Timor-Leste Hosts Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara and Reiterates Unwavering Support for the Right to Self-Determination of the Saharawi People
Government of Timor-Leste
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May 21, 2025
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French embrace of Moroccan autonomy plan underscores broader shift on Western Sahara dispute
Middle East Institute
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August 8, 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron’s letter of congratulations to the Moroccan sovereign Mohammed VI on the 25th anniversary of his rise to the throne unveiled a major policy shift regarding the Western Sahara conflict. Macron announced that France...
Managing Threats to Food Security: Water and Agricultural Resilience in North Africa
Middle East Institute
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May 27, 2025
Introduction Sustaining food security in North Africa,1 is a complex and evolving challenge, influenced by the region’s arid climate, limited water resources, and sparse arable land. In response, efforts to enhance food security by governments,...
Items signed by Jefferson, Washington and Einstein headline University Archives' June 4th online-only auction
EIN Presswire
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May 19, 2025
Specialty categories include Abraham Lincoln (17 lots), Space (108 lots) & Literature (41 lots), plus outstanding pieces from Art, Science and Early America. WILTON, CT, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A six-volume set of books...
Trump travels to a Middle East in transition
Middle East Institute
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May 12, 2025
This week, US President Donald Trump makes his inaugural visit to the Middle East since the start of his second term, traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates on May 13-16. Amid the heightened focus on US policy toward the...
Minister Gwede Mantashe: Freedom Day 2025
South African Government
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April 27, 2025
Programme Director, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Justices of the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal, Judges-President and members of the judiciary, Premiers, Members of Parliament, Representatives of the Chapter Nine institutions,...
Visit of Moroccan Foreign Minister to Slovenia and plans to open embassies in Ljubljana and Rabat
Government of Slovenia
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April 18, 2025
SLOVENIA, April 18 - During Minister Fajon's visit to Rabat last year, the two ministers signed the Joint Declaration on further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. Friendly relations between Slovenia and Morocco have recently...
Deputy President Paul Mashatile: 32nd Commemoration of Chris Hani
South African Government
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April 11, 2025
Programme Directors, Deputy Minister Peace Mabe and MEC Sibulele Ngongo; Mrs Limpho Hani, daughter Lindiwe and family; The Premier of the Eastern Cape, Honourable Oscar Mabuyane; Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton Mckenzie; Executive Mayor of...
Minister Ronald Lamola: Opening of Aziz Pahad Inaugural Annual Peace, Security and Human Rights Dialogue
South African Government
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April 1, 2025
Theme: Constitutionalism as the Foundation of Nation Building and Social Cohesion: A Reflection of 30 Years of Freedom, Equity and Justice in a Post Apartheid South Africa. Former President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki and First Lady Mam Zanele Mbeki,...
Mapping MENA’s Renewable Energy Supply Chains: The Emergence of Green Energy Ecosystems in the Middle East and North Africa
Middle East Institute
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December 18, 2024
Introduction The Middle East and North Africa has the potential to become the world’s largest renewable energy-producing region. Solar energy is MENA’s most abundant renewable energy resource. The Sahara Desert, which covers the majority of North...
Polisario rocket attack on Smara highlights use of Soviet-era weapons and Algerian involvement
Hespress
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June 30, 2025
The recent rocket attack on the southern Moroccan city of Smara has reignited concerns over the use of outdated, indiscriminate weaponry by the separatist Polisario Front, with experts calling the act a clear indication of the group’s terrorist...
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...
Despite Mounting Evidence, Bolton Downplays Polisario’s Terrorism Against Morocco
Morocco World News
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June 30, 2025
Rabat – Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton– a vocal advocate for Polisario and its separatism claims targeting Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara – recently attempted to downplay Polisario’s terrorist...
Morocco trade push links Sahel to Atlantic via Western Sahara
The New Arab
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June 30, 2025
Morocco's Atlantic Initiative would concretise its control over the disputed territory of Western Sahara [Getty] A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle...
International Observatory documents Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Oslo, 29 June 2025 (SPS) – The International Observatory for Monitoring Western Sahara Resources, in its annual report released this June, documented Morocco’s continued plundering of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara, in blatant violation...
Syrians urge Damascus to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara
I24 News
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News over Rabat and Damascus restoring diplomatic ties and Morocco's expectation of Syrian recognition of its sovereignty over the Western Sahara has sparked many reactions inside Syria in support of such a step. In an open letter to Syrian...
The Polisario Front attacks Moroccan positions in Esmara
Atalayar
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June 30, 2025
In an attempt to escalate the conflict with Morocco, the Polisario Front carried out several air strikes in the Esmara region of the Moroccan Sahara. Increasingly isolated politically, the Polisario Front has only succeeded in reinforcing...
Algeria–U.S. energy ties grow amid Western Sahara tensions
Business Insider Africa
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June 29, 2025
This renewed engagement comes as part of Algeria’s broader push to assert economic diplomacy in the face of growing international pressure surrounding the long-standing territorial issue. On June 24, the Secretary-General of Algeria’s Ministry of...
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Label Polisario Front as Terrorist Group
MENAFN
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June 30, 2025
(MENAFN) On Thursday, two members of the US House of Representatives formally introduced legislation in Congress seeking to classify the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization. The proposed bill reflects escalating concerns over the group's...
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...
