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Algeria Clings to Outdated Western Sahara Narrative Amid International Support for Morocco
Rabat — Algeria stubbornly clings to its outdated and isolated narrative on Western Sahara amid global support for Morocco’s cause. Earlier this week, Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune reaffirmed his country’s traditional stance, stating...

Polisario attacks new Morocco-EU trade deal as experts cite legal and political irrelevance
The Polisario Front sharply criticized the new Morocco–European Union trade agreement extending preferential treatment to products from the southern provinces, calling it a “violation of European Court rulings” and an “affront to the will of the...

Polisario Front Representative to United Nations affirms that Sahrawi people will never accept colonial status quo, will continue defending their legitimate national aspirations
New York (United States), October 11, 2025 (SPS) – The member of the National Secretariat, Representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, and Coordinator with MINURSO, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, affirmed that the Sahrawi people will...

Russia’s Role Intensifies in Western Sahara Dispute as UNSC Vote Approaches
Marrakech – Morocco’s ambassador to Moscow, Lotfi Bouchaara, met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin on Thursday, October 9, with Western Sahara dominating the agenda. The meeting comes at a crucial moment as Russia assumed the...

MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass
Eleven months after the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) again annulled the EU-Morocco trade deal for including occupied Western Sahara without Saharawi consent, the European Commission and Morocco suddenly unveiled a new agreement that they claim...

Speakers Condemn Polisario’s Military Recruitment of Children in Tindouf Camps
Rabat — The Polisario-run Tindouf Camps have received more criticism for harboring inhuman practices which go against international laws. Speaking before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee this week, multiple speakers denounced systematic...

Conflict resolution in Western Sahara: analysis between the UN Fourth Committee's position and the Security Council's strategy
Algeria's proactive approach to the Sahara conflict in the Fourth Committee The practices of petitioners in the Fourth Committee From stalemate to strategy: the Security Council's new impetus in the Western Sahara peace process Overcoming...

Polisario Front takes part in work of United Nations Association of Peoples in Italy
Perugia (Italy), October 10, 2025 (SPS) – A delegation from the Polisario Front participated in the activities of the United Nations Association of Peoples, at the invitation of the organizers of the event held in the Italian city of Perugia. The...

Speakers at UN Warn of Polisario’s Links With Terrorist Groups in the Sahel
Rabat – Several speakers at the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly have warned about the growing ties between the armed separatist group Polisario and terrorist organizations active in the Sahel region, saying these connections pose a...

Polisario-Splinter MSP Defends Autonomy Plan at UN, Rejects Armed Struggle
Marrakech – The Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP), formed by disillusioned former Polisario leaders five years ago, made its historic first appearance before the UN Fourth Committee, presenting an alternative vision for resolving the Western Sahara...

At the UN, Petitioners Warn of Collusion between "polisario", Terror Groups
Several petitioners speaking before the United Nations’ 4th Committee in New York warned of the proven collusion between the “polisario” separatist group and terror organizations operating in the Sahel region, highlighting a serious threat to...

Organizing any economic activity in occupied Western Sahara without approval of Polisario Front constitutes violation of international law, decisions of European Court (Statement)
Dakhla (Occupied Western Sahara), October 9, 2025 – The Coordination Mechanism for Human Rights in occupied Dakhla confirmed Thursday that organizing any economic activity without the approval of the Polisario Front — the sole legitimate...

Dakhla Forum: France Renews Support for Morocco’s Sovereignty over Western Sahara
Rabat – France has renewed its steadfast support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara. French ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier renewed his country’s position in a speech during the opening of a...

The UN seeks to turn the page on the Western Sahara issue
In the United Nations Security Council, the debate on Moroccan autonomy in Western Sahara through the plan proposed in 2007 by King Mohammed VI of Morocco is nearing its conclusion. After more than 50 years of back and forth over who should be the...

Christophe Lecourtier: France Seeks to Partner in Morocco’s Western Sahara Development
France wants to be a partner in the development of Morocco’s Western Sahara for the benefit of local populations aspiring to a brighter future under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, said Christophe Lecourtier, France’s Ambassador to Morocco. In...

Western Sahara: UN Recalls Algeria’s Reluctance, Stops Short of Action
Rabat – Algeria’s regime continues to sidestep the UN-led political process on Western Sahara. However, the UN fails to take any decisive action to pressure Tebboune’s administration to contribute to finding a mutually acceptable political...

Frente POLISARIO UN Representative: the Sahrawi people will never give up their rights and will continue defending their national aspirations for freedom and independence
New York (United States), 9 October 2025 (SPS) – In his statement yesterday before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly, Member of the National Secretariat, Representative of...

Polisario Front Representative at UN and Coordinator with MINURSO meets with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations
New York (United Nations), October 6, 2025 (SPS) – Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, member of the National Secretariat, Polisario Front Representative at the United Nations, and Coordinator with MINURSO, met on Monday with Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United...

Sahrawi and international civil society groups condemn EU–Morocco Trade deal illegally covering Western Sahara
Brussels (Belgium) 06 October 2025 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Observatory for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (SONREP), in collaboration with several European and international civil society organisations, issued a joint communiqué Today...

Tebboune shuts down talk of Saudi mediation with Morocco
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has made it clear that there’s no room for outside mediation, even from Saudi Arabia, to fix the frozen ties between Algeria and Morocco. Speaking before senior army officials, Tebboune dismissed growing...