Western Sahara
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:27:46 GMTWestern Sahara - Security Council Sends Strong Message to Us, Morocco On Decolonization
[SPS] Algiers -- Frente POLISARIO's representative to France, Mohamed Sidati, said the Saharwi people embarked, since November 13, in a second war of liberation, following Morocco's aggression against Saharawi civilians, stressing UN Security Council...
Tue, 29 Dec 2020 11:49:53 GMTWestern Sahara - France, Spain Are Complacent Towards With Moroccan Occupier
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- France and Spain, two member states of the European Union (EU), are complacent with the Moroccan occupier with regard to Western Sahara conflict, said the Polisario Front representative in Europe and the EU, Oubi B...
Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:32:36 GMTMoroccan Scholar Mohammed Cherkaoui Threatened Because of Position
[SPS] Washington -- Moroccan researcher and professor specialized in the matter of conflict settlement in the US University George Mason, Mohammed Cherkaoui said he was the subject of "smear campaign and threats" because of his position on the outgoi...
Mon, 28 Dec 2020 08:30:19 GMTFood Aid Caravan to Head On 7 January for Sahrawi Refugee Camps
[SPS] Algiers -- A food aid caravan for the Sahrawi refugees will head on 7 January for the refugee camps in Tindouf, announced Saturday representatives of the civil society and the National Union of Algerian Farmers (UNPA) in a solidarity sit-in wit...
Thu, 24 Dec 2020 08:09:41 GMTF. Polisario Representative At UN - 'There Is a Consensus On the Political Solution of the Conflict in Western Sahara'
[SPS] New York -- The Representative of the Frente POLISARIO in the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, affirmed today that "there is a consensus among all the members of the Security Council on the legal status of the issue of Western Sahara, whi...
Mon, 21 Dec 2020 05:37:35 GMTBiden Must Backtrack Over U.S. Support for Morocco Claim to Western Sahara - Polisario
[RFI] Western Sahara's Polisario Front wants US President-elect Joe Biden to reverse a decision by incumbent President Donald Trump to recognise Morocco's claim of sovereignty over the disputed territory, a representative of the pro-independence move...
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:14:06 GMTTop U.S. Republican Condemns Trump Action on W. Sahara as 'Rash And Cynical'
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A former American secretary of state who is viewed as an "elder statesman" of President Donald Trump's Republican Party has lashed out at Trump's recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ...
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:55:36 GMTSA Stands in Solidarity With Palestine and Western Sahara
[SAnews.gov.za] Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister, Dr Naledi Pandor, has again expressed solidarity with the peoples of Palestine and Western Sahara in their quest to achieve fundamental freedom, equality, justice...
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:55:10 GMTWestern Sahara - Morocco Cracks Down On Activists
[HRW] New York -- US Recognition of Moroccan Sovereignty Doesn't Change Territory's Status
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:37:53 GMTThe Hole in Africa's Heart
[Africa In Fact] Swathes of the continent are home to people whose efforts at self-rule or traditional ways of life have challenged state attempts to deal with COVID-19
Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:29:32 GMTWestern Sahara - Trump's Decision Goes Against International Law
[Algerie Presse Service] Pretoria -- South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, criticized the decision of outgoing US President Donald Trump to recognize Morocco's alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara, belie...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:24:32 GMTRepudiating Trump, AU Backs UN Demand for Autonomy Referendum
[Nation] The African Union has maintained that the fate of Western Sahara must be decided by a referendum, even after the the US endorsed Morocco's control over the breakaway region.
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:22:29 GMTFormer U.S. Secretary of State Attacks Trump's 'Cynical' Move
[Baker Institute] President Trump on Thursday announced a U.S.-brokered deal between Morocco and Israel to normalize relations. To get the pact done, Trump overturned decades of U.S. policy by recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara -- w...
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 10:05:01 GMTSahrawi Army Continues Attacks On Moroccan Bases for 31st Consecutive Day
[SPS] Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories) -- The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued its intensive attacks on Moroccan military bases behind the wall of shame on Saturday and Sunday, said a military statement number 31 from the Ministry ...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:21:02 GMTSPLA Conducts New Attacks On Moroccan Forces' Entrenchments
[Algerie Presse Service] BIR LAHLOU (Liberated Sahrawi Territories)- The units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted new attacks targeting the positions and entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation's forces along the wall of the sh...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:13:26 GMTTop U.S. House Democrat Issues Warning Over Trump Move
[SPS] Washington -- The top House Democrat with oversight of foreign affairs, Rep. Eliot Engel, warned Thursday that Trump's move to recognize Morocco's claims in Western Sahara threatens legitimate multilateral efforts to solve long-standing conflic...
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:31:05 GMTBlunt Dealmaking in Morocco Highlights U.S. Disregard for African Affairs
[CFR] Too often, the Trump Administration's engagement with Africa has been characterized by insults and neglect. In their final days in office, Administration officials have doubled down on that posture, treating relations with the African Union and...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:20:36 GMTUK Stands By Western Sahara Policy
[PR Newswire] London -- The Foreign Secretary has issued a statement on the announcement of the normalisation of relations between Israel and Morocco.
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:51:54 GMTIsrael, Morocco to Normalise Relations 'With Minimal Delay'
[DW] Morocco will become the fourth Arab state to resume relations with Israel in the back-end of the Trump presidency -- after the US granted a key concession on disputed territory. Israel's PM hailed a "joyous" development.
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:29:55 GMTWhite House Affirms Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
[White House] The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its support for Morocco's autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. Therefore, as of today, th...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:17:24 GMTRussia - Trump Is Violating International Law By Backing Morocco's Claims to Western Sahara
[SPS] Moscow (Russia) -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Bogdanov, told journalists Today according to RT, that Trump's move to back Morocco's claims to sovereignty over the Western Sahara undermines international efforts...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:14:22 GMTSPLA Continues Bombing Moroccan Army for 28 Consecutive Day
[Algerie Presse Service] Bir Lehlou -- The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army continued Thursday its attacks on the Moroccan military bases behind the wall of shame, said the Sahrawi Defence Ministry in its military communiqué No 28.
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:19:11 GMTGabon Welcomes U.S. Decision to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty Over Its Sahara
[MAP] Libreville -- The government of the Gabonese Republic welcomed, on Friday, the decision of the United States of America to recognize the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over the entire region of the Moroccan Sahara and to open a US consul...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:18:40 GMTSahara Conflict Has Lasted Too Long - French Foreign Ministry
[MAP] Paris -- France considers that the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco is "a basis for serious and credible discussions" to settle the Sahara conflict that "has lasted too long," announced on Friday French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsa...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:17:41 GMTANC - Rights of Saharawis and Palestinians to Self-Determination Shall Not Be Derailed By Trump's "Deal"
[SPS] Pretoria (South Africa) -- The African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa issued a press release in reaction to Trump's position in favour of the occupation of Western Sahara, stating that Saharawi and Palestinian rights to self-determinat...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 11:17:06 GMTFormer U.S. Secretary of State James Baker Attacks Trump's 'Cynical' Move
[SPS] Washington -- Former US Secretary of State, James A. Baker, III, strongly criticized outgoing President, Donald Trump, "deal" with Morocco over Western Sahara, in a written statement published today of which SPS received a copy.
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:34:23 GMTTrump's Western Sahara Declaration Undermines Ongoing UN Peace Process - Oxfam
[Oxfam] Today's proclamation by President Donald Trump asserting the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara undermines ongoing UN led peace processes and denies the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:29:04 GMTWhite House Announcement is 'Shocking and Deeply Disappointing'
[United States Senate] U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) made the following statement on Western Sahara:
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 05:03:10 GMTMorocco's Expansionism Based On Allegations, Propaganda - Activist
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The expansionist policy of Morocco is based on "allegations and propaganda," through false arguments and lies on the alleged sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, a former Moroccan, military told Canal Algeri...
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:19:19 GMTTrump's Position Constitutes a Flagrant Violation of UN Charter
[SPS] Bir Lehlou -- The Government of the Sahrawi Republic and the Frente POLISARIO has condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision taken by the outgoing US President Donald Trump to recognise that which Morocco does not possess, namely "s...