Follow AllAfrica News: Western Sahara, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-western-sahara Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:53:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBLT7emJb2CcVT72x6uxjiK [FrontPageAfrica] Acumen West Africa, through its flagship leadership program - Acumen West Africa Fellowship, celebrated the induction of its 2023 Fellows from Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, The Gambia and Sierra Leone into the Foundry Community - Acumen Academy's alumni network. This ceremony which was held in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, November 4, 2023 marked a pivotal moment in the development of moral and socially conscious leaders working towards building a more just and equitable society. The new cohort was carefully]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:36:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBLT7emJb2CcVT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nASjlmOe3jS6oMOI2eu70Rg [Ghanaian Times] The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, says it is a clear priority of his government to assist Ghana and other partners to preserve stability and counter the threats posed by terrorists and other criminal groups in the sub-region.]]> Thu, 02 Nov 2023 17:31:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nASjlmOe3jS6oMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nB_WnlW3QGZca8qfTAM-Smm [DW] For 30 years, the resource-rich North African desert territory has been 80% controlled by Morocco. But three years ago, the Algeria-backed Polisario Front renewed its armed struggle for independence.]]> Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:29:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nB_WnlW3QGZca8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAbdcQqYW0fMGw5Ur-z5Bww [The Conversation Africa] The 2030 men's football World Cup will be co-hosted by three countries across two continents after Morocco, Spain and Portugal's successful bid was selected by Fifa, the sport's world governing body.]]> Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:50:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAbdcQqYW0fMGw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDSOoCH6HpL0XMq2h3ehXEp [SPS] Birlahlou (Liberated Territories) -- The Polisario Front reaffirmed that the legal proceedings it is leading at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to put an end to the illegal exploitation by the Moroccan occupier of Western Sahara's natural resources, "is based on the firm foundations" of CJEU's judgment of 2016 which decided that Western Sahara and Morocco are two separate territories.]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2023 12:25:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDSOoCH6HpL0XMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAkhmNNHSA-VlRpWVnEcNkS [SPS] New York (United Nations) -- The Prime Minister of Lesotho, Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane, defended on Friday in New York the right to self-determination and independence of the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:34:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAkhmNNHSA-VlRpWVnEcNkS https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAkhmNNHSA-VsfGo0LrnZNO [SPS] Algiers -- Several heads of State and Government reiterated, during the works of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, the right of the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples to self-determination and independence.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:23:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAkhmNNHSA-VsfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAVVX6aErCpAJONpYks2fGs [SPS] Geneva -- The French Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP) has expressed its concern over the excessive use of arbitrary detention by Morocco against Sahrawi political prisoners, calling on the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to visit these detainees.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 06:35:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAVVX6aErCpAJONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBVPq2iBieIWMqq6eZJzUh9 [SPS] Guerguerat (Occupied Territories) -- A group of Sahrawi youth in the occupied cities of Western Sahara organized a protest rally at the illegal breach of Guerguerat, condemning the systematic plundering of the Sahrawi people's resources and the flooding of the region with toxins and drugs.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:34:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBVPq2iBieIWMqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBVPq2iBieIWDErtZyObPkc [SPS] Brisbane (Australia) -- Australia's ruling Labor Party has called on the United Nations to organize a referendum for self-determination in Western Sahara without delay, in a recommendation unanimously approved during its conference held 16-19 August, in Brisbane, Australia.]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:32:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBVPq2iBieIWDErtZyObPkc https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nC04WI1zmT7ravLeqE6yv18 [SPS] Algiers -- Diplomats, jurists, and researchers have warned, on Saturday in Algiers, about the deterioration of the situation in the occupied Sahrawi territories, particularly after the escalation of Moroccan repression against Sahrawi civilians, calling on the international community to act to uphold international legality.]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:15:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nC04WI1zmT7ravLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAO7WX-8ICfoyuZukmJ4mr4 [SPS] Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories) -- Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have carried out new attacks targeting the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces stationed in the Smara sector, causing significant losses in lives and equipment, indicated Saturday the Military Communique No. 850 of the Ministry of Defense.]]> Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:04:55 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAO7WX-8ICfoyuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAfDLCeM81kLiRFMxTa8z4W [SPS] Paris -- The Sahrawi diaspora in France has expressed its deep concern about the alarming situation of Sahrawi political prisoners from the Gdeim Izik group who have been serving sentences ranging from 20 years to life imprisonment since 2010 in inhumane conditions.]]> Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:37:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAfDLCeM81kLiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDPjwh2FHDiQrkdRKkm2PJP [SPS] Boumerdes (Algeria) -- The Summer University of SADR, POLISARIO Cadres opened on Wednesday, at the University of M'Hamed BOUGARA, Boumerdes, in the presence of the Prime Minister, member of the National Secretariat, Mr. Boushraya Hammoudi Bayon, representing the President of the Republic, the Secretary General for the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, with the participation of 400 cadres, along with Algerian civil society representatives and international figures in solidarity with the right of Sahrawi people to self -determina]]> Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:01:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDPjwh2FHDiQrkdRKkm2PJP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAWveYA04OzLOGkz6RCC25z [SPS] Bir Lahlou -- Units of Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out on Monday new attacks against the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation forces in the sectors of Awsard, Mahbes and Hawza.]]> Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:02:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nAWveYA04OzLOGkz6RCC25z https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBITzyhIticju-bbeigX9oC [SPS] Shaheed El-Hafed -- The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights (CONASADH) expressed on Saturday its strongest condemnation of the continuous and atrocious criminal practices of the Moroccan occupation forces against Sahrawis, particularly human rights activists.]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:56:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nBITzyhIticju-bbeigX9oC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOkGT5aWO9DEx [SPS] Paris -- The representative of the Polisario Front in France, Mohamed Ali Zerouali, called on Paris to play a "positive role" in the Western Sahara issue and support international legitimacy that guarantees the Sahrawi people the right to self-determination, freedom and independence, strongly criticizing the failure of the international community to decolonize Western Sahara.]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:06:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOkGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOoIAmcWJ0TmB [SPS] Smara -- The Freedom Sun organization for the protection of Sahrawi human rights defenders expressed its "grave concern" over the increase in Moroccan attacks on Sahrawi activists and human rights defenders in the occupied parts of Western Sahara, especially attempts to exterminate anyone who tries to expose violations by Moroccan authorities.]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:06:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOoIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOgSngkwrdsok [SPS] Kampala -- Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of late South African leader Nelson Mandela, has reiterated his full support for the struggle of the Sahrawi people and their legitimate right to self-determination and freedom.]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:05:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nDRY9OpF49wOgSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nA7NIA3tYdGhjRQaTQYXBS9 [RFI] Morocco's King Mohammed VI extended an invitation for an official visit to Israel's Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, following the official recognition by Israel of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara territory.]]> Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:24:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/X8WthMPG0nA7NIA3tYdGhjRQaTQYXBS9