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Unblock foreign visits to Sahrawi activists, HRW

afrol News, 17 November - The international human rights body has accused Moroccan authorities of blocking "unauthorised" visits by foreigners to the homes of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara.

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Campaign against plundering of W/Sahara resources launched

afrol News, 9 November - The pro-Saharawi network, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has launched a campaign to sign letters to the EU Commissioner for Fisheries, asking EU to immediately stop the plundering of the natural resources of Western Sahara by Morocco.

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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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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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Abdelaziz calls on UN to protect Sahrawi

afrol News, 29 October - The Sahrawi President, Mohamed Abdelaziz has urged the UN to assume its full responsibility to protect and secure release of Sahrawi activists detained in Moroccan prisons.

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New report documents abuse of Sahrawi refugees' rights in Algeria camps

afrol News, 9 October - A new study documents serious human rights and humanitarian crisis resulting from more than three decades of warehousing of Sahrawi refugees confined to desert camps near Tindouf, in southwestern Algeria.

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UN refugee chief begins visit to Western Sahara camps

afrol News, 8 September - The head of the United Nations refugee agency today kicked off a five-day tour to North Africa to assess the conditions for people still sheltering in makeshift camps in Algeria after fleeing conflict in Western Sahara in the mid-1970s.

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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.

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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.

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Politics | Society

Western Sahara seeks UN intervention on Morocco’s elections

afrol News, 8 June - President of the Western Sahara, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has pleaded with the UN Secretary General to urge Morocco to back down on its plan of organising elections in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

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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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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.

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W/Sahara asks UN to establish protection mechanism

afrol News, 2 April - The Saharawi President, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has called upon the UN Secretary General, to device a mechanism to ensure respect for the human rights in Western Sahara, the last African colony.

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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.

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» 23.02.2009 - Allow Sahrawis self determination – UN envoy
» 22.12.2008 - Morocco repress Sahrawi population - HRW
» 09.12.2008 - EU-Moroccan deal "illegal"; UN expert
» 02.12.2008 - McDonald's, Wikipedia targeted by Morocco
» 02.12.2008 - Agadir student killings trigger protests
» 26.11.2008 - Moroccan-Saharawi soap opera in Denmark
» 21.11.2008 - Major cannery divests in Western Sahara
» 17.11.2008 - SA labour protests Western Sahara inclusion in EU-Morocco deal
» 03.11.2008 - W/Sahara contests inclusion in EU-Morocco deal
» 17.09.2008 - Malawi cut ties with Sahrawi Republic
» 08.09.2008 - Rice urges end to Western Sahara dispute
» 31.07.2008 - Moroccan King sabre-rattling with Algeria
» 23.07.2008 - 60 injured after Moroccan-Sahrawi clashes in Dakhla
» 18.07.2008 - SA's and Namibians fish illegally in West Sahara
» 17.07.2008 - Danes warn against trade with Western Sahara

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