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Spanish conservatives call for Western Sahara exclusion from EU-Morocco trade
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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August 26, 2025
The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement. Photo: a truck on its way to the plantations in Tinighir, Dakhla, to pick up tomatoes for transport to...
Japan expels Polisario delegation, cracks down on political activities at African Summit
Hespress
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August 26, 2025
Japanese authorities expelled members of the separatist Polisario Front from the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama, citing violations of diplomatic protocols and unauthorized political activities. The...
EU seeks new trade talks with Morocco - Western Sahara included
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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August 24, 2025
Nearly a year after the EU Court struck down the EU-Morocco trade agreement for including occupied Western Sahara, Brussels appears ready to test the limits of international law once again. The Moroccan fisheries fleet in occupied Western Sahara...
EU moves to reopen trade talks with Morocco over products from the Moroccan Sahara
Hespress
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August 26, 2025
The European Commission has officially called for new negotiations with Morocco to revise the 2018 trade deal that covers farm and fishery products from the Moroccan Sahara, according to a note issued by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
Western Sahara: the moment of truth
Atalayar
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August 24, 2025
The Sahrawis must be aware that time is against them. The Polisario project, conceived in the shadow of regional disputes and rivalries, has become hostage to the endless struggle between Algeria and Morocco. Its real ability to influence the...
UN Secretary-General's report highlights exploitation of natural resources and illicit foreign projects in occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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New York (United Nations), August 24, 2025 (SPS) – In his annual report on Western Sahara, which he submitted during the 80th session of the General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres referred to a letter sent by UN special mechanisms...
Ramaphosa pushes economic diplomacy amid tariff pressures from US and global trade disruptions
IOL
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to advancing its national interest through strategic economic diplomacy and principled engagement on the global stage. In his weekly letter to the nation on Monday, he highlighted...
Amid tariff pressures, Ramaphosa calls for economic diplomacy and multilateralism
Engineering News
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Back from his trip to Japan, where he attended the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit (TICAD9), President Cyril Ramaphosa underscored the importance of the forum to strengthen trade and investment, amid global trade...
Malema: Africa’s future dependent on political economy in Nigeria, S’Africa
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 25, 2025
• Law serves as conscience of the nation, says Gov Mbah • NBA president calls for tough decisions to secure Nigeria’s future South Africa’s firebrand opposition leader and President of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema, has said...
Former South African president defends Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara
Atalayar
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August 22, 2025
A united Africa Morocco and South Africa move forward in their shared history The Polisario, to the dustbin of history Former South African President Jacob Zuma has marked a turning point in the history of the African National Congress (ANC) by...
Western Sahara: Why Algeria Supports The Sahrawi’s Right To Govern Themselv
The Nigerian Voice
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Western Sahara is a disputed territory in north-west Africa. It lies south of Morocco, north-east of Mauritania, and west of Algeria. It was formerly known as Spanish Sahara, until Spain’s withdrawal in 1975. The region has since been claimed...
Malema at NBA conference, warns Tinubu, others against World Bank, IMF loans
The Sun Nigeria
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August 25, 2025
From Jude Chinedu, Enugu South Africa’s opposition leader, Julius Malema, has warned African governments against piling up unchecked foreign loans, describing them as a debt trap that risks mortgaging the continent’s future. Delivering a keynote...
UN-AU Settlement Plan is only framework for decolonization of Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), 20 August 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has reaffirmed that the UN-AU Settlement Plan is the sole agreed-upon framework for decolonizing...
This company owns some of Scotland’s biggest oil fields. It’s also accused of complicity in Israel’s war
The Ferret
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August 24, 2025
On a rain-dampened Saturday in central London last month, a sea of Palestinian flags flowed towards Downing Street. Thousands marched bearing placards and chanting familiar demands: an end to the bombing and blockade of Gaza, and what they see as...
Western Sahara: why Algeria supports the Sahrawi’s right to govern themselves
The Conversation
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August 18, 2025
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in north-west Africa. It lies south of Morocco, north-east of Mauritania, and west of Algeria. It was formerly known as Spanish Sahara, until Spain’s withdrawal in 1975. The region has since been claimed...
Zuma praises Ghana’s support for Morocco in Western Sahara dispute
IOL
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Former president Jacob Zuma has described the MK Party as “the only true hope for the last stage of the total liberation of the South African people” and a “genuine continuation of the liberation struggle”. Zuma, the MK Party leader, was...
Cornered John Bolton Faces FBI Raid as Algeria’s Polisario Propaganda Machine Falters
Morocco World News
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August 22, 2025
Marrakech – It has become clear that the Algerian military regime and its puppet militia Polisario, from which it wants to establish a fictional state in Morocco’s Western Sahara, are losing all the already scant supporters and propagandists on...
Zuma’s visit to Morocco: A bold step toward African unity and a just resolution in Western Sahara
MyJoyOnline
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August 16, 2025
In a move that many observers consider historic, former South African President Jacob Zuma paid an official visit to Morocco earlier this month, where he publicly and unequivocally endorsed the kingdom’s Autonomy Plan for the Sahara. Far from a...
Japan does not recognise the Polisario separatist movement
Atalayar
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August 21, 2025
Reservations about the Polisario's presence Moroccan diplomacy During a high-level meeting in preparation for the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), held on 20 August, Japan declared that it did not recognise the...
TICAD-9: Japan reaffirms its non-recognition of the Polisario
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 21, 2025
The TICAD Summit, taking place on 20 and 21 August in Yokohama, was supposed to be, as usual, a platform for strengthening Japan-Africa cooperation and mobilising essential investment for the continent. But once again, the forum has been subjected...