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Shivambu alleges MK Party took bribes from Morocco to shift Western Sahara stance
Zambian Observer
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June 20, 2025
Shivambu alleges MK Party took bribes from Morocco to shift Western Sahara stance Former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu has accused the party’s leadership of accepting bribes from the Moroccan government to change its...
Government approves National Child Protection Agency, road safety and arts reforms
Hespress
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June 19, 2025
Morocco’s government council on Thursday approved a series of draft laws and decrees aimed at strengthening child protection, modernizing traffic regulations, and enhancing cultural education, following deliberations during its weekly session....
UK MPs to Discuss British-Moroccan Ties After Newfound Position on Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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June 17, 2025
Doha – The British Parliament is set to discuss the UK’s burgeoning relations with Morocco in a much-anticipated debate at Westminster Hall on Wednesday, June 18. The session comes just two weeks after London threw its weight behind Morocco’s...
Documentary on struggle of Sahrawi people screened in London
Sahara Press Service
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London (UK), June 20, 2025 (SPS) – A major cinema hall in the British capital, London, hosted the screening of a documentary about the life of the late Sahrawi artist and activist Mariam Hassan. The film highlights the struggle of the Sahrawi...
Minister of Culture received by Algerian counterpart
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, June 20, 2025 (SPS) – The Minister of Culture, Mr. Moussa Selma Leabeid, was received by his Algerian counterpart, the Minister of Culture and Arts, Mr. Zohir Bellou. This meeting takes place within the framework of the international...
ANC condemns Moroccan propaganda machine, affirms unwavering support for people of Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Pretoria (South Africa), June 13, 2025 (SPS) - The African National Congress notes with contempt the recent disinformation peddled by an article that was published by “Morocco World News,” falsely claiming that South Africa has possible shifts on...
MKP backs Morocco’s Western Sahara claim and diverges from ANC stance
Times LIVE
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13 June 2025 - 11:03 Jacob Zuma’s MK Party, the official opposition, has backed Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, breaking from Zuma’s former party’s position regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people. .. There’s...
New report: massive sand export from Western Sahara to the Canaries
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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June 11, 2025
Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied Western Sahara to the Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals. Tourists visiting the beaches of the Canary Islands remain blissfully unaware of the troubling history...
Moroccan minister's windmills arriving occupied Western Sahara
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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June 10, 2025
Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm are now arriving in the occupied territory. On the afternoon of 7 June 2025, the first windmills belonging to a company part-owned by the Moroccan Prime Minister, Aziz Akhannouch, arrived...
Continental support for Moroccan sovereignty as Polisario excluded from Africa Day Fest in Canary Islands
Hespress
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June 15, 2025
The inaugural edition of the Africa Day Fest held Saturday in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, stirred political controversy following the exclusion of Polisario-aligned groups and the absence of symbols representing the separatist militia. Supported...
Inconsistency on Western Sahara conflict damages Ghana's credibility – Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh
GhanaWeb
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June 10, 2025
The Deputy Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Bosome Freho, Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, has criticised the government’s handling of Ghana’s foreign policy on the Morocco-Western Sahara conflict,...
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra: Morocco’s Desert Frontier Finds Its Voice
Morocco World News
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June 13, 2025
In 1927, famous French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was posted to the edge of nowhere. Cape Juby, now Tarfaya, sat between the Atlantic’s restless surf and the brooding stillness of the Sahara. Then a driven, promising young...
International Community urged to uphold legal obligations on Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Sydney, 7 June 2025 (SPS) – The Polisario Front’s representative to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Kamal Fadel, has called on the international community to fulfill its legal obligations regarding the Western Sahara issue, stressing that the only...
International Calls to Label Polisario as Terrorists Intensify Amid Scrutiny of Separatists’ Violent Past
Morocco World News
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June 13, 2025
Rabat – International appeals are mounting to confront Polisario’s violent past and ongoing threats to regional stability. Igacio Ortiz published a new opinion piece on June 10 in La Provincia, in which he recalled Polisario’s terrorist attacks...
New UK support boosts Morocco's claim on Western Sahara
Deutsche Welle
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The UK has repositioned its stance in the Western Sahara conflict. According to British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, the Moroccan autonomy plan represents the "most credible" position. The proposal, which dates back to 2007, is the "most viable...
Autonomy is not the answer for Western Sahara
Independent Australia
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The West’s betrayal of Western Sahara threatens not just one people’s freedom, but the integrity of international law itself, writes Kamal Fadel. ON 8 APRIL 2025, the U.S. State Department made a troubling announcement: it reaffirmed recognition...
Polisario Front Representative in Spain condemn misrepresentations in La Vanguardia Newspaper
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid (Spain), June 09, 2025 (SPS) – The Polisario Front’s representative in Spain, Mr. Abdallah Al-Arabi, condemned the misrepresentations included in an article by the newspaper La Vanguardia regarding intentions that mischaracterize the...
Geopolitical Shift in Western Sahara: UK backs Morocco’s autonomy plan as the most credible solution
Independent (Uganda)
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June 5, 2025
George Nkya, Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco to Uganda Rabat, Morocco | THE INDEPENDENT | The decades-long conflict over Western Sahara has entered a new phase of geopolitical realignment, with the United Kingdom formally endorsing...
Morocco denounces lack of impartiality in UN report on Western Sahara
Atalayar
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June 4, 2025
A segment of the Security Council report on the Moroccan character of Western Sahara has generated strong opposition from Rabat due to its bias against the principles established in the political process by the Security Council. ‘Impartiality and...
Western Sahara Sovereignty Crisis Ignored by U.S. as China and Russia Expand Influence in Africa
teleSUR
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U.S. neglects Western Sahara crisis as China and Russia expand influence in Africa.Photo:EFE. May 29, 2025 Hour: 6:41 pm While China and Russia increase their influence across Africa, the United States neglects the ongoing Western Sahara...