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In May 2006, Kerr-McGee decided to not renew the contract signed with the Moroccan Authorities. (wikipedia.org)
In February, three Danish journalists who came to see the situation in Western Sahara for themselves were expelled by Moroccan authorities," he added. (euobserver.com)
Moroccan authorities also continued to block journalists and human-rights organisations from entering the territory and investigating abuses. (left.eu)
The Ethiopian government did not respond to requests for comment, but authorities have previously denied targeting civilians in the war. (juancole.com)
Jinhui Shipping said Wednesday that it will take into consideration the analysis of Norwegian authorities regarding avoiding trade with phosphates from Western Sahara. (vest-sahara.no)
We respect the Norwegian authorities recommending not to ship phosphates from Western Sahara", said Jinhui vice president Raymond Ching at a conference on the fourth quarter results. (vest-sahara.no)
The torture and detention of 10 Saharawi students by Moroccan authorities must be investigated and denounced. (vest-sahara.no)
On January 21, authorities charged journalist and human rights activist, Ali Anouzla, with "undermining national territorial integrity" as a result of comments he made in November 2015 to a German newspaper, which quoted him referring to the "occupied territories" of Western Sahara. (state.gov)
On 15 July, Iraqi authorities shut down internet access, except in the autonomous Kurdistan region, in response to anti-government protests. (eff.org)
Moroccan authorities blocked VoIP calls earlier this years over fixed and mobile networks. (eff.org)
Moroccan authorities have informed the Office of the Legal Adviser of the UN that the contract contains "standard options for the relinquishment of the rights under the contract or its continuation, including an option for future oil contracts in the respective areas or parts thereof. (regjeringen.no)
Moroccan authorities describe Western Sahara as "Moroccan Saharan Provinces", and claim sovereignty over the area. (regjeringen.no)
To blame for the attack, according to the authorities, was "the Zionist entity [Israel]" and a "North African country," broadly interpreted to have meant Morocco. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
Videos shared online showed migrants entering Ceuta earlier, by swimming and by climbing over the fence, unimpeded by Moroccan authorities. (dailymaverick.co.za)
This is happening because of the absolute passivity of the Moroccan authorities," Ceuta regional leader Juan Jose Vivas told 24H TV channel, adding that the situation was chaotic and it was now impossible to say how many migrants had entered. (dailymaverick.co.za)
The principal partners are the Chinese aviation group Haite , BMCE's Bank of Africa, and the government of Morocco represented by the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima regional authorities. (moroccoonthemove.com)

26 Saharawi associations ask for an immediate release of all Saharawi political prisoners, in view of the corona crisis that is hitting Moroccan jails. (vest-sahara.no)
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention this week called on Morocco to release a group of Saharawi students, all political prisoners. (vest-sahara.no)
A shocking video last year showed Saharawi journalist Walid El Batal pulled out of a car and beaten by Moroccan police. (vest-sahara.no)
A judge in occupied Western Sahara today concluded that the verdict in the case against Saharawi journalist Nazha El Khalidi will be announced on 8 July. (vest-sahara.no)
The background for this request was that the Minister of Finance had received letters from the Western Sahara Support Committee and the Government of the SADR (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic), asking him to disinvest from the Fund's investments in the company Kerr-McGee Corporation. (regjeringen.no)
We express our strongest condemnation of the new aggression perpetrated by the Moroccan army against the Saharawi population, as well as our total rejection of the unacceptable behaviour of the Spanish Government in the face of the worrying events in Western Sahara. (pressenza.com)
We urge the Spanish Government to fulfil its obligations as the administering power of the Saharawi territory pending decolonisation so that the Saharawi population can gain access to their freedom and independence and, in turn, we demand that the Spanish Government immediately cease the sale and donation of arms to the Moroccan army. (pressenza.com)
We denounce the crimes against humanity committed by Morocco in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara and the ongoing harassment and brutality with which the Moroccan apparatus of repression treats the Saharawi civilian population, activists and journalists. (pressenza.com)
In the same vein, we request the mediation of the Spanish government so that the Saharawi prisoners, many of whom are unjustly sentenced to sentences of between 10 and 30 years, and even life imprisonment, are released as soon as possible. (pressenza.com)
We also urge Spanish companies to stop their plundering activity in Western Sahara, not only because it contravenes international law, but also because the only legitimate owner of these resources and their legal representative is the Saharawi population, whose fundamental rights are being trampled upon. (pressenza.com)
For all these reasons, we demand from the Spanish Government coherence and firmness in its defence of International Law and the support and respect for the legitimate right to freedom of the Saharawi people, as well as the formal recognition of the diplomatic status of the Polisario Front, as the sole and legitimate representative of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. (pressenza.com)
Effectively, human rights violations continue unhindered and the UN presence is useless for the Saharawi (Western Saharan) population. (utblick.org)

Former laureate of the Rafto Award for Human Rights, Sidi Mohamed Daddach, was this weekend attacked by Moroccan police in occupied Western Sahara. (vest-sahara.no)

Companies that want to be perceived as taking human rights responsibly, should not bid on a large tender that will connect Morocco's illegal energy production in Western Sahara to the Moroccan grid, WSRW warns. (wsrw.org)
Up to 81% of all land that the Moroccan government has allocated for new, gigantic plans for renewable energy, green hydrogen and ammonia, is located outside of Morocco's international borders, in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Christian Juhl, a green-left MP that initiated the motion, told EUobserver his peers were all worried that Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara was getting worse. (euobserver.com)
What followed was a sham effort at 'consultation' by the Commission, involving a strange assortment of groups such as Morocco's largest mining firm, officials elected illegally under Moroccan occupation, Moroccan state-owned companies and private corporate interests. (left.eu)
According to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the UN Security Council has not recognised Morocco's annexation of Western Sahara, and Norway sees it as important to abstain from actions that can be seen as a legitimisation of the situation. (vest-sahara.no)
The letter endorses Rabat's position on Western Sahara, describing Morocco's 2007 proposal for Sahrawi autonomy - which would integrate the territory into Morocco - as 'the most serious, realistic, and credible' basis for resolving the conflict. (popularresistance.org)
Spain is now the strongest European supporter of Morocco's autonomy plan - even in comparison to France, a close ally of Morocco. (popularresistance.org)
Un documentaire anglais explore l'immense richesse musicale du Maroc English documentary "Morocco gateway to Africa" explores Morocco's musical and cultural diversity. (jadaliyya.com)
Western Sahara clouds Morocco`s return to African Union RFI reports on Morocco's intention to rejoin the AU and the complications with AU recognition of the Western Sahara and the Polisario Front. (jadaliyya.com)
Morocco's Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded statement last month deploring what it said was Spain's decision to admit Ghali under a false identity without informing Morocco, warning of repercussions for relations between the countries. (dailymaverick.co.za)
There's a lot going on in Morocco, and the question is how can it leverage what it has to attract American investments to Morocco that can then be directed to a European market or south to the African markets," Jean AbiNader, the executive director of the Moroccan American Trade and Investment Centre, a non-profit established by Morocco's King Mohammed VI, told IPS. (ipsnews.net)
At this week's conference, participating energy companies, such as Dow Chemical, were given the option to attend sessions on Morocco's energy sector, highlighting the potential for both renewable and carbon-based investment in the kingdom. (ipsnews.net)

In 2016, the European Court of Justice reaffirmed that Morocco had no sovereignty over Western Sahara, meaning that the EU's agreements with Morocco cannot cover the territory. (left.eu)
According to the UN, however, Western Sahara is still a Non-Self-Governing Territory, and, as such, not subject to Moroccan sovereignty. (regjeringen.no)
In October 1975, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected claims from Morocco and Mauritania regarding their alleged sovereignty over the territory. (regjeringen.no)
The United States in December recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory. (dailymaverick.co.za)
To date, no other state recognises Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara, which is on the United Nations list of Non Self-Governing Territories. (ipsnews.net)

Morocco has occupied the area since 1975. (euobserver.com)
While the 1975 annexation and the resulting conflict forced tens of thousands of Sahrawi people into refugee camps in the desert, European countries and Morocco have remained fixed on exploiting the occupied territory's resources, such as fertile fishing grounds off the coast. (left.eu)
The territory was ceded to Morocco and Mauritania after the exit of Spain as a colonial power in 1975. (popularresistance.org)
Western Sahara is a United Nations designated non-self-governing territory that has been subject to an occupation by Morocco since it invaded in 1975. (middleeasteye.net)
Currently the Spanish Government tends to keep silent about the activities of Morocco in Western Sahara which is disputed territory and was occupied by Spain until 1975 when it withdrew and Morocco took over 80 per cent of the land area. (euroweeklynews.com)
Sahara since 1975. (lu.se)
Ms. Finér explained that while the occupation of Western Sahara has been ongoing since 1975, it receives very little international attention. (utblick.org)

In a letter made public on March 18, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez endorsed a Moroccan plan of autonomy for Western Sahara, a clear break with Madrid's long-established policy that the disputed territory's status should be decided by a referendum. (foreignpolicy.com)

Morocco is systematically breaking the human rights of Sahrawi people. (euobserver.com)
Systematic human rights abuses, police brutality, violations of international law and fundamental rights, the Sahrawi people of Africa's last colony, Western Sahara, have endured decades of repression at the hands of Moroccan occupying forces. (left.eu)
However, while the Court's judgment meant the European Commission would first need to obtain the consent of the Sahrawi people before finalising agreements with Rabat, the Commission went on to relaunch a new trade deal, the EU-Morocco Association Agreement. (left.eu)
Western Sahara (Sahrawi Rep. (mbendi.co.za)
The state of Western Sahara or Sahrawi Republic lies along the coast of West Africa between Mauritania to its south and east, and Morocco on its northern border, and forms part of the West African region. (mbendi.co.za)
It formed a government-in-exile in 1976 and declared the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). (mbendi.co.za)
reports Fighting has erupted in several areas between the Moroccan military and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi liberation movement seeking independence, after the Moroccan military broke into a no-go buffer zone in southern Western Sahara. (parkindymedia.org)
Spain has announced that it has endorsed a proposal by the Kingdom of Morocco to designate the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as an "autonomous" region within the North African state. (popularresistance.org)
Amnesty International on Wednesday broke news that seven Sahrawi hunger strikers had ended their fast, reportedly after being promised better prison conditions, but the victory is a small one and only helps to illustrate the wider abuses going on behind the scenes in the Western Sahara. (middleeasteye.net)
Last Sunday, Moroccan security forces arrested six Sahrawi demonstrators in the occupied territory of Western Sahara after protests broke out in response to the death of a hunger striking Sahrawi prisoner, Hassana al-Wali. (middleeasteye.net)
The Sahrawi government in exile, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), opposes the occupation and claims that 30 Sahrawi political prisoners have gone on hunger strike this year alone. (middleeasteye.net)
In 1991, a truce was negotiated with the promise on a referendum on the right to self-determination of Western Saharan inhabitants, the Sahrawi. (lu.se)

Morocco used the accord to sell goods from occupied territories, which is illegal under international law. (euobserver.com)
However, things are a-changing - in 2011 the EU voted against a treaty with Morocco on fish trade with occupied territories, for the first time opposing French opinion. (utblick.org)

From the Algerian perspective as the protector of the Polisario Front fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, this was a "betrayal" that could cost Spain dearly during the war in Ukraine. (inspain.news)
Since replacing Spain as coloniser, Morocco has attempted to control a territory about the size of the UK using military force to suppress free speech and pro-independence protests. (left.eu)
The final future of the state of Western Sahara will be settled when the forthcoming UN-supervised referendum is held in which the country's inhabitants must choose between independence or integration with Morocco. (mbendi.co.za)
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Formerly known as the "Spanish Sahara", the people of the territory have been demanding national independence for decades. (popularresistance.org)
The most progressive states within the AU have supported the SADR in their struggle to win independence from Morocco. (popularresistance.org)
He was detained and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for his involvement in pro-independence, anti-government protests in Dakhla in November 2011. (middleeasteye.net)
Relations between Madrid and Rabat have been frosty since May 2021, when Spain admitted the leader of the Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, for hospital treatment after he suffered complications related to COVID-19. (foreignpolicy.com)
Its aim was to achieve independence for Western Sahara. (regjeringen.no)
Polisario Front1, the liberation movement of Western Sahara, had fought to claim its independence but failed to do so. (lu.se)
After calling for Western Saharan independence from Spain, Morocco took control of the territory, which it calls the Southern Provinces, in 1976 after the Spanish withdrew. (ipsnews.net)
The escalation of tensions between Morocco and the Polisario Front - the Western Sahara independence movement - reportedly led to a limited military confrontation in November. (fitchsolutions.com)

Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon and Infrastructure Minister Bojan Kumer went to Algeria earlier this month to secure a deal between Sonatrach (Algeria's national state-owned oil company) and Geoplin (Slovenia's largest distributor of natural gas) whereby Algeria will cover one third of the Central European country's gas needs for the upcoming three years beginning on January 1, 2023. (thefrontierpost.com)

Lebovich is currently a doctoral candidate in African History at Columbia University in New York, where he studies religion, politics, and society in North Africa, the Sahara, and the Sahel. (ecfr.eu)
Morocco World News brings you the latest news about business, education, Western Sahara, culture and tourism in Morocco, Current Events in North Africa. (enjoytrulli.eu)
In a bitter response, Morocco lifted border controls into Ceuta, one of Spain's small enclaves in North Africa, allowing some 10,000 migrants to cross the border and effectively creating a humanitarian crisis. (foreignpolicy.com)

Finally, in 1991, the Moroccans and the Polisario Front independent movement signed a ceasefire. (left.eu)
In May 1991, the Polisario Front and Morocco ended many years of fighting following a UN sponsored peace settlement. (mbendi.co.za)
Following years of armed conflict between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario Front, the international community established the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in 1991. (ipsnews.net)

Morocco, however, claims the territory forms its "southern provinces" and is part of a historic "greater Morocco" with Rabat maintaining near full control of the area. (middleeasteye.net)
Rabat has denied most of the charges laid out against it by the Algerian government. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
According to some experts, Morocco uses the tactic of alowing migrants into Ceuta as an instrument of pressure on Madrid, which angered Rabat last month by admitting the leader of Western Sahara's rebel Polisario Front to a Spanish hospital. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Government and business leaders from the United States and Morocco are gathering in Rabat this week for the second annual Morocco-U.S. Business Development Conference. (ipsnews.net)
Chinese companies have previously been active in infrastructure projects such as the suspension bridge linking Rabat and Sale, among the largest of its kind in Africa. (moroccoonthemove.com)

Former United States President Donald Trump in 2020, recognized Moroccan control over the Western Sahara in an attempt to strengthen relations between the Kingdom and the State of Israel. (popularresistance.org)

The government-in-exile of the Polisario Front had also signed contracts for oil exploration, but there is no practical work, due to the fact that the zones given are in the Moroccan-controlled part of the territory. (wikipedia.org)
the wall separating the Polisario controlled Western Sahara from Morocco on February 3, 2017. (einnews.com)
In November 1984, the Polisario Front's SADR was recognised by the Organisation for African Unity leading to the withdrawal of Morocco from the OAU in protest. (mbendi.co.za)
The judicial activism in a relatively uncharted area in this field, external relations, was analyzed through a qualitative case study of the CJEU case Polisario Front , concerning the application of a EU trade agreement to the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. (lu.se)
The surge in arrivals comes at a time of increased tension between Spain and Morocco over the fate of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, who is in hospital in Spain. (dailymaverick.co.za)
The Polisario Front wants the Western Sahara to be an independent state rather than part of Morocco. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Unlike Morocco, the Polisario Front did not want to allow Moroccan settlers in the Western Sahara to participate in the referendum. (ipsnews.net)
This includes falling government stability in Israel and challenges to Moroccan long-term foreign policy goals, which could face some setbacks due to an escalation of tensions with the Polisario Front. (fitchsolutions.com)

WSRW asks UN Member States to raise the rights of the people of Western Sahara, for whom Spain continues to bear responsibility. (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)
The controversial assessment that Global Diligence did on occupied Western Sahara for a project that will employ thousands of Moroccan settlers need to be released by French company Engie, WSRW demands in a letter. (wsrw.org)
Advocacy groups like the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) contest the legality of foreign businesses, like Kosmos, working with the Moroccan government to exploit Western Saharan resources. (ipsnews.net)

The local currency is the Moroccan dirham (DH). (mbendi.co.za)

In 2002, the petroleum companies TotalEnergies and Kerr-McGee were awarded contracts to explore for oil in the region. (wikipedia.org)
Shares in the US Kerr-McGee was previously withdrawn from the Norwegian Government's Pension Fund because it was involved in oil exploration offshore Western Sahara. (vest-sahara.no)
In a letter from the Ministry of Finance dated 12 December 2004, the Petroleum Fund's Council on Ethics was asked to assess whether the investments by the Fund in the company Kerr-McGee could constitute a violation of the Ethical Guidelines for the Government Petroleum Fund. (regjeringen.no)
The company Kerr-McGee Corporation 3 Through its subsidiary Kerr-McGee du Maroc Ltd. entered in 2001 into a contract with the governmental Moroccan oil company ONAREP regarding geological and geophysical studies off shore Western Sahara. (regjeringen.no)
In 2002, Morocco awarded contracts for oil exploration in the Western Sahara to a U.S.-based company, Kerr McGee, and the French-based Total S.A. In response, the United Nations issued what is known as the Corell Opinion regarding the legality of resource extraction in Western Sahara. (ipsnews.net)

Economy of Morocco Legal status of Western Sahara Western Saharan cuisine Western Sahara portal The World Factbook. (wikipedia.org)
The Melilla government delegation spokesman said 86 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa broke into the enclave, located about 300km east of Ceuta, early on Tuesday, but a larger group had been blocked by Moroccan police. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Over the past few days, the Moroccan navy has rescued almost 900 illegal migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, including 400 in territorial waters, according to a military source, while attempts to cross to Spain have multiplied. (africacenter.org)
More controversially, Kosmos now intends to start oil exploration in an area off the Western Saharan coast, known as Cap Boujdour, in October. (ipsnews.net)
Since then, however, both multinational energy firms and Western Saharan advocacy groups have construed the U.N. opinion to favour their respective stances. (ipsnews.net)

But Morocco stopped the UN-negotiated referendum from taking place. (euobserver.com)
However, Morocco has persistently worked to defer the referendum, which has still not taken place. (left.eu)
The UN has been unable to ensure that Morocco holds a national referendum within the Western Sahara over the future of the territory. (popularresistance.org)
MINURSO intended the referendum to determine whether the Western Sahara would become an independent state or part of Morocco, but the vote was never able to be implemented due to disagreements over who was eligible to take part. (ipsnews.net)

According to a report by NASDAQ , the Central Bank of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib, has positive economic projections for 2017, even as some indicators such as inflation and the balance of payments are slightly more negative. (moroccoonthemove.com)
While this is good news for 2017, overall growth is expected to decline in 2018 as the price of phosphates remains low. (moroccoonthemove.com)

Morocco must immediately release a group of leading human rights defenders, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands. (wsrw.org)
After being sentenced to jail for "participation in an illegal demonstration" and "forming a gang", Wali was taken to a detention facility in Western Sahara's would-be capital city Laayoune. (middleeasteye.net)
According to Baikam, Wali was subjected to serious torture in Moroccan detention facilities. (middleeasteye.net)

EWOS avslutter kjøp av fiskeolje fra Marokko og Vest-Sahara" (in Norwegian). (wikipedia.org)
This version of www.vest-sahara.no became operational just few days ago. (vest-sahara.no)

In 2018, the European Court of Justice ruled that a fishing treaty between the EU and the Moroccan government did not include fishing grounds off the coast of Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)

MEP Patricia Lalonde, was a board member at a secretive Morocco-based foundation, EuroMedA, alongside former Moroccan government ministers and state officials. (left.eu)
Neither the Turkish nor the Ethiopian governments responded to questions about the flights, but officials in Turkey have previously acknowledged drone sales to Ethiopia. (juancole.com)
The government was working to fix the administrative network that suffered a system failure, officials said Sunday, two days after the breakdown caused disruptions to public access to government-approved papers. (gmmgiftcards.com)
More than 100 government officials and private technicians were working to restore the servers and network systems at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon, 139 kilometers south of Seoul, the interior ministry said. (gmmgiftcards.com)
The law criminalizes the criticism of Islam, the institution of the monarchy, state institutions, officials such as those in the military, and the government's official position regarding territorial integrity and claim to Western Sahara, and the government actively prosecuted persons who did so. (state.gov)
In 2015 officials targeted members of the Moroccan Association for Investigative Journalism (AMJI). (state.gov)
Algeria justified its move further by citing examples, such as Morocco using the Israeli Pegasus spyware against Algerian officials, supporting terrorists groups, failing to uphold bilateral commitments, the normalisation of ties with Israel, and refusing to engage diplomatically on the Western Sahara issue. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
This led to a reported shortage of gas in both Morocco and also Spain, which had previously received gas supplies through the Gazoduc Maghreb Europe (GME) pipeline, despite claims made by Moroccan officials that the move would have little impact. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)

Western Sahara is often referred to as Africa's last colony. (euobserver.com)
A nearly thirty-year-old ceasefire has ended in occupied Western Sahara-what many consider to be Africa's last colony. (parkindymedia.org)
Dubbed North Africa's new 'Cold War', the tensions between Morocco and neighboring Algeria threaten to escalate and the consequences of this have a lot more to do with Western meddling in the affairs of the two countries than meets the eye. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)

Veteran activist Wali died in a military hospital in Western Sahara's second city, Dakhla, on 27 September. (middleeasteye.net)
I knew Hassana for decades, he was a brave campaigner, especially on the issue of removing the landmines laid by the Moroccan army in Western Sahara because his father was killed by a landmine," said Mohammed al-Baikam, the secretary-general of the fishing associations of Dakhla and a friend of the deceased. (middleeasteye.net)

Furthermore, Algeria did not include the new permits for the Spanish company Iberia to fly to Algeria. (inspain.news)
Young refugees in Algeria camps feel betrayed by EU over Western Sahara, threaten attacks on Morocco, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon makes rare trip to 'forgotten' conflict. (euobserver.com)
Some Western pundits and lawmakers in Washington accuse Algeria of backing Russia in this war. (thefrontierpost.com)
Although the Russians do not want to see Algeria uphold its energy agreements with European powers (let alone help them amid the ongoing global energy crisis), Algiers is choosing to play a role that is useful to Western powers amid this war. (thefrontierpost.com)
By the same token, Algeria has not bowed to Western pressure to end its dealings with Russia, nor taken official stances against Moscow over Ukraine. (thefrontierpost.com)
Algiers views growing Western support for Morocco on this front as problematic and reason to safeguard strong relations with Russia despite Moscow not necessarily being too supportive of Algeria on this file. (thefrontierpost.com)
You can find everything from tropical forests in French-speaking Benin to the Sahara Desert in Algeria. (fluentu.com)
With Israel's normalization, the feud between Algeria and Morocco is escalating. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
The Moroccan kingdom has never stopped its hostile actions against Algeria," he stated at a press conference at the time. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
Although many of the accusations made against Morocco by Algeria have been strongly denied, they nonetheless have a real impact on public perception of the two sides. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
He said that "first you are going to have them [Algeria and Morocco] seeking regional supremacy, through the arms race that we have been seeing for nearly a decade now, but also through the diplomatic race. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
Furthermore, Emmaus is arranging a trip to Western Sahara, where participants will be guided around the area and visit refugee camps in Algeria. (utblick.org)

Juhl hopes that Denmark will take up the vacant leadership role in defending Western Sahara's interests in the EU. (euobserver.com)
Spain's stance on the matter is especially important, as the country was Western Sahara's colonial ruler until 1976 . (foreignpolicy.com)

The Algerian leadership has been outraged by Spain's role in the Western Sahara conflict since Spain's dramatic turnaround two weeks ago. (inspain.news)
Despite this and the fact that many compare the inconsistency of Spain's position against Gibraltar whilst maintaining outposts in Morocco, the current Spanish Government doesn't appear to want to intervene strongly. (euroweeklynews.com)
Other units were sent to Spanish colonial possessions in the Spanish Sahara (today's Western Sahara), the Canary Islands, Sidi Ifni, and to Spain's African colonies such as Equatorial Guinea. (sofmag.com)

Human rights defender Aminatu Haidar from Western Sahara is awarded the prestigious Right Livelihood Award in Sweden for 2019, with, among others environmental activist Greta Thunberg. (vest-sahara.no)
Jan 21, 2019 · A patriarchy, from the ancient Greek patriarches, was a society where power was held by and passed down through the elder males.When modern historians and sociologists describe a 'patriarchal society,' they mean that men hold the positions of power and have more privilege: head of the family unit, leaders of social groups, boss in the workplace, and heads of government. (enjoytrulli.eu)

Formerly the Spanish colony of Rio de Oro, Western Sahara was annexed by both Morocco and Mauritania when Spain withdrew in February 1976. (mbendi.co.za)
Both the United Nations and the African Union (AU) has recognized the SADR as a government in waiting with a legitimate claim to represent the people of the de facto colony. (popularresistance.org)

The US-based firm Kosmos Energy began a contract to explore offshore from Western Sahara in 2013, prompting criticism from activist groups such as Western Sahara Resource Watch. (wikipedia.org)

The ceasefire in Libya and subsequent pledge to form a transitional government and hold national elections in December 2021 raised hopes of ending the ongoing civil war in the country. (fitchsolutions.com)

Remote work trends threaten debt-loaded developers, but give companies leverage to lower real estate costs. (gfmag.com)

The German insurance company Allianz goes all in when it politically defends the brutal Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Western Sahara Resource Watch works to uncover the plunder of the territory and to keep the companies and governments accountable for their support to the occupation. (wsrw.org)
The Spanish occupation of Ceuta and Melilla are more contentious with Morocco attempting to limit the financial advantages of Ceuta in particular with Vox accusing Morocco of undertaking a "siege and strangulation of Ceuta" as it tries to stop the cheap export of goods. (euroweeklynews.com)
While international investors in renewable energy have long favoured Morocco, enabling the construction of solar plants and wind farms, U.S. and European corporations are also rushing to take advantage of concessions for possible oil reserves, some of which are potentially located in the Western Sahara, which many people view as under Moroccan occupation. (ipsnews.net)
Western Sahara, a former Spanish province, has been in exile, repression and occupation for 45 years, without having been given a solution in accordance with international law. (pressenza.com)
Emmaus' focus was to present their project for increased visibility of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. (utblick.org)

For nearly a year, his government had been at war with rebels from the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which was now pushing south from its stronghold near the Eritrean border and threatening to move on the country's capital of Addis Ababa. (juancole.com)
The Western Sahara is the only country which has not been declared independent within the AU, whose predecessor, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) after contentious debate, has advocated for the total liberation of the Western Sahara for nearly four decades. (popularresistance.org)

With the end of open hostilities, in 1927 the First and Second Tercios settled into garrison duties in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, the major cities in the Spanish Moroccan territories. (sofmag.com)

In 2015, a European court invalidated a trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Morocco that involved Western Sahara, prompting a diplomatic backlash from Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez revoked Spanish neutrality in this conflict after more than 40 years to put an end to the diplomatic crisis with Morocco. (inspain.news)
After 15 months of diplomatic deadlock, even the Moroccan king came to the rescue of the Spanish prime minister. (inspain.news)
Morocco obviously normalized relations with Israel so it's expanding its diplomatic influence. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)

The majority of the territory of Western Sahara is currently administered by the Kingdom of Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
In the Moroccan-administered territory, fishing and phosphate mining are the principal sources of income for the population. (wikipedia.org)
This week, the first components that will be used for Engie' highly problematic windmill programme in Western Sahara have arrived to the occupied territory. (wsrw.org)
From early May, the Royal Air Maroc ran a propaganda campaign in Strasbourg selling trips to the occupied territory of Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
After Mauritania withdrew from the territory in August 1979, it was incorporated into and administered by Morocco. (mbendi.co.za)
Anouzla maintained that he referred to the territory only as "Sahara" and that the paper misquoted him. (state.gov)
Mauritania relinquished its falsely designated authority over the Western Sahara, while the Kingdom of Morocco, one of the few remaining monarchies on the continent, has refused to allow the people of the territory to even conduct an internationally supervised and monitored election on the status of their own country. (popularresistance.org)
Morocco has occupied the territory ever since, a presence most of the world considers illegal. (foreignpolicy.com)
Western Sahara, a Spanish protectorate since 1884, was, according to the provisions of the UN Charter, established as a Non-Self-Governing Territory in 1963. (regjeringen.no)
The agreement did not alter the status of Western Sahara as Non-Self-Governing Territory under the UN. (regjeringen.no)
The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
WASHINGTON, Mar 11 2014 (IPS) - Even as U.S. and Moroccan executives meet to discuss strengthening private sector ties between the two countries, advocacy groups are raising concerns about plans by a U.S. energy firm to explore for oil in the contested territory known as Western Sahara. (ipsnews.net)

The situation in Ukraine, which dangerously escalates tensions between Russia - Algeria's strategic partner and main arms supplier - and the North African country's Western partners, is a major test for Algerian non-alignment on the international stage. (thefrontierpost.com)
General Diendere and his accomplices will answer for all the offences of which they are accused," the country's interim government said in a statement, adding that a "commission of inquiry" was already "hard at work" investigating the coup. (africacenter.org)
The difficulties facing Lebanese Prime Minister-nominate Saad Hariri in forming Lebanon's next government indicate that the country's main political factions continue to jostle for cabinet posts. (fitchsolutions.com)

Algiers has an opportunity here, and to some degree pursued it, to really kind of explore and signal to Europe and Western capitals what neutrality looks like," Lawrence told Responsible Statecraft. (thefrontierpost.com)
Algiers believes it must continue buying Russian arms while feeling increasingly threatened by the situation in Western Sahara and Moroccan-Israeli normalization. (thefrontierpost.com)

The controversial 300 MW Boujdour wind farm - owned by Enel and supplied by Siemens Gamesa - has been commissioned in occupied Western Sahara. (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)
The bay of Mogán at Gran Canary Island will next week be covered in conflict sand from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Throughout its impact studies, relations with the Moroccan government and partners, and a recent announcement of arrival of windmills to occupied Western Sahara, Engie has shown a total disregard for the UN's approach to the conflict. (wsrw.org)

The city, called "The Mohammed VI Tanger Tech City," represents a significant escalation in Moroccan-Chinese relations. (moroccoonthemove.com)

State-owned Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach has now threatened Spain with a "recalculation" of the gas price amid the energy crisis and the highest inflation numbers in Spanish history. (inspain.news)
Sonatrach CEO Toufik Hakkar spoke with the Algerian state news agency APS. (inspain.news)
The Western Sahara issue is always central to Algerian foreign policy decision-making. (thefrontierpost.com)
The following day, alleged drone strikes carried out by Morocco directly targeted clearly marked Algerian trucks near the Mauritanian border with the disputed Western Sahara region. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)
The"barbaric attack," as described by Ennahar, Algeria's national broadcaster, killed 3 Algerians and generated a large outpour of rage from the Algerian government. (dailytelegraph.co.nz)

The former Legal Counsel to the UN Security Counsel, Mr. Hans Corell, comments on the EU's fisheries activities in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)

The Corell Opinion recognises Morocco as the de facto administrative power of Western Sahara. (ipsnews.net)

Nonetheless, in response to the seating of the SADR by the OAU/AU, Morocco withdrew its membership from the continental organization. (popularresistance.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)
First, Morocco has about 75% of the world's reserves of phosphate-a major and critical ingredient in fertilizers, Kubursi notes. (gfmag.com)

Government-provided figures for the year showed that six journalists or media outlets faced charges for breaches of the national press code, and no journalists are facing charges under the penal code. (state.gov)
International and domestic human rights groups criticized criminal prosecutions of journalists and publishers as well as of libel suits, claiming that the government principally used these laws to restrict independent human rights groups and the press and social media. (state.gov)
The antiterrorism law and the penal code, however, include provisions that permit the government to jail and impose financial penalties on journalists and publishers who violate restrictions related to defamation, libel, and insults. (state.gov)
The government also enforced strict procedures governing NGO representatives and political activists meeting with journalists. (state.gov)
Subscribe for a weekly selection of news stories from journalists operating outside traditional corporate systems. (parkindymedia.org)
They are also supporting the publication of a new book, "Tyst Territorium" - a compilation of reports from Western Sahara by noted investigative journalists Fredrik Laurin and Lars Schmidt. (utblick.org)

The Western Sahara republic yesterday announced the signing of a new onshore mineral exploration licence. (wsrw.org)

Amid an ongoing dispute on the EU-Morocco trade agreement, the Danish parliament on Thursday (2 June) voted unanimously to warn Danish companies and municipalities from trading with Western Sahara. (euobserver.com)

The 'New Colonialism': the case of Western Sahara Senior International Program Officer (Africa) at War on Want Tom Lebert writes on permits given to British companies by the Moroccan government to explore for oil and gas in the Western Sahara. (jadaliyya.com)

The aquaculture company Gümüşdoğa turns the meal into valuable fisheries products for the European market. (wsrw.org)
The UN recognised representation of the people of Western Sahara is today meeting with Canary fishermen to explore continued fishing opportunities as the EU-Moroccan fisheries are coming to an end. (wsrw.org)

Fishing and oil exploration contracts concerning Western Sahara are sources of political tension. (wikipedia.org)
Electricity - production: 0 (all estimates are for 2015) Electricity - consumption: 0 Oil - production: 0 barrels per day (0 m3/d) Oil - consumption: 1,700 barrels per day (270 m3/d) Fishing and oil exploration contracts concerning Western Sahara are sources of political tension. (wikipedia.org)
The company behind the exploration blames its Dutch client. (wsrw.org)
Morocco has placed a high emphasis on oil and gas exploration in its energy policy. (ipsnews.net)
But it also states that "while the specific contracts … are not in themselves illegal, if further exploration and exploitation activities were to proceed in disregard of the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara, they would be in violation of the principles of international law applicable to mineral resource activities in Non-Self-Governing Territories. (ipsnews.net)

Images have appeared of highly controversial windmills on Canary Islands, in transit for Engie's project in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)

Spain thereby indirectly recognised that Western Sahara is and will remain a part of Morocco. (inspain.news)
Our most recent project, #SpanishArms, documents where Spain has approved export licences for arms sold to countries such as Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Nicaragua, and how those arms have been used in the facilitation of oppression or human rights violations. (bellingcat.com)
This recent proclamation by Spain is clearly a manifestation of the legacy of neo-colonialism, where even independent governments are subjected to the economic domination of the imperialist states. (popularresistance.org)
Later that year, Spain entered into an agreement with Morocco and Mauritania concerning the transfer of power over Western Sahara. (regjeringen.no)
In the Agreement, Spain confirmed her intentions of contributing to the decolonisation of Western Sahara, and to transfer the duties as Administrative Power to Morocco and Mauritania. (regjeringen.no)
THE Foreign Ministers of Spain and Morocco held a video conference on Tuesday February 23 to discuss strengthening of economic and other ties between the two countries. (euroweeklynews.com)
The two ministers called for far closer cooperation as strategic partners in a post pandemic world due to their close vicinity, opportunity for investment and the number of Moroccan citizens now settled in Spain. (euroweeklynews.com)
Known as the PEOPLE'S PAPER, Euro Weekly News is the leading English language newspaper in Spain. (euroweeklynews.com)
Whether it's local news in Spain, UK news or international stories, we are proud to be the voice for the expat communities who now call Spain home. (euroweeklynews.com)
CEUTA, Spain, May 18 (Reuters) - Spain has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after thousands of migrants swam into the northern African enclave, in what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a serious crisis for Spain and Europe. (dailymaverick.co.za)
The passivity of Moroccan police is a direct consequence of the hospitalisation of Ghali in Spain," said Rafael Calduch, professor of international law at Madrid's Complutense University, adding that attempts by Spain to minimise the issue had backfired. (dailymaverick.co.za)
Morocco has accepted offers of aid from Spain, Britain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, but has not taken up offers of help from Italy, Belgium, France and Germany. (iol.co.za)

Of the 13 current cases, one was initiated by the government, with the remainder initiated by private citizens, including libel complaints. (state.gov)

A delegation from the European Parliament's Morocco friendship group is visiting Western Sahara on Saturday and Sunday (4 and 5 June) on Rabat's invitation. (euobserver.com)
Representatives from all nine political parties at the Norwegian parliament today established a friendship group for Western Sahara. (vest-sahara.no)

You can go from the popular Moroccan city of Marrakesh to iconic Paris, France in just about four hours. (fluentu.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the Moroccan public in a video message on Tuesday, saying Paris was ready to provide direct humanitarian aid if King Mohammed accepted France's offer. (iol.co.za)

In December 2015, the European Court of Justice cancelled an EU-Morocco trade agreement. (euobserver.com)

Swedish news outlets, parliament seminars, debate articles as well as active participation at events such as Bokmässan. (utblick.org)

It was the fund manager Hans Thrane-Nielsen in the [Norwegian insurance company] Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning who asked the question in the telephone conference. (vest-sahara.no)
A vessel transporting Norwegian gas was supposed to arrrive in occupied Western Sahara tomorrow, but has now steered away last minute, as ordered by the exporter in Norway. (vest-sahara.no)
The Norwegian state-controlled energy company Equinor 'regrets' exports of gas into Western Sahara and promises to never do it again. (vest-sahara.no)
The Moroccan ambassador in Oslo stated that Norwegian observers cannot attend trials in Western Sahara, as courtrooms are always closed, including in Norway. (vest-sahara.no)

Further, under the current power-sharing arrangement, Netanyahu is due to cede the premiership to Gantz in November 2021, meaning the PM could collapse the government closer to this date, at a more politically advantageous time. (fitchsolutions.com)

Many demonstrate in search of social justice, against the assassination of activists, against the plundering of their natural resources by Morocco and the EU. (left.eu)

The Center for Research on Globalization writes on the recent politicized struggle between Canadian gold company Kinross and its employees in Mauritania. (jadaliyya.com)

Tunisian troops stopped two bomb-laden cars crossing from Libya and seized arms and documents bearing the symbol of Islamic State, as security tightened following two major attacks this year, the government said on Thursday. (africacenter.org)

Western Sahara Resource Watch. (wikipedia.org)

But amid all of this - negotiations, votes, rulings, resolutions - the fate of the people of the Western Sahara is at issue. (left.eu)
News seeped out of towns like Alamata and Mlazat that the drones' missiles were killing not just suspected rebels but dozens of people, many of them civilians, as they rode buses or shopped in markets. (juancole.com)
Support groups for the people in Western Sahara claims Jinhui on numerous occasions have transported phosphates from there to New Zealand and Australia, and have posted a video of the bulk vessel 'Jin Cheng' discharging the fertilizer ingredient ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=M-1zk-s1Olo ). (vest-sahara.no)
is a free source of independent news for tens of millions of people around the world, but less than 1% of our global audience donates to support our critical journalism. (democracynow.org)
In his first televised appearance since the earthquake struck, King Mohammed VI visited Marrakech - 72 km (45 miles) from the tremor's epicentre - to meet injured people at a hospital, where the state news agency said he donated blood. (iol.co.za)
More than 10,000 people were expected at the meetings, which the government wants to go ahead, sources said. (iol.co.za)
Morocco is not willing to allow the people the right to self-determination today, and the oil industry is becoming an obstacle in terms of putting pressure in Morocco to accept that right. (ipsnews.net)

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