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Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council
Democracy Now!
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We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi journalist and activist Asria Mohamed speaks with Democracy...
SCOTUS Clears Way for Trump Agenda, from Limits to Birthright Citizenship to LGBTQ Books in Schools
Democracy Now!
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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Nermeen Shaikh in New York, with Amy Goodman in Geneva, broadcasting from the U.N. Human Rights...
Polisario Front takes part in German SPD Congress in Berlin
Sahara Press Service
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Berlin (Germany), June 29, 2025 (SPS) – At the invitation of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), a Sahrawi delegation attended the party’s Congress held in Berlin from June 27 to 29, 2025. The event saw broad participation from party...
Report: China, Russia Likely to Recognize Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Marrakech – A recent report by the Migration Research Institute identifies Morocco as “the most stable country in the entire Maghreb” and indicates major diplomatic developments may soon reshape the Western Sahara dispute. Despite persistent...
UN Rapporteur urges Morocco to end repression of human rights defenders in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva, 27 Jun 2025 (SPS) – Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, expressed concerns on Friday over Moroccan police violence against Sahrawi human rights activists Sidi Mohammed Daddach and...
Native Sahrawis Fight to End Moroccan Occupation of Sahara at the UN
Truthout
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June 30, 2025
Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a...
Ghana’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan undermines Western Sahara’s push for sovereignty
Black Agenda Report
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Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Photo: Moroccan Diplomacy/X Ghana endorsed Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, abandoning its...
UN Sounds Alarm: Critical Malnutrition Crisis Grips Polisario Captives in Tindouf
Morocco World News
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June 26, 2025
Marrakech – Catastrophic malnutrition rates now plague the Polisario-run, Algerian-controlled Tindouf camps, according to a new UN investigation. The findings reveal the brutal reality faced by thousands of Sahrawis held hostage in these desolate...
A Battle for Humane Consciousness in a War Against Truth: Exposing the Dark Arts of War
Dissident Voice
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June 30, 2025
The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of...
Women and children at risk: Algeria, a reflection of violence in Africa
Atalayar
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June 21, 2025
During the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a side event highlighted the systemic violence suffered by women, girls, and boys across the African continent. Organized by Africa Watch, the Altamirano Foundation, and the OIDUR...
French sportswriter sentenced to 7 years for ‘glorifying terrorism’ in Algeria
Associated Press
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June 30, 2025
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official accused of ties to a banned separatist movement, in a case rights groups say criminalizes routine...
"Algiers, Capital of El Hassania Culture 2025" event opens in presence of political, cultural figures
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, 21 June 2025 (SPS) - "Algiers, Capital of El Hassania Culture 2025" event opened Saturday at the Moufdi Zakaria Palace of Culture, in Algiers, in the presence of the ministers of Culture of Algeria, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic...
UN/C-24: Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders document "serious abuses" by Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), 11 June 2025 (SPS) – Sahrawi human rights defenders delivered compelling testimonies before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24), documenting the "serious abuses" committed by Moroccan occupation forces...
Minister of Culture received by Algerian counterpart
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, June 20, 2025 (SPS) – The Minister of Culture, Mr. Moussa Selma Leabeid, was received by his Algerian counterpart, the Minister of Culture and Arts, Mr. Zohir Bellou. This meeting takes place within the framework of the international...
Africa's Arms Race: Military Spending Surges As Peace Efforts Falter
MENAFN
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June 20, 2025
(MENAFN- The Rio Times) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reports African military spending reached $52.1 billion in 2024, marking a 3% increase from 2023 and a 22% rise since 2015. This growth occurs amid record global defense...
Algeria jails French journalist for 7 years over football report
The New Arab
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Ferhat Mehenni president of the Movement for the Self Determination of Kabylia at a rally for the release of Boualem Sansal in Paris, France, 26 January 2025. [Getty] A court in Algeria has sentenced French journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven...
Morocco promotes academic debate in Barcelona on its Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
Atalayar
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June 9, 2025
A proposal with broad international support In a geopolitical context marked by the search for lasting solutions to the Western Sahara conflict, Morocco has reinforced its parallel diplomacy strategy through initiatives aimed at European...
Western Sahara conflict builds up as Morocco gains support from the UK
Business Insider Africa
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June 1, 2025
Recent reports indicate that other Western powerhouses have also followed in France’s footsteps, opting to support the Moroccan side in its quest to seize administrative control of Western Sahara. The United Kingdom is the latest country to throw...
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra: Morocco’s Desert Frontier Finds Its Voice
Morocco World News
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June 13, 2025
In 1927, famous French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was posted to the edge of nowhere. Cape Juby, now Tarfaya, sat between the Atlantic’s restless surf and the brooding stillness of the Sahara. Then a driven, promising young...
Moroccan authorities launch health campaign ahead of 2025 summer camp season
Hespress
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June 30, 2025
With the arrival of summer and the anticipated return of children to national youth camps, Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Communication have launched a coordinated health preparedness...