Politics | Human rights
Morocco-Sweden row over Western Sahara
afrol News, 4 November - Morocco has expelled a Swedish diplomat, accused of delivering Moroccan state documents to "separatists" from Western Sahara. This comes as a Sahrawi political prisoner in Morocco is awarded a prestigious Swedish prize.
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Politics
Sweden may recognise Western Sahara
afrol News, 2 November - The party congress of the Swedish Social Democratic Party has demanded that Sweden recognise Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara as the first country in Europe. The party is favourite to with the 2010 polls in Sweden.
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Politics | Society
Fresh promise for Western Sahara talks
afrol News, 13 August - The latest United Nations-backed talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario over the disputed territory of Western Sahara have concluded with a commitment from both parties to continue negotiations as soon as possible. Read more
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Politics | Human rights | Society
Call for release Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco
afrol News, 18 June - The Spanish Human rights organisation has called for the release of Yahya Mohamed Alhafed Iaaza, and other Sahrawi political prisoners who are still in the Moroccan prisons. Mr Iaaza is serving a 15 years imprisonment sentence in the prison of Ait Melloul in Morocco. Read more
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Economy - Development | Technology
Morocco invests in fiber optic line to Western Sahara
afrol News, 22 May - Maroc Telecom has secured a US$ 1.3 billion investment programme, mostly financed by the Moroccan government. The programme will see major improvement and modernisation of Morocco's fixed-line and mobile networks, but also a new fiber optic cable to France and through Western Sahara into Mauritania.
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Media | Culture - Arts
Sahrawis launch national television
afrol News, 21 May - Western Sahara has become the last African nation to launch its official national broadcaster, heading its operations from the Algerian refugee camps where most of the Sahrawi population lives.
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Politics | Human rights | Society
UN calls for peaceful talks on the future of W/Sahara
afrol News, 15 April - The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon has called on peaceful negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front ahead of the talks on the future of the disputed Western Sahara. Four rounds of the UN-brokered talks in New York since 2007 have failed to resolve the long-standing dispute between the two rivals. Read more
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Society | Human rights | Health | Agriculture - Nutrition
UN send mission to assess Sahrawi refugees situation
afrol News, 18 March - The United Nations has launched a mission to assess the Western Sahara refugees situation in Algeria following reports of malnutrition and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis, the UN refugees agency has announced. Read more
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Politics | Human rights
Morocco repress Sahrawi population - HRW
afrol News, 22 December - Morocco has been accused of resorting to repressive laws and violence to punish Sahrawis who advocate for full self-determination for the disputed Western Sahara, HUman Rights Watch has said in a report. Read more
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