The Polisario Front held a military parade to mark the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in 1976, with renewed calls for self-determination and independence.
The US, UK, and France are bringing ever more pressure on the international community to legitimize the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, which in turn is handing over the occupied resources for Western countries to loot.
Ghana endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, abandoning its long-held support for Sahrawi sovereignty. Now Ghana is aligned with Morocco’s expanding economic and diplomatic maneuver across Africa.
In a controversial shift, the UK and Kenya recently endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara in return for investment deals, disregarding the Sahrawi people’s internationally recognized right to self-determination.
Forced on the retreat in its former colonies in West Africa, France has officially endorsed Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara, and struck deals to partner in extracting its resources.
The struggle of the Sahrawi people for social, political, and economic liberation from Moroccan occupation continues
Israel is now among the handful of countries which have extended their recognition to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. It follows in the footsteps of the US which did so during the presidency of Donald Trump in 2020
A trade unionist and prominent human rights defender, Mahfouda has been unrelentingly participating in the struggle for Western Sahara’s liberation from Moroccan occupation despite torture, imprisonment, and threats of rape
CODESA claims that the European Commission falsely claimed that it consulted Sahrawi rights groups for a report on the Free Trade Agreement and Fisheries Agreement with Morocco. The agreement was struck down by a court in 2021 for its failure to consider the views of the people of Western Sahara
Fatma Mehdi, minister of cooperation of the Sahrawi Republic, spoke to Brasil de Fato about the struggle for sovereignty
With 69% of the votes in the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front, Ghali takes on a new three-year mandate, now in the midst of war
After 30 years of peace, the Polisario Front holds its 16th Congress amidst the war against Morocco’s invasion
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