gone unheeded, a growing number of them, led by Vanuatu, have turned to the courts. If...
Italy-Algeria Summit: Abdelmadjid Tebboune Embarrasses Himself With Isolated Support for Polisario
Morocco World News
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July 24, 2025
Rabat – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has once again put himself in an isolated position by expressing support for Polisario’s separatism claims in Western Sahara. Following a meeting and discussions with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia...
Beyond Deterrence: Honduras’ Proactive Stance on Drug Trafficking and Environmental Crime
Dialogo Americas
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July 24, 2025
With over three decades of distinguished service, Army Major General Roosevelt Hernández Aguilar, serves as the chairman of the Honduran Armed Forces’ Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his extensive career, marked by his participation in critical...
Dale Vince hits out at double standards’ over Palestine flag at Stroud HQ
Stroud News and Journal
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August 15, 2025
Flags of sovereign nations recognised by the UK Government do not require planning permission. Palestine, like Taiwan or Western Sahara, is currently not recognised as a country by the UK. The council says this means the flag currently hanging...
Morocco launches tender for hybrid power plant
Zawya
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Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has launched an international tender for the construction of a hybrid solar-diesel power plant with battery storage in Guerguarat city in Western Sahara. The project comes with an...
Saharawi Republic calls for combined efforts to ensure African peoples' right to water
Sahara Press Service
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Cape Town (South Africa), August 14, 2025 (SPS) – The Minister of Water and Environment, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Mr. Adda Brahim Ahmim, participated in the proceedings of the second day of the African Water...
Ecotricity boss Dale Vince in dispute with planners over Palestine flag at Stroud HQ
BusinessLive
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August 15, 2025
Ecotricity chief Dale Vince is embroiled in a planning row with district authorities a large Palestinian flag displayed at the company's Stroud headquarters. Flags of sovereign nations acknowledged by the UK Government are exempt from planning...
Ecotricity's Dale Vince in 'double standards' planning row over Palestine flag at Stroud HQ
Gloucestershire Live
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August 15, 2025
Ecotricity boss Dale Vince is in a dispute with district planners over the large Palestinian flag which hangs from the firm’s head office in Stroud. Flags of sovereign nations recognised by the UK Government do not require planning permission....