Arab Democratic Republic
- A locally based Saharawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front launched a guerrilla war, with the crucial financial and logistical backing of Algeria and Libya, aiming to win independence of the territory under the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" (SADR). (wikipedia.org)
- The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic had been recognized by 84 nations, and is a full member of the African Union, but not of the UN. (wikipedia.org)
- 10% of the production comes from Bou Craa, a mine in the Western Sahara, a territory considered by Morocco as part of the country but disputed by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. (wikipedia.org)
- It was Africa's last colony and its people, directed by the Polisaro Front, looked forward to gaining independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. (taurillon.org)
- The United Nations Security Council has called for fresh negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario, which runs its self-declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic or SADR. (reuters.com)
- The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is currently in talks with three mining companies - Russian, Polish and Spanish - on granting them exploration rights on territory controlled by Polisario to the east of the demarcation line with Morocco. (africaintelligence.com)
- The government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (the SADR) and the Saharawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front, welcomed an announcement today that there would be no further defence of a case by Morocco's state company OCP SA over a cargo of phosphate mineral rock detained under court order in South Africa. (awsa.org.au)
- The site of Western Sahara is requested by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Morocco. (sftv.org)
Polisario Front
- Mohamed Abdelaziz was the leader and co-founder of the Sahrawi people's Polisario Front movement, which has demanded independence ever since Morocco took over most of Western Sahara in 1975. (democracynow.org)
- The expulsion of the 84 U.N. staffers has put at risk the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front. (democracynow.org)
- Their claim to mine phosphate for the benefit of the people is disputed by the SADR and the [Polisario Front]: as most of the Sahrawi people live to the east of the berm or in refugee camps in Algeria, those who may benefit from the mining of phosphate are not the 'people of the territory' but, more likely, Moroccan settlers. (awsa.org.au)
SADR
- The SADR government recognizes the withdrawal of what would have been an untenable defence as a helpful step, both for ensuring clarity of what the High Court has determined on abundant evidence and as a contribution to the application of the rule of law in the continuing occupation of Western Sahara and a denial to its people of the right of self-determination. (awsa.org.au)
- The SADR senior official responsible for the case, Emhamded Khadad, explained: "It is unfortunate that the Moroccan company made remarks which denigrate the South African High Court. (awsa.org.au)
- The SADR government also welcomed the pending resolution of the case in the context of the m.v. NM Cherry Blossom being able to return to trade. (awsa.org.au)
- The SADR government continues to explore the interdiction of phosphate rock and fisheries cargos in other states, and how historic claims against certain phosphate purchasing companies and shipping carriers will next be pursued. (awsa.org.au)
2017
- The South African authorities stopped the shipment carrier on May 1, 2017 at the port of Port Elizabeth, in response to a lawsuit filed by the Sahrawi Republic. (spsrasd.info)
- activists for the independence of Western Sahara and Human rights defenders , but also the lawyers by their absence protest against this unfair trial whose first hearings were held on March 13th 2017 after months of postponements. (awsa.org.au)
- Morocco shipped over 1.5 million tonnes of phosphate out of occupied Western Sahara in 2017, to the tune of over $142 million. (wesatimes.com)
- The 2017 imports are attributed to six companies in five countries internationally, while about 70 companies worldwide have been identified as owning or operating the vessels transporting the rock to its buyers. (wesatimes.com)
- This report details a total exported volume from Western Sahara in 2017 of 1.59 million tonnes, with an estimated value of $142.74 million, shipped in 27 bulk vessels. (wesatimes.com)
- A remarkable development of 2017 was the arrest in South Africa of a vessel carrying phosphate rock from Western Sahara to a New Zealand based importer, and the South African High Court placing rightful ownership of the cargo in the exiled government of Western Sahara. (wesatimes.com)
2018
- Port Elizabeth , South Africa, February 23, 2018 (SPS) - The High Court of South Africa on Friday issued a final ruling on the shipment of phosphates held in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that the shipment belongs to the Sahrawi Republic, confirming that Morocco had never any ownership over Sahrawi phosphate. (spsrasd.info)
1975
- Following the Green March and the Madrid Accords signed with Spain and Mauritania in 1975, Morocco took control of Saguia el-Hamra, and the northern part of Río de Oro, while Mauritania took control of the remaining part of Río de Oro, renamed as Tiris al-Gharbiyya. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] 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)
- Western Sahara, which is inhabited by the Sahrawi people, was freed from Spain in 1975. (taurillon.org)
- Western Sahara has been disputed since 1975, when Morocco claimed it as part of the kingdom and the Polisario fought a guerrilla war for the Sahrawi people's independence. (reuters.com)
- However, Morocco, illegally occupying parts of Western Sahara since 1975, has kept the exports of Western Sahara phosphate rock. (awsa.org.au)
phosphates
- Phosphates, lead, fluorine, and antimony are found in the Atlantic coast over a stretch of 60-120 kilometres (37-75 mi), and also in central Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
- However, it came out that parts of the cooperation illegally gave the Poles rights to mine phosphates from Western Sahara. (taurillon.org)
- The North American fertilizer giant, Agrium Inc of Canada, reportedly became the leading importer of Western Sahara's phosphates in 2014, Africa Mining Intelligence has learned. (africaintelligence.com)
- WSRW calls on all companies involved in the trade to immediately halt all purchases of Western Sahara phosphates until a solution to the conflict has been found and the Saharawi people have been assured the exercise of their fundamental right to self-determination. (wesatimes.com)
sovereignty
- The FTA does not include services or goods originated in the Western Sahara, due its status of non-self governing territory, and as the US does not recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco wants the region to have autonomy within Moroccan sovereignty. (reuters.com)
- The WSRW is an international non-governmental organisation with members from more than 30 countries that defends the respect for international law upholding the decolonisation of Western Sahara and the sovereignty of the Sahrawi people over their natural resources. (ovimagazine.com)
- These websites are devoted to sovereignty/independence projects, and governments-in-exile. (angelfire.com)
2016
- According to the Western Sahara Resource watch WSRW the extracted phosphate from the Sahrawi mine of Boucraa by the Moroccan OCP represents $ 200 million in the year 2016. (awsa.org.au)
- In 2016, Morocco earned over 200 million USD from the rock export from the territory. (awsa.org.au)
refugees
- In addition to guaranteeing a right of return for the Sahrawi refugees, the Sahrawi government in exile has indicated a willingness to offer Sahrawi citizenship to Moroccan settlers and their descendants in a future independent state. (wikipedia.org)
- These economic migrants fall outside the mandates of the support structures offered by governments and non-governmental organisations for refugees. (wikipedia.org)
Moroccan
- The Southern Provinces or Moroccan Sahara are the terms used by the Moroccan government for Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
- These two official Moroccan denominations explicitly include all of Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
- The Moroccan government favours "Southern Provinces" for its geographical obviousness, and because of the sensitivity of the word "Sahara" in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] A frequent use of the term "Southern Provinces" is found for example in Moroccan state television (weather forecasts, displayed maps on the news, government statements, etc. (wikipedia.org)
- The Moroccan government controls and administers 80% of Western Sahara (the part west of the Moroccan Wall) and all the oceanic coasts of Western Sahara, government and private companies exploit coastal areas for fishing and the land areas for phosphate mining. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] The two thirds of Western Sahara that are controlled by Morocco are treated by the government as normal Moroccan territory. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco then seized the opportunity and took control of the remaining part of Río de Oro as well, which had been recognized by the Moroccan regime as Mauritanian a few years earlier. (wikipedia.org)
- Since a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire agreement in 1991, about two thirds of the territory is administered by Morocco, including all the seacoasts, due to the construction of the Moroccan Wall. (wikipedia.org)
- of covering the vast one-third of Western Sahara, east of the Moroccan military berm. (wikipedia.org)
- As of 2003, Morocco exported approximately 2.9% of its total exports to the U.S., while it imported approximately 4.1% of its total imports from the U.S.. These numbers show that U.S. trade with Morocco is almost nil when compared with Moroccan trade with the U.S. Therefore, the USMFTA will potentially have a much larger effect on the Moroccan government. (wikipedia.org)
- Since the U.S., for the most part, has these mechanisms already in place, the bulk of the updating and reforming will be done by the Moroccan government. (wikipedia.org)
- For example, just prior to the agreement (signed in 2004), a news release by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced major revisions in Moroccan labor laws spurred by the proposed signing of the agreement. (wikipedia.org)
- U.S. companies that build production facilities in Morocco today will have an added advantage of exporting industrial products duty-free to Europe by way of the Moroccan-E.U. Association Agreement signed in 2000. (wikipedia.org)
- The benefits to accrue to Moroccan government, business, and consumers by way of the USMFTA are access to a large and rich U.S. market. (wikipedia.org)
- In addition, Moroccan pharmaceutical companies have voiced concerns over increased penalties for intellectual property and patent violations. (wikipedia.org)
- ALGIERS, May 18 (Reuters) - Panama authorities have detained a Moroccan phosphate shipment from the disputed territory of Western Sahara after the Polisario independence movement claimed the cargo had been transported illegally, Polisario and officials said on Thursday. (reuters.com)
- By seeking the seizure of the two phosphate vessels, Polisario is putting to the test a European court ruling last year that Western Sahara should not be considered part of the Moroccan kingdom in EU and Moroccan deals. (reuters.com)
- The Moroccan exploitation of the natural resources in Western Sahara contributes to the perpetuation and prolonging of the colonial domination of the territory and the suffering of its population, and impeding the resolution of the conflict', recalls the International Coordinator of WSRW, Javier García Lachica. (ovimagazine.com)
- The illegally exploited phosphate rock is an important source of income for the Moroccan government, which holds large parts of the Western Sahara territory under military occupation, contrary to international law. (wesatimes.com)
- Chatham Chief Executive Chris Castle said today the need for New Zealand to secure its own low cadmium and ethical phosphate resource is highlighted by news Panama authorities have detained Moroccan phosphate shipment from the Western Sahara after the Polisario independence movement claimed the cargo had been transported illegally. (rockphosphate.co.nz)
- The Moroccan state company OCP has decided to drop defending the detained conflict mineral cargo in South Africa. (awsa.org.au)
- Now they have receipt a letter that "it has become clear that the Moroccan authorities do not respect international law and persist in their grave violations of human rights in Western Sahara, under the responsibility of the United Nations, in view of the decolonization of the territory and the exercise by its people of their inalienable right to self-determination and freedom. (innercitypress.com)
WSRW
- WSRW urges the Frente POLISARIO, Morocco and the United Nations to include on the agenda of the discussion the issue of natural resources of the territories occupied by Morocco. (ovimagazine.com)
- Therefore', declares García Lachica, 'WSRW calls on all states and economic actors of the international community to abstain from contributing with their investments to maintaining the colonial situation in Western Sahara. (ovimagazine.com)
- In view of the ongoing negotiations, the WSRW requests all the countries and companies involved to stop their investments with a view to supporting the peace process, and urges the United Nations to put in place the necessary mechanisms, in conformity with international legality, that would contribute to protecting the natural resources of the territory pending a lasting solution to the conflict. (ovimagazine.com)
South Africa
- Our placards thanks the government of South Africa which stopped a cargo of Saharawi phosphate representing about 6 million dollars, the vessel which was going to New Zeland for a cooperative foundation called Balance Agri-Nutrients will be juged on of his property on June 6th. (awsa.org.au)
- Our government has been clear from the start to hold out the prospect that cargo - and ship - could sail away from South Africa after a posting of security for the Saharawi claim to ownership", explained Khadad. (awsa.org.au)
phosphate rock
- The detention of the vessel carrying phosphate rock cargo from Morocco's OCP for Canada's Agrium is the second tanker stopped this month by a Polisario legal challenge, a new tactic the independence movement has been using in its conflict with Morocco. (reuters.com)
- The vessel contained 55.000 tonnes of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara. (awsa.org.au)
Saharawi
- The trial of the Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group opened before the Court of Appeal in Salé - Morocco. (awsa.org.au)
- Representatives of the Saharawi people have been consistently outspoken against the trade, both in the UN, generally, and to specific companies. (wesatimes.com)
- On June 15, the Court determined that the claim should proceed to a full trial, noting that the Saharawi government had prima facie ownership of the cargo. (awsa.org.au)
- The UN has concluded that any exploitation of resources in Western Sahara would be illegal if the Saharawi people do not consent to it. (awsa.org.au)
Republic
- Following bloody clashes with the Polisario troops (SPLA) and deteriorating ties with Algeria, Mauritania pulled out in 1979 and gave up its share in the Western Sahara in order to avoid further complicated conflicts with the Sahrawi Republic, Algeria, and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
- Kosovo, the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Abkhazia, Transnistria, the Sahrawi Republic, Somaliland, and Palestine also host informal diplomatic missions, and/or maintain special delegations or other informal missions abroad. (wikipedia.org)
- Whereas Mozambique values its bilateral relationship with the Kingdom of Morocco, it, nonetheless, condemns the deplorable behavior of its delegation, which reveals a shocking lack of composure and respect for the high office of His Excellency the President of the Republic, for the nature of TICAD, as well as well as for other participants, distinguished representatives of sovereign States, international organizations and development partners. (innercitypress.com)
- On August 16, after Guterres declined to answer Inner City Press' question choosing instead five others pre-picked, his Office announced: "Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Horst Köhler, former President of the Federal Republic of Germany, as his Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. (innercitypress.com)
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Morocco's
- In March, Morocco expelled U.N. staffers from Western Sahara after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon referred to Morocco's rule over the region as "occupation" during a visit to refugee camps in the Algerian town of Tindouf, located in southwestern Algeria. (democracynow.org)
importers
- As of 2005, in terms of U.S. dollars, Morocco was ranked 89th among U.S. trading importers and 79th among U.S. exporters. (wikipedia.org)
ceasefire
- A 1991 ceasefire split the region in two between what Morocco calls its southern provinces and an area controlled by Polisario. (reuters.com)
fertilizer
- The 55,000 tonne cargo had been illegally exported from occupied Western Sahara in April for delivery to the New Zealand fertilizer company Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited. (awsa.org.au)
colony
- Ironically, Morocco, a former colony, began to treat Western Sahara as its colony and the Sahrawi people as its colonial subjects. (taurillon.org)
MINURSO
- 2. Condemns human rights abuses in the areas of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco and urge the UN to extend the mandate of its mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring and reporting. (awsa.org.au)
exploitation
- Ovi Magazine : Stop the exploitation of natural resources in occupied Western Sahara by Dr. Luis Portillo, Ph. (ovimagazine.com)
human rights
- In order to find the simplest solution to the crisis and bring stability, France has continuously supported governments accused of human rights abuses. (taurillon.org)
struggle
- On the other side, Sweden and some of the European institutions such as the ECJ support the struggle of the Sahrawi people, but this help remains rather limited. (taurillon.org)
envoy
- Inner City Press: the position of a Personal Envoy on Western Sahara. (innercitypress.com)
- From August 4: Inner City Press: this Western Sahara envoy question, it's getting stranger and stranger. (innercitypress.com)
people
- However, the case of Western Sahara, which has not been so widely reported and cared about, shows that as soon as the media and the people are not involved, the EU remains divided, simultaneously supporting both sides and concerned only with its economic interests. (taurillon.org)
- In its decision, the Court noted that "OCP and [its subsidiary company] Phosboucraa do not claim to have mined the phosphate in Western Sahara with the consent of the people of the territory. (awsa.org.au)
Fertiliser
- Fertiliser distributor Nutrien, the result of a merger between Potash Corp and Agrium, has been blacklisted by financial institutions over its imports from Western Sahara. (africaintelligence.com)
- He said the rock from Morocco is used to make New Zealand's predominant fertiliser superphosphate, which results in high levels of run-off with resulting pollution to our waterways and can also be detrimental to soil health over the long term. (rockphosphate.co.nz)
- Chatham Rock Phosphate, a publicly listed company, was granted a mining permit in 2013 to develop New Zealand's only significant source of environmentally friendly pastoral phosphate fertiliser and is now preparing for a revised environmental consent application. (rockphosphate.co.nz)
diplomatic
- Virtually all Western countries cut off diplomatic relations with Gaddafi's government over an aerial bombing campaign in February and March, and a number of other countries led by Peru and Botswana did likewise. (wikipedia.org)
- Re: A protestletterconcerning the visit of the diplomatic delegations to someoccupiedterritories of Western Sahara. (wesatimes.com)
Palestine
- all about bring a African subregions welcomed to check this qualified fibre, looking how the quantum-vortex of this last hour is parallel in the oil of the ethnic malformed life of Palestine and of western Far biology. (sftv.org)
conflict
- While Western Sahara is officially an unrecognized territory according to all of the EU members, the united Europe is not able to consolidate its position and solve the political, humanitarian and moral conflict so close to its borders. (taurillon.org)
- They do not formally recognize its authority over Western Sahara but repeatedly stress that the conflict needs to be resolved in Rabat's favour. (taurillon.org)
- He is the co-author of the book Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution . (democracynow.org)
- The conflict over the former Spanish territory of Western Sahara in 1976 resulted in partial annexation by Mauritania, withdrawn in favour of Morocco in 1979. (wikipedia.org)
territory
- Both sides claim the territory of Western Sahara in its entirety. (wikipedia.org)
- citation needed] Administratively, Morocco divided the territory under its control into administrative units (wilayas). (wikipedia.org)
- The declarative theory defines a state as a person in international law if it meets the following criteria: a defined territory a permanent population a government, and a capacity to enter into relations with other states. (wikipedia.org)
- There are, for example, entities which meet the declarative criteria (with de facto partial or complete control over their claimed territory, a government and a permanent population), but whose statehood is not recognised by any other states. (wikipedia.org)
- See list of governments in exile for unrecognised governments without control over the territory claimed. (wikipedia.org)
- Abstaining from carrying out investments in the occupied territory of Western Sahara is the most constructive way to support the ongoing negotiations process. (ovimagazine.com)
Zealand
- CRP " or the " Company ") notes the halting of a second phosphate shipment from the Western Sahara is intensifying the supply risk for New Zealand farmers. (rockphosphate.co.nz)
- In progressing plans to submit a new application we are working with government officials to seek improvement in the permitting process and iwi, academic, industry and central government input to ensure New Zealand can benefit from an environmentally superior phosphate source. (rockphosphate.co.nz)
Mauritania
- This opportunity was immediately seized by Morocco and Mauritania and the young nation was invaded. (taurillon.org)
- Mauritania, lying next to the Atlantic coast at the western edge of the desert, received and assimilated into its complex society many waves of these migrants and conquerors. (wikipedia.org)
Sahara's
- For the fifth year in a row, Western Sahara Resource Watch has published a detailed annual overview of the companies involved in the purchase of occupied Western Sahara's white gold: phosphate. (wesatimes.com)
cargo
- Another vessel of similar cargo was arrested in Panama, it was going to Canada for the company Agrium. (awsa.org.au)
world's
- Morocco is the world's second largest producer of phosphate, and contains about 75% of the world's estimated reserves. (wikipedia.org)
- The Sahara is the world's largest low-latitude hot desert. (wikipedia.org)
welcomes
- The Western Sahara Resource Watch welcomes the fourth round of talks that is due to take place in the US on 16-18 March 2008 between the Frente POLISARIO and Morocco regarding the achievement of the decolonisation of Western Sahara. (ovimagazine.com)
recognize
- Eighty-four countries as well as the African Union recognize Western Sahara as an independent nation. (democracynow.org)
Sudan
- From the 8th through the 15th century, black kingdoms of the western Sudan, such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, brought their political culture from the south. (wikipedia.org)
- American University economist George Ayittey accused the Arab government of Sudan of practicing acts of racism against black citizens. (wikipedia.org)
exports
- This translates to U.S. trade with Morocco at less than .1% of its total imports and exports. (wikipedia.org)
independence movement
- A leader of the independence movement in Western Sahara died Tuesday. (democracynow.org)
Algeria
- The Romans interacted with and later conquered parts of Mauretania, an early state that covered modern Morocco, western Algeria, and the Spanish cities Ceuta and Melilla during the classical period. (wikipedia.org)
solidarity
- The government was accused of "deftly manipulat(ing) Arab solidarity" to carry out policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing. (wikipedia.org)
seeks
- Such statements are contemptible and unworthy of a state owned company that otherwise seeks the protection of the law in its commercial dealings. (awsa.org.au)
mandate
- Notwithstanding and regrettably, the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, beyond its mandate, has hijacked the competencies of the co-organizers and of the host country by awarding to itself the right to control the accesses to the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Center, venue of the meeting, and to the meeting room, having even resorted to violence. (innercitypress.com)
explicitly
- Many members of the international community, including the United Nations, the Arab League, and the African Union, explicitly recognized the anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate representative, with many of those countries explicitly describing it as the legal interim government of the country due to the perceived loss of legitimacy on the part of Gaddafi's regime. (wikipedia.org)
resources
- In the third round of negotiations, held in January, both parties decided to include on the agenda of the next round the discussion of a key issue in the decolonisation process: the management of the natural resources of Western Sahara. (ovimagazine.com)
- Sid Ahmed Lamjayed is the president of the CSPRON The committee to support the peace settlement and to protect the natural resources in Western Sahara. (awsa.org.au)
- In a meeting with Equipe Media Mohamed Jaaim, general secretary of CSPRON, said: "I denounce the systematic plundering of natural resources in Western Sahara by Morocco and its accomplices in particular the phosphate, the indispensable element in the global agriculture. (awsa.org.au)
leader
- As the Spanish leader, infamous General Franco was terminally ill, the country was in chaos and no one supervised the transition of power in the so-called Spanish Sahara. (taurillon.org)
- 2001 David Trimble, a Protestant moderate who leads the Ulster Unionist Party, is re-elected as leader of Northern Ireland's unity government, with the added support of three lawmakers from a neutral party, Alliance, which represents both Irish Catholics and British Protestants giving him a 31-29 victory in the enlarged Protestant bloc, while he once again receives unanimous support from the Catholic side of the house. (safran-arts.com)
countries
- This should be seen as a result of geopolitics and the economic interests of some European countries, such as France and Spain, who openly support Morocco. (taurillon.org)
- Most EU countries indirectly support Morocco. (taurillon.org)
further
- Further, if U.S. companies decide to open plants in Morocco, this will create job opportunities and boost domestic employment. (wikipedia.org)
Libya
- To the north, the Sahara skirts the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt and portions of Libya, but in Cyrenaica and the Maghreb, the Sahara borders the Mediterranean forest, woodland, and scrub eco-regions of northern Africa, all of which have a Mediterranean climate characterized by hot summers and cool and rainy winters. (wikipedia.org)
- The international reactions to the Libyan Civil War were the responses to the series of protests and military confrontations occurring in Libya against the government of Libya and its de facto head of state Muammar Gaddafi. (wikipedia.org)
Spanish
- Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. (wikipedia.org)
bilateral
- The US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (or Morocco FTA) is a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
Provinces
- The government conducts various economic and social development programs and includes these "Southern Provinces" in the national budget of government funding, national sport competitions, education programs, and national parliamentary elections. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco has assigned a special satellite TV channel for the "Southern Provinces", called Laayoun TV. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco is the web of the design as its Southern Provinces. (sftv.org)
- Morocco is the gravity of the video as its Southern Provinces. (sftv.org)
east
- To the south, the Sahara is bounded by the Sahel, a belt of dry tropical savanna with a summer rainy season that extends across Africa from east to west. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco joins Israel and Jordan as the third nation state in North Africa/Middle East to sign a free trade agreement with the U.S. This agreement was a positive move towards President Bush's Middle East Free Trade Initiative set forth in May 2003. (wikipedia.org)
powers
- They also rejected a no-fly zone and any intervention by Western powers, but supported an "African solution" of reform. (wikipedia.org)
publicly
- These talents eventually led him to found 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. (blogspot.com)
phosphate
- The Moroccan government controls and administers 80% of Western Sahara (the part west of the Moroccan Wall) and all the oceanic coasts of Western Sahara, government and private companies exploit coastal areas for fishing and the land areas for phosphate mining. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco is the world's second largest producer of phosphate, and contains about 75% of the world's estimated reserves. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco holds 75% of the phosphate reserves of the world, and is ranked third in the world in its production. (wikipedia.org)
Importers
- As of 2005, in terms of U.S. dollars, Morocco was ranked 89th among U.S. trading importers and 79th among U.S. exporters. (wikipedia.org)
United Nations
- Many members of the international community, including the United Nations, the Arab League, and the African Union, explicitly recognized the anti-Gaddafi National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate representative, with many of those countries explicitly describing it as the legal interim government of the country due to the perceived loss of legitimacy on the part of Gaddafi's regime. (wikipedia.org)
1979
- Following bloody clashes with the Polisario troops (SPLA) and deteriorating ties with Algeria, Mauritania pulled out in 1979 and gave up its share in the Western Sahara in order to avoid further complicated conflicts with the Sahrawi Republic, Algeria, and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
- The conflict over the former Spanish territory of Western Sahara in 1976 resulted in partial annexation by Mauritania, withdrawn in favour of Morocco in 1979. (wikipedia.org)
imports
- Fertiliser distributor Nutrien, the result of a merger between Potash Corp and Agrium, has been blacklisted by financial institutions over its imports from Western Sahara. (africaintelligence.com)
- This translates to U.S. trade with Morocco at less than .1% of its total imports and exports. (wikipedia.org)
AFRICA
- The North American fertilizer giant, Agrium Inc of Canada, reportedly became the leading importer of Western Sahara's phosphates in 2014, Africa Mining Intelligence has learned. (africaintelligence.com)
- Silver and lead production in Morocco are the highest in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
- To the south, the Sahara is bounded by the Sahel, a belt of dry tropical savanna with a summer rainy season that extends across Africa from east to west. (wikipedia.org)
- Morocco joins Israel and Jordan as the third nation state in North Africa/Middle East to sign a free trade agreement with the U.S. This agreement was a positive move towards President Bush's Middle East Free Trade Initiative set forth in May 2003. (wikipedia.org)
Laayoune
- Aminatou Haidar" was arrested and abducted at Laayoune airport / Western Sahara immediately after getting out of the plane which as she was coming from Las Palmas, Canary Islands. (blogspot.com)
- Get in your heads that Morocco is the current administrative authority in Laayoune. (blogspot.com)
- The Sahara is not Morocco according to those who wish it to be independent but not according to the authorities at the airport of Laayoune. (blogspot.com)
Leader
- 2001 David Trimble, a Protestant moderate who leads the Ulster Unionist Party, is re-elected as leader of Northern Ireland's unity government, with the added support of three lawmakers from a neutral party, Alliance, which represents both Irish Catholics and British Protestants giving him a 31-29 victory in the enlarged Protestant bloc, while he once again receives unanimous support from the Catholic side of the house. (safran-arts.com)
country
- Morocco kicked her out of her own country. (blogspot.com)
- van Kaas except the Sahara is not a country as of yet. (blogspot.com)
- Notwithstanding and regrettably, the delegation of the Kingdom of Morocco, beyond its mandate, has hijacked the competencies of the co-organizers and of the host country by awarding to itself the right to control the accesses to the Joaquim Chissano International Conference Center, venue of the meeting, and to the meeting room, having even resorted to violence. (innercitypress.com)
- In relation to the huge U.S. economy, the free trade agreement is expected to have a positive, but small overall effect on the U.S. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has said that the agreement with Morocco is the "best market access package to date of any U.S. free trade agreement signed with a developing country. (wikipedia.org)
Pension
- Citizens who have business with organs of the federal government - like pension requests, taxes, judicial questions or even a project in Congress, need the Internet. (safran-arts.com)
virtually
- Even after almost seven decades, the model and its variants remain the most popular and widely used assault rifles in the world because of their substantial reliability under harsh conditions, low production costs compared to contemporary Western weapons, availability in virtually every geographic region and ease of use. (wikipedia.org)
Citizens
- Sudanese Arabs, who controlled the government, were widely referred to as practicing apartheid against Sudan's non-Arab citizens. (wikipedia.org)
face
- Sad news: Aminatou Haidar, the face of Western Saharan activism, was arrested around noon today in El Aiun. (blogspot.com)
protests
- Michael Weiss, a spokesperson for Just Journalism, claimed that he had received leaked Syrian state documents showing that the Syrian government organized the Nakba Day protests to draw attention away from the uprising in Syria proper. (wikipedia.org)
- US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the U.S. believes President Bashar Assad's government was actively supporting the Palestinian protests near the Israeli border. (wikipedia.org)
peoples
- The Sahara has linked rather than divided the peoples who inhabit it and has served as an avenue for migration and conquest. (wikipedia.org)
order
- In coping with the breach or law and order, the Government of Mozambique had to restore normalcy to ensure the safety of all participants and ensure the smooth continuation of the event, including the opening ceremony, honored by His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of Mozambique. (innercitypress.com)
desert
- Play media The Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء الكبرى, al-ṣaḥrāʼ al-kubrá, 'the Greatest Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic. (wikipedia.org)
- The Sahara can be divided into several regions including: the western Sahara, the central Ahaggar Mountains, the Tibesti Mountains, the Aïr Mountains, the Ténéré desert, and the Libyan Desert. (wikipedia.org)
production
- The mining sector operations now under the government sector have been proposed to be privatized to enhance production. (wikipedia.org)
large
- The Sahara is mainly rocky hamada (stone plateaus), Ergs (sand seas - large areas covered with sand dunes) form only a minor part, but many of the sand dunes are over 180 metres (590 ft) high. (wikipedia.org)
- Most of the companies are large ones such as 3M, BF Goodrich, American Express, Caterpillar, just to name a few. (wikipedia.org)
Contract
- 2014 is the date of expiration of a contract between Sonatrach and the Turkish company BOTAŞ. (wikipedia.org)
- Panhard's initial licensing contract with the South African government extended to the local assembly or manufacture of up to 1,000 AMLs. (wikipedia.org)
position
- Inner City Press: the position of a Personal Envoy on Western Sahara. (innercitypress.com)
Release
- 2011 Minerals Yearbook: Morocco And Western Sahara [Advance Release]" (pdf). (wikipedia.org)
African
- Being Morocco a member of the African Union, Mozambique expresses its dismay for this unacceptable behavior against another member of the organization, and a breach of the guiding principles on the respectful and cordial relations between States. (innercitypress.com)
- African Union - The Chairman of the African Union Commission Jean Ping said the AU was in contact with the Libyan government and that it condemned the crackdown against protesters. (wikipedia.org)
- They also rejected a no-fly zone and any intervention by Western powers, but supported an "African solution" of reform. (wikipedia.org)
central
- Phosphates, lead, fluorine, and antimony are found in the Atlantic coast over a stretch of 60-120 kilometres (37-75 mi), and also in central Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
- The central Sahara is hyperarid, with sparse vegetation. (wikipedia.org)
addition
- In addition, once the EU's Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA) is complete in 2010, additional duty-free access will flow down to U.S. companies. (wikipedia.org)
long
- That's why the government will give residents free access for 10-minute long sessions, Cardoso says. (safran-arts.com)
- According to climatic criteria, the southern limit of the Sahara corresponds to the 150 mm (5.9 in) isohyet of annual precipitation (this is a long-term average, since precipitation varies annually). (wikipedia.org)
business
- Business News. (wikipedia.org)
- As of November 2006, 92 U.S. companies, 12 franchises, 9 liaison offices, and 22 NGO's schools, and USAID contractors have opened for business in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
highest
- The highest peak in the Sahara is Emi Koussi, a shield volcano in the Tibesti range of northern Chad. (wikipedia.org)
important
- The mining industry of Morocco is important to the national economy. (wikipedia.org)
free
- Such tolerance for black persons, even when technically "free", was not so common in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
less
- If all areas with a mean annual precipitation of less than 250 mm were included, the Sahara would be 11 million square kilometres (4,200,000 sq mi). (wikipedia.org)
relations
- Passage of this bill strengthened Morocco - United States relations economically. (wikipedia.org)
date
- According to the botanical criteria of Frank White and geographer Robert Capot-Rey, the northern limit of the Sahara corresponds to the northern limit of date palm cultivation and the southern limit of the range of esparto, a grass typical of the Mediterranean climate portion of the Maghreb and Iberia. (wikipedia.org)