Polisario Front marks 50 years of Sahrawi Republic with renewed call for self-determination
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.
Western Sahara’s decolonization at a crossroads after 50 years of occupation
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’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan undermines Western Sahara’s push for sovereignty
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.
UK and Kenya endorse Morocco’s autonomy plan, undermining Western Sahara’s right to self-determination
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.
Ghana’s turn away from the Sahrawi people undermines continental solidarity
Ghana’s suspension of diplomatic ties with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic has sparked widespread criticism.
France turns to occupied Western Sahara for colonial plunder
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.
Brahim Ghali is reelected president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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
Direct from Western Sahara: learn about the struggle of the last colony in Africa
After 30 years of peace, the Polisario Front holds its 16th Congress amidst the war against Morocco’s invasion
Se intensifica la lucha por la liberación del Sáhara Occidental
Los combates entre el Ejército de Liberación del Pueblo Saharaui y las fuerzas de ocupación marroquíes se han intensificado en los últimos días.
Struggle for liberation of Western Sahara intensifies
Fighting between the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army and Moroccan occupying forces has intensified in recent days
Ahead of UN session, Sahrawis recollect decades of betrayal that enabled Moroccan colonization
The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) became “hostage to the Moroccan authorities,” unable even “to report on the human rights situation in the territory,” said Kamal Fadel, Western Sahara’s representative to Australia and the Pacific
Morocco fails to get Kenyan endorsement for its colonial occupation of Western Sahara
A Kenyan foreign ministry communique has clarified that the announcement made on Twitter by newly elected President Willian Ruto on rescinding recognition for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was arbitrary and had no bearing on the country’s foreign policy
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