Politics
Moroccan King sabre-rattling with Algeria
afrol News, 31 July - In a speech celebrating the ninth anniversary of his accession to the Moroccan throne, King Mohammed VI saluted "the readiness" of his armed forces, especially on the borders, when addressing the strained relations with neighbouring Algeria.
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Human rights | Economy - Development | Politics
60 injured after Moroccan-Sahrawi clashes in Dakhla
afrol News, 23 July - At least 60 people are reported to be injured and two missing during clashes between hundreds of Moroccans and Saharawis engaged in fishing in Itereft town, 100 kilometers from the city of Dakhla, the chairman of the Committee Against Torture in Dakhla, El Mami Amar Salem said.
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Politics
Sahrawis impatient with UN, warn of "explosion"
afrol News, 25 June - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar of the exiled Western Sahara government has warned against an "explosion" in the conflict over the Moroccan-occupied territory if no progress soon is registered. He called for a replacement of the UN mediator in the Western Sahara conflict, Peter van Walsum.
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Economy - Development | Environment - Nature
Western Sahara-bound fishing vessel hijacked
afrol News, 12 June - Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace have hijacked a fishing vessel in the Swedish port of Gothenburg, which was to fish off Western Sahara. The Cook Island-registered vessel is accused of "piracy", environmental destruction and violating Swedish embargo on fishing off the occupied territory.
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Politics
Mauritania denies shifting side in Sahara conflict
afrol News, 6 June - Mauritanian officials have emphasised they are not shifting sides towards Morocco in the conflict over Western Sahara, contrasting media reports originating in Morocco. Mauritania's relatively new government confirms it is to stay neutral in the conflict and maintain its recognition of the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
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Economy - Development
Global shipping shies away from Western Sahara phosphates
afrol News, 5 June - A third international shipping company has bowed into pressure to quit its assignments in ports in occupied Western Sahara. The Hong Kong-based shipping company Jinhui Shipping thus follows Norway's two shipping companies Arnesen Shipbrokers and R-Bulk, which have stopped shipping out phosphates from the territory. More are expected to follow.
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Media | Politics
Morocco "winning Sahara propaganda war"
afrol News, 23 May - International media are increasingly siding with the 1975 Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara, despite human rights violations that has left thousands Sahrawi population destitute in Algerian refugee camps. Pro-Sahrawi pressure groups demonstrate how Morocco slowly is winning the propaganda war.
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Politics
Morocco "planning military attack on Sahara"
afrol News, 21 May - According to press reports in Spain, the government and army of Morocco are making preparations for a military attack on the territories controlled by Western Sahara's Polisario Front since a UN-brokered ceasefire in 1991. The alleged "preparations" are to be a reaction to the increased civilian activities by Polisario in its "liberated territories".
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Society | Agriculture - Nutrition
Sahrawi refugee children in dire need of food
afrol News, 15 May - The declining humanitarian assistance in the Sahrawi refugee's camp in Algeria leaves children with severe malnutrition. According to a Norwegian Church Aid report to be published next week, one out of five children who have grown up in refuges camp in Algeria are suffering from acute malnutrition.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Human rights
W. Sahara talks continues
afrol News, 20 March - The fourth round of the United Nations-led talks over the status of Western Sahara ended in Manhasset, the outskirts of New York, with Morocco and Polisario Front pledging to continue negotiations at a future date. Read more
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Politics | Society | Human rights
Saharawi talks continue [revised]
afrol News, 14 January - Another round of talks on the Western Sahara conflict is due to take place at the Greentree Estates in Manhasset, New York between 11 and 13 March, the UN Mediator for Western Sahara conflict, Peter van Walsum, said. [See editor's correction and apology.] Read more
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Tamoil shuns Sharawi oil
afrol News, 30 December - Tamoil Africa has refuted media reports that it had signed oil exploration permits in Western Sahara. The Libya-based company said it has no plan to invest in any oil operations in Western Sahara.
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» 10.10.2007 - Moroccan politician favours Saharawi referendum
» 12.07.2007 - UN applauds continuation of Western Sahara talks
» 09.06.2007 - Fortune hunters eye Western Sahara oil riches
» 10.05.2007 - Morocco, Israel "to form unholy alliance"
» 02.05.2007 - Europe considers recognising Western Sahara
» 26.04.2007 - Western Sahara: No politics for Aid workers
» 11.04.2007 - Morocco, Polisario present Western Sahara plans
» 26.02.2007 - Sahrawis organise conference on liberated land
» 14.12.2006 - New oil company enters occupied Western Sahara
» 20.11.2006 - Sahrawi refugees to hold elections
» 18.10.2006 - Annan asks Sahrawis to drop referendum demand
» 05.10.2006 - UN slams Morocco on abuses in Western Sahara
» 04.10.2006 - 87% of young Saharawis want to emigrate
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