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Morocco launches tender for hybrid power plant
Zawya
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Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has launched an international tender for the construction of a hybrid solar-diesel power plant with battery storage in Guerguarat city in Western Sahara. The project comes with an...
Achieving social justice in Africa requires liberating continent from all forms of colonialism
Sahara Press Service
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Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 20 August 2025 (SPS) - The Secretary-General of the General Union of Sahrawi Workers (UGTSARIO), Nafei Ahmed Mohamed, affirmed that achieving the desired social justice in Africa requires the final liberation of the...
The US Reaffirmation of Support for Moroccan Autonomy Plan: Implications and Regional Imp...
ImpACT International
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The long-standing and deeply contentious conflict over Western Sahara has entered a new phase in 2025 following a significant reaffirmation of the United States’ support for Morocco’s autonomy plan for the disputed territory. This diplomatic...
Boulos’s North Africa trip reinforces US ‘deals, not aid’ strategy
Atlantic Council
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August 19, 2025
In the final days of July, Massad Boulos, the US senior advisor for Africa, visited several countries in North Africa. Overall, his visit reflected the Trump administration’s “deals, not aid” approach, which is intended to shift foreign policy...
Prime Minister represents President of Republic at TICAD 9 Summit
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed Al-Hafed, August 20, 2025 (SPS) - The Prime Minister, member of the National Secretariat, Mr. Bushraya Hammoudi Beyoun, is participating on behalf of the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim...
After Suspending Ties with ‘SADR,’ Panama Supports Moroccan Sovereignty Over Sahara
Morocco World News
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August 5, 2025
Marrakech – Panama has unequivocally declared Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in the Western Sahara, marking a principled U-turn in the Latin American country’s position on the artificially prolonged dispute. This breakthrough...
The Real Collusion Between Trump and Putin
Political Wire
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August 15, 2025
The Economist: “The puzzle of Mr Trump’s admiration for Mr Putin may have been better addressed by psychologists. Certainly Mr Putin, the seasoned KGB operative, has known how to play to his vulnerabilities, including vanity. Mr Trump was said to...
The El Mordjene hunt: Paris chases the banned hazelnut spread
The New Arab
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August 19, 2025
Trying to buy a jar of El Mordjene in Paris since 2024 has been like looking for a needle in a haystack. But in Barbès, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, known to be an Arab and specifically Algerian neighbourhood, The New Arab found one. “We...
Full list of 72 'do not travel' countries as Foreign Office warns UK tourists
Chronicle Live
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August 19, 2025
The Foreign Office has put a series of countries on a "do not travel" list in advance of the summer holiday season. Out of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are presently marked as having no-go areas owing to...
A holiday in Spain for a lifetime in Tindouf
Atalayar
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August 8, 2025
The children benefit from all the facilities needed to obtain visas, and Spanish municipalities and the Spanish government volunteer to finance this operation, which has been carried out without interruption every summer since the mid-1990s. The...
United Methodist Church divests from Israel bonds
Mondoweiss
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August 18, 2025
The United Methodist Church (UMC) has announced that it will divest from the bonds of governments that are maintaining illegal military occupations. It is the first church in the world to make such a pledge. Wespath, the church’s...
United Methodist Church leads global church in divestment from bonds of Israel, other occupier governments
Religion News Service
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August 18, 2025
Church’s primary investment agency, Wespath, fulfills and expands 2024 resolution of denomination’s legislative body; BDS success reflects many years of grassroots advocacy by UMKR. The United Methodist Church (UMC), one of the world’s largest...
Kenya-Morocco Relations Strengthen Following Nairobi’s Newfound Sahara Position
Morocco World News
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August 3, 2025
Rabat – Bilateral ties between Morocco and Kenya continue to flourish, especially following Nairobi’s backing of the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the only sustainable approach to end the dispute over Western Sahara. On Wednesday, Morocco’s embassy in...
The Paris mosque upending Macron’s diplomacy
Unherd
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August 12, 2025
The Grand Mosque of Paris is a hidden treasure on the Left Bank. Its beautiful Hispano-Moorish minaret, over a 100 feet high, overlooks the Jardin des Plantes, and can be spotted from the Seine. There is no call to prayer — thanks to a city...
International Observatory calls for "strict" measures to protect Sahrawi people's rights to their resources
Sahara Press Service
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Brussels (Belgium), August 8, 2025 (SPS) – The International Observatory for Monitoring Western Sahara Resources called on relevant parties, including the European Union, to take "strict" measures to ensure respect for international law and human...
France feels the heat from Moroccan cherry tomatoes
Fresh Plaza
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August 13, 2025
France is facing growing pressure from Moroccan tomato imports, with a noticeable surge in cherry tomatoes hitting the market. Complaints about unfair competition are making regular headlines, and the issue was a key talking point during a recent...
IFS Food’s secret: errors fuel food fraud
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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August 6, 2025
On 21 July, Spanish consumer watchdog organisation, together with Spanish farmers association COAG, filed a formal complaint against the supermarket chain Carrefour’s “fraudulent” marketing of tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara, under the Azura...
France–Algeria ties hit new low as Macron suspends visa deal for Algerian diplomats
Firstpost
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August 8, 2025
France suspends a decade-old visa exemption deal for Algerian diplomats, escalating tensions over migration disputes, Western Sahara and recent diplomatic flashpoints. Read here read more France’s strained relationship with Algeria has entered one...
Can Trump be trusted to keep his promise to Morocco over the Sahara?
Strategic Culture
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August 11, 2025
Trump’s threats to punish countries like India who buy Russian oil is starting to spook Rabat, as Morocco has more to lose than just trade if it upsets the Donald. Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Trump’s...
Macron imposes tighter restrictions on Algerian diplomatic visas
Atalayar
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August 7, 2025
The tense diplomatic relationship between France and Algeria continues. Following the serious disagreement that arose when France recognised Morocco's Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara as the most serious and credible option for resolving the...