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King Mohammed VI Congratulates President Trump on US Independence Day
Morocco World News
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July 4, 2025
Mrirt — King Mohammed VI has sent a congratulatory message to US President Donald Trump on his country’s Independence Day, celebrating the strong ties between the two nations. The King expressed warm congratulations and sincere wishes for health...
Malainin Lakhal: Western Sahara will remain an open front for resistance until victory
Sahara Press Service
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Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 04 July 2025 (SPS) – The Deputy Representative of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Ethiopia and the African Union، Malainin Lakhal، affirmed that the Sahrawi ongoing resistance against the Moroccan occupation...
Occupying State has failed to legitimize its occupation of Western Sahara by force and will not succeed through buying consciences
Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), July 3, 2025 (SPS) – Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Polisario Front’s representative at the UN and coordinator with MINURSO, affirmed that the Moroccan occupation...
Guatemala Backs Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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July 3, 2025
Rabat — Guatemala threw its full support behind Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara on Thursday, calling it the only realistic path to resolving the decades-old territorial dispute. Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez Alvarado told...
International conference in Geneva on resilient women in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - The city of Geneva, Switzerland, has hosted an international conference on resilient women in Western Sahara. The conference, held on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council session, was led by Sahrawi...
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara: American documentary highlighting suffering of Sahrawi people
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - During the ongoing session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, a documentary film by American journalist Amy Goodman, host of the internationally acclaimed daily news program "Democracy...
International symposium in Geneva addresses Morocco's systematic violations against Sahrawi women
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva, 1 July 2025 (SPS) – The United Nations Human Rights Council headquarters in Geneva hosted Monday an international symposium focusing on the systematic violations committed by the occupying administration against Sahrawi women in the...
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...
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...
Tensions flare at Ibn Zohr as students push pro-polisario agenda on campus
Hespress
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July 2, 2025
HESPRESS English – Morocco News Politics Hespress ENWednesday 2 July 2025 - 10:11 A confrontation erupted last week at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir when administrators intervened to stop students affiliated with the pro-Polisario “Sahrawi...
UAE-Israeli “Encirclement Map” Aims to Politically Isolate Algeria
Watan
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July 2, 2025
Watan-Informed sources revealed that a recent closed-door security meeting was held in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, bringing together Emirati and Israeli officials — including Mohammed bin Zayed and his brother Tahnoun bin Zayed, Israeli...
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...
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...
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...
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...
President Brahim Ghali chairs meeting of Permanent Bureau of National Secretariat
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed El Hafed, 30 June 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front Mr. Brahim Ghali, chaired Monday a meeting of the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front at the Presidency...
Algerian Minister of Mujahideen reaffirms right to self-determination for Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, July 1, 2025 (SPS) – The Algerian Minister of Mujahideen (Veterans) and Rights Holders, Mr. Laid Rebika, has underscored the right of both the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples to freedom and independence. This statement came during his...
Jailed French Journalist's Family Seeks Zidane's Help: 'It Would Be Great...'
News18
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July 4, 2025
Last Updated:July 04, 2025, 14:11 IST Sports journalist Christophe Gleizes got seven years in Algeria for an interview tied to a banned separatist group. His family seeks support from the sports community and Zidane. French football legend,...
Family of French journalist sentenced in Algeria pleads for help from football superstar Zidane
Euronews
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Published on 04/07/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2•Updated 15:08 The family of a French sports journalist who has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria is calling for help from the sporting world and football superstar Zinédine Zidane, who is of...
The Hague Group revives the possibility of a new internationalism
Mail & Guardian
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July 3, 2025
A vigil remembering journalists killed in Palestine held at St.Georges Cathedral in Cape Town on 28 January 2024. Photo by Leanne Brady Imperialism is on a genocidal offensive in Gaza, and has recently bombed its way through Syria, Yemen, Lebanon...