Morocco saw a less strict application of many laws that violate human rights and civil norms, following the “Arab Spring” revolution, but it didn’t last long. Criticism of religion, ans religious or state authorities, remains […]
The 17th of June of 1970 the Spanish authorities ordered to the army to shoot against Sahrawi men, women and children that were demonstrating in the district of Zemla, in Laâyoune, capital of Western Sahara […]
The Sahrawi people have called for international recognition of their state-in-exile in Western Sahara for more than four decades, Hannah Armstrong (West Africa, 2012-2014) writes for The American Scholar. But the outside world has largely […]
The war over Western Sahara might be the world’s least-known long-term conflict. For more than four decades, an ethnic Sahrawi state-in-exile has been struggling, without success, for international recognition while waging a daily battle for […]
An analytical paper prepared by the Studies Department at Sumoud site affirmed that the new Russian position on the Western Sahara issue represented a strong blow to France, which for decades has been controlling the […]
Western Sahara is a country of 273,008 inhabitants, with an area of 266,000 km2, its capital is El-Aaiun and its time zone is “Africa/El_Aaiun”. Its ISO code is “EH” in 2 positions and “ESH” in […]
Morocco’s media continue to be subjected to judicial harassment. In addition to the trials of a number of media figures that have dragged on for several years, several new prosecutions have been initiated and heavy […]
The COVID-19 submission for refugees from Western Sahara in camps in Algeria presents the strategy to respond to the public health needs and immediate humanitarian consequences of the epidemic in other sectors including education, food […]
RABAT – The United Nations Security Council dealt Thursday a blow to Algeria’s discontent about the opening of consulates by several African states in the disputed Western Sahara territory, according to diplomatic sources with the […]
The Moroccan authorities must urgently and unconditionally release all those imprisoned solely for peacefully protesting or expressing their views including dozens of Hirak El-Rif protesters, rappers, bloggers and journalists… Read more from the source : […]
The Trump Administration has reportedly turned down repeated overtures by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat forging official diplomatic relations with Israel. According […]
This chapter[1] draws on the cases of Western Sahara and Palestine to begin exploring the United Nations’ (UN) role in realising the peoples’ right to self-determination. It addresses the UN’s role in conflicts perceived by […]
The Western Sahara liberation movement has taken New Zealand’s superannuation fund to the country’s highest court over its investments in farms that use phosphate illegally mined in the occupied territory… Read more from the source […]
An investigation into the treatment of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara, including an incident reportedly captured on video last year, has renewed attention to territorial and self-determination claims that have spanned decades… Read more from […]
(New York) – A video that appeared to capture a beating of two Western Sahara activists by the Moroccan police is authentic and should lead to a thorough investigation, Human Rights Watch said today. Human […]
Nouakchott (Mauritania), 7 March 2020 (SPS) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould El-Sheikh Al-Ghazwani has asserted that Mauritania recognizes the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), and its position on the conflict in … Read more from […]
Before voting on the new EU-Morocco fish deal in 2018, extending into occupied Western Sahara, several EU Member States asked for legal advice that would determine their vote. WSRW today publishes that influential legal… Read […]
Courtesy the Kingdom of Morocco’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates. Laayoune, Feb. 29, GNA – The Third Morocco-Pacific Islands States Forum has ended with an affirmation that the Sahara Region is […]
Since 1975, the Sahrawi people have suffered a persistent and prolonged occupation of part of their territory, which has produced the division of the population across multiple geographic regions. Each group has suffered … Read […]
In the last weeks, tensions have arisen between Spain and two of its main partners in the Mediterranean – Morocco and Algeria – due to disagreements on maritime borders and on the recognition of the […]
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