MINURSO) is the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, established in 1991 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 690 as part of the Settlement Plan, which had paved way for a cease-fire in the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front (representing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) over the contested territory of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara). (wikipedia.org)
MINURSO's mission was to monitor the cease-fire and to organize and conduct a referendum in accordance with the Settlement Plan, which would enable the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara to choose between integration with Morocco and independence. (wikipedia.org)
This was intended to constitute a Sahrawi exercise of self-determination, and thus complete Western Sahara's still-unfinished process of decolonization (Western Sahara is the last major territory remaining on the UN's list of non-decolonized territories. (wikipedia.org)
Following the 1975 Green March, the Moroccan state has sponsored settlement schemes enticing thousands of Moroccans to move into the Moroccan-occupied part of Western Sahara (80% of the territory). (wikipedia.org)
A provision decrying human rights abuses by Morocco in Western Sahara had the backing of 14 members of the Security Council, but was deleted due to French objections. (wikipedia.org)
Forty years after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, the Western Sahara remains Africa's last colony. (filmsforaction.org)
The summit reaffirmed the support of Africa to the cause of the Saharawi people and reiterated the validity of the UN peace plan for Western Sahara as well as the necessity of holding a referendum of self-determination of the Saharawi people. (arso.org)
Even with unequal strength, we will continue our struggle with the help of all those who are convinced of the justice of the Saharawi cause", concluded one of the founders of the Observatory for the referendum in Western Sahara founded in 1998 in the French National Assembly. (arso.org)
Photo: Saharawis have been protesting against the oil industry in Western Sahara for months on end. (wsrw.org)
We, the undersigned organizations, urge the UN Security Council to immediately condemn Morocco's current oil development program in Western Sahara, and to call on Morocco to follow through on its commitment under the 1988 settlement plan to allow the organization of a referendum in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
A UN Legal Opinion of January 2002, delivered at the request of the Security Council, concluded that oil exploration or exploitation in the Non-Self Governing Territory of Western Sahara is in violation of international law if not in accordance with the wishes and the interests of the people of the territory. (wsrw.org)
The US oil firm Kosmos Energy Ltd in collaboration with Scottish firm Cairn Energy Plc has finished the first ever test-well drilling in the territorial waters of Western Sahara in February this year. (wsrw.org)
All involved companies have teamed up with the Moroccan government's state owned oil company ONHYM outside of Morocco's internationally recognized borders - in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
No government in the world recognizes Morocco's self-proclaimed sovereignty over Western Sahara, and the International Court of Justice has stated that Morocco's claims to the territory are unfounded. (wsrw.org)
The oil companies' activities in Western Sahara through a deal with the Moroccan government will give Morocco even less incentive to engage in peace talks and fulfill its duties under international law. (wsrw.org)
Neither Morocco, nor the oil companies involved in the exploration work in Western Sahara, have the right to override the Saharawi people's right to self-determination. (wsrw.org)
Pretoria sees the lack of solution in the Western Sahara quagmire as an impediment towards greater regional integration and security cooperation in the Maghreb region. (sanews.gov.za)
Our own liberation and the liberation of our continent will not be complete without the liberation of Western Sahara. (sanews.gov.za)
The people of Western Sahara need to express their own aspirations and we [South Africa] will be supportive. (sanews.gov.za)
Western Sahara is Africa's longest-running territorial dispute and an issue of continental and international law and diplomatic controversy, having been on the decolonisation agenda of the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) for more than 50 years. (sanews.gov.za)
It has called on the UN to determine a date for the holding of the self-determination referendum for the people of Western Sahara, a view that Pretoria has also been also vocal about. (sanews.gov.za)
Morocco's admission to the African Union in January 2017 was received with the expectation that it would contribute to finding a speedy solution to the decolonisation conflict in Western Sahara. (sanews.gov.za)
However, Morocco has persisted in its illegal military occupation of parts of Western Sahara territory. (sanews.gov.za)
This prompted the 30th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly held in January to adopt the resolution for the re-launching of the negotiation process between Western Sahara and Morocco without preconditions in direct and serious talks to put an end to their conflict under its Special Envoy, former President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique. (sanews.gov.za)
Responding to AU's perceived slow response in addressing the Western Sahara challenges, President Ramaphosa said: "The AU has no choice but to subscribe to its own constitutive acts, which indicate that there should be no country in the continent that colonises another. (sanews.gov.za)
The United Security Council recently adopted resolution 2414 (2018) to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara for a period of six months. (sanews.gov.za)
The Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, is set to lead the parties and mobilise the international community to implement all UN resolutions on Western Sahara, including the recently adopted UN Security Council Resolution 2414. (sanews.gov.za)
President Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa's full support and confidence in the efforts undertaken, certain that the people of Western Sahara will soon be free. (sanews.gov.za)
According to President Ramaphosa, this memorandum provides for humanitarian assistance from South Africa to assist the people of Western Sahara in refugee camps, which have been home to tens of thousands of Saharawi refugees for decades. (sanews.gov.za)
In 2010, the Dutch company Fugro promised to never again undertake operations in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
WSRW asks UN Member States to raise the rights of the people of Western Sahara, for whom Spain continues to bear responsibility. (wsrw.org)
A Japanese-Canadian vessel that transported conflict phosphate from occupied Western Sahara was yesterday received by a floating protest in New Zealand. (wsrw.org)
For the second time in less than two months' time, the very same oil tanker has made the direct voyage from occupied Western Sahara to the port of Rotterdam. (wsrw.org)
The bay of Mogán at Gran Canary Island will next week be covered in conflict sand from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Ravensdown is "risking potentially disruptive direct action by refusing to allow port workers to register their protest at the importing of Blood Phosphate from the Western Sahara", says the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union. (wsrw.org)
The former Legal Counsel to the UN Security Counsel, Mr. Hans Corell, comments on the EU's fisheries activities in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Turkey has become the leading importer of fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
The UK company GeoEx is now trying to sell the seismic data it collected of the seafloor of occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Fish oil from occupied Western Sahara imported into the Netherlands? (wsrw.org)
WSRW has reason to assume that a shipment of fish oil from occupied Western Sahara was discharged this afternoon in the Netherlands. (wsrw.org)
ECOWAS, West Africa and the Responsibility to Protect. (kaiptc.org)
Skip1
Lonely Planet's South Africa, Lesotho & Eswatini is your passport to the most up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. (lonelyplanet.com)
Algeria5
South Africa is one of the few remaining allies of Algeria in backing the Polisario separatists diplomatically. (northafricapost.com)
Algeria and South Africa have stepped up their diplomatic action in a desperate attempt to counterbalance Morocco which has scored precious goals in its quest to strengthen its territorial integrity. (northafricapost.com)
The Council of Ministers rejected a proposal from Algeria, asking that future Africa-Europe summits should become meetings of the OAU and Europe. (arso.org)
White people in South Africa face "actual discrimination," she asserts, "and not in the SJW sense" of minorities in North America (Social Justice Warrior or SJW is a pejorative and dismissive alt-right term for left-wing activist). (africasacountry.com)
The dust can travel around the globe to parts of Europe, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United States. (cdc.gov)
Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a vector-borne disease that affects millions of people in Africa, the Middle East, and South and Central America. (medscape.com)
Advances in prevention and treatment have decreased the prevalence of this disease in localized areas of Africa and Latin America. (medscape.com)
The River Blindness Elimination Program, created by The Carter Center, works in Latin America and Africa to eliminate river blindness. (medscape.com)
It occurs in India, Africa (particularly the Sudan and Kenya), Central Asia, the area around the Mediterranean, South and Central America, and rarely China. (msdmanuals.com)
Morocco denounced in a letter to the UN Secretary General South Africa's use of its rotating chairmanship of the African Union to mislead the international community and spread false news on the Sahara issue. (northafricapost.com)
After over two hours of debate on the admission of Morocco to the African Union, the Council of Ministers decided that its membership should be made with respect for current procedures, by lodging an application to that effect. (arso.org)
Sudan1
As malaria of central Sudan characterized by highly committee and the ethics committee transmission in Africa is characterized seasonal malaria transmission. (who.int)
North Africa2
The results have been compared with surface data from weather stations in North Africa, data of dry metals from stations located in Gran Canaria, and various satellite images such as European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer for the period in question. (hindawi.com)
North Africa Post's news desk is composed of journalists and editors, who are constantly working to provide new and accurate stories to NAP readers. (northafricapost.com)
Africa's6
South Africa's landscapes are made up of valleys, mountains, forests, deserts, coastlines, and grassy savannahs that are breath-taking in their picturesque scale. (flairng.com)
South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa's electricity. (flairng.com)
Cape Town, South Africa's second-largest city, ranks among the most beautiful in the world. (flairng.com)
The Sahara issue was not even a priority issue amid some forty topics discussed at the event, said Hilale, saying that South Africa's fixation on the Sahara issue reveals its attempts to use its position to serve its own anti-Moroccan diplomatic agenda. (northafricapost.com)
In Nilsson's documentary The Boer Project , South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment program - its affirmative action policies meant to address centuries of racial segregation and oppression - is referred to as "reverse apartheid. (africasacountry.com)
South Africa's Garden Route spans several hundred kilometers and is one of the country's biggest tourism attractions. (wizzley.com)
East Africa4
The main objective of this study was to quantify the impacts of climate change on hydropower resources in East Africa thereby providing a basis for integrating the impact of Climate Change in hydropower development in the region. (eldis.org)
It not only provides the headwaters of the White Nile but is also central to the development and regional integration of the East Africa Community. (eldis.org)
Bronze, Silver and Gold winners will be announced for the Middle East & Africa region, then all regional Gold winners will automatically progress to compete with each other for the Global Grands Prix, announced during Cannes Lions week. (warc.com)
Patient interviews were con- ine-pyrimethamine (SP)-resistant Plasmodium falciparum ducted or medical charts were reviewed for potential risk malaria were identified in tourists visiting East Africa in the factors for infection and drug resistance by using a standard- late 1970s and early 1980s, which suggests that travelers may ized data extraction form. (cdc.gov)
Botswana2
Although Angola, Botswana, Gabon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa are the focus countries of this survey, many of the scenarios presented in this paper are applicable to other African countries south of the Sahara. (tips.org.za)
At the opening of the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) held in his office, President Buhari emphasised on people-to-people relations between South Africa and Nigeria. (saharareporters.com)
Buhari further said Nigeria was committed to improving a "special relationship'' with South Africa, which would translate into gains for the continent, particularly in education, science, trade and investment, tourism and security. (saharareporters.com)
Buhari further told ministers and government delegates of both countries that the strong bond of brotherhood between Nigeria and South Africa would be of great benefit to Africa as a catalyst for economic, technological, social and cultural development and as a force for peace and security on the continent. (saharareporters.com)
Similarly, our two countries have established high-level official communication channels for diplomatic consultations, trade and investment, and will, shortly, inaugurate the Nigeria - South Africa Youth Dialogue. (saharareporters.com)
Continent6
According to him, this will evolve a bond that will be of benefit to both countries and the entire African continent, a statement from Femi Adesina, the presidential media aide noted. (saharareporters.com)
South Africa, the southernmost country on the African continent, renowned for its varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity, all of which have made the country a favoured destination for travelers since the legal ending of apartheid (Afrikaans: "apartness," or racial separation) in 1994. (flairng.com)
The letter, which was recently published by the UN, was written by Morocco's permanent ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale who showed South Africa preferred to ignore all the pressing issues facing the continent due to its obsession with the Moroccan Sahara issue. (northafricapost.com)
Frederick Chiluba, President of Zambia and new President taking office of the OAU, declared in his opening speech : "For nearly four decades, since 1963, the African continent has been liberated, with the exception of SADR. (arso.org)
The OAU reaffirmed once again that SADR is in the OAU completely legally, which does not close the door to any other state of the continent wishing to join the African Union, on condition that this is done within the rules currently in force. (arso.org)
In solidarity with the Saharawi people in their fight for independence, South Africa has called for decisive steps to close the chapter on this last vestige of occupation and colonialism on the African continent. (sanews.gov.za)
Desert4
The Sahara desert is the largest desert of our planet with a surface of 8 millions of kmq. (globopix.net)
Saharan dust is a type of particulate matter (PM) that originates in the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. (cdc.gov)
Saharan dust comes from the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. (cdc.gov)
The most deadly type occurs in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. (medlineplus.gov)
Search2
As the alt-right descends upon South Africa in search of white genocide, it is obvious that their concern-trolling for white South Africans is motivated, above all, by a domestic anti-immigration agenda. (africasacountry.com)
Results of search for 'su:{Africa South of the Sahara. (who.int)
Conflict1
The African Union Peace and Security Architecture: Building a Viable Continental Conflict Prevention and Peacekeeping System. (kaiptc.org)
Cameroon1
The Issue's articles cover three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ghana, Ethiopia, and Cameroon) and an integrated assessment of Vietnam. (unu.edu)
Countries8
This eBook introduces readers to the geography of Africa south of the Sahara, covering the culture region as a whole rather than individual countries. (infobasepublishing.com)
This paper describes the status of financial systems for a number of African countries south of the Sahara, identifying various problems that hinder access to finance, especially for the poor, and subsequently those issues that deter economic performance and development. (tips.org.za)
Section two discusses the nature of financial intermediation in Sub-Saharan countries, while section three presents the financial intermediation challenges that these and other African countries face, in both macro and micro terms. (tips.org.za)
One of the top countries to visit in Africa, South Africa is full of adventure, history, wildlife and great food. (flairng.com)
In the framework of the WorldPop Project, through the assembly of over 100 million records across 6,389 subnational administrative units, subnational dependency ratio and high resolution gridded age/sex group datasets were produced for 87 countries in Africa and Asia. (nature.com)
Ghali's visit, which the two countries described as "comradely and fruitful", was aimed at further strengthening and consolidating relations between South Africa and the SADR, which is located in northwest Africa. (sanews.gov.za)
Turning to their official talks, which were aimed at reviewing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and exchange views on issues of common interest and mutual concern, the two Heads of State reiterated their "unbreakable bond", which they said is brought together by a shared vision of a better Africa and a better world. (sanews.gov.za)
the program successfully eliminated onchocerciasis as a public health problem in 10 of the 11 African countries involved. (medscape.com)
Regions1
Dry deposition from Sahara sources regions of western Africa containing compounds such as sulphate, nitrate, or radioactive substances has been studied worldwide over the last 30 years, and there remains a discrepancy between both measurement results and model predictions. (hindawi.com)
India1
South Siberia, E Khazakhstan-India, Indonesia. (angelfire.com)
According to the organizers, the South African freedom fighters, Andrew Mlangeni, will take part in a roundtable with others include the Saharawi human rights defender, Mohammed Daddach. (igd.org.za)
The representative of South Africa commented on this again, and regretted the fact that the resolution "considered" rather than "welcomed" the report on the situation by the Secretary-General-"presumably because [it] dared to raise the issue of the human rights violations against the Saharawi people", and quoted the warning in the report about there being no mandate to address the issue of human rights. (wikipedia.org)
Afrique1
International thesaurus of cultural development : Sub-Saharan Africa = Thesaurus international du développement culturel, Afrique subsaharienne. (who.int)
With 3.5 million tourists visiting the country each year, South Africa is widely considered one of the easiest and "safest" third-world destinations to get to and explore. (flairng.com)
In their reporting, the alt-right portrays white South Africans as facing patterns of marginalization and violence which constitute a unique threat to their very existence as a people. (africasacountry.com)
Dust2
Sahara dust storms during March 2004 have attracted much attention from the dust-research community due to their intensity, wide coverage, and endurance. (hindawi.com)
In the present work, the dry deposition mechanisms of mineral dust are analysed during an event on the 3 March 2004 over the Northwest African coast. (hindawi.com)
20181
I'm going to South Africa," far-right UK media personality Katie Hopkins announced in January 2018, to cover the "racial war waged by black extremists who are systematically murdering white farmers. (africasacountry.com)
Summit1
The letter was published ahead of an African Union summit, due in early February. (northafricapost.com)
Representative1
The representative of South Africa took exception to the way that one proposal was held more worthy than the other as well as the lack of participation outside the Group of Friends in the drafting of the resolution. (wikipedia.org)
Assessment1
This comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of South Africa focuses on the role of government, and provides concrete recommendations on how to improve policies which impact on innovation performance, including R&D policies. (oecd.org)