Tag Archives: Sahrawi people
In the regional dispute related to the topic of the Sahara, Morocco maintains the course set by the Security Council with the primary goal of achieving a mutually acceptable political solution, and all this through negotiation. In this respect, Morocco … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Human rights, Morocco, Sahara, Sahrawi people, Security Council, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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Sahara Press Service (El Aaiun) Addis Ababa — President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Mr. Girma Wolde-Giorgis reiterated Wednesday his country’s position of support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, when Mr. Laman … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Indepth Africa Magazine, Morocco, Saharawi, Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
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Alice Wilson Silence descended on the room. Minutes before, some 50 people had been calling out and exchanging views in the final session of three days of participatory democratic meetings. These meetings had been held in conjunction with the parliamentary … read more »
Posted in Article, Mauritania, Morocco, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, SADR, Sahrawi, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
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Thomas O’Bryan The United Nations stands behind its proud record of promoting the universality and indivisibility of human rights, and for many decades the institution has played an incredibly value role in promoting peace and stability around the world. However, … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, North Africa
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Tagged Human rights, IndepthAfrica, International Court of Justice, Politics of Morocco, Saharawi, Sahrawi people, United Nations, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, Western Sahara
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Sidi M. Omar INTRODUCTION Western Sahara is the last African decolonisation case on the agenda of the United Nations. It has been on the UN list of the Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 when it was under Spanish colonial rule. The … read more »
Malainin Lakhal The conflict in Western Sahara seems to gain more and more visibility and importance in the regional and international geopolitics this last decade, despite the great lack of media coverage and academic analysis of its different facts, aspects, … read more »
Peter Kenworthy ‘The people in the refugee camps are starving,’ Minister of Public Health in the government of the Western Saharan government in exile, the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Mohamed Lamin Dadi, told Danish NGO Africa Contact on Tuesday. Dadi … read more »
Timofei BELOV The New York Bar Association has issued a document recommending that a referendum be held in Western Sahara which follows the same lines as the South Sudan referendum on independence, making references to international law and claiming that … read more »
Posted in Article, Morocco, News, North Africa
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Malainin Lakhal The West often portrays itself as the champion of democracy, rule of law and human rights. Yet, when we look at Western Sahara, the hypocrisy and dishonesty in such portrayals are laid bare. The story of Western Sahara … read more »
Malainin Lakhal After bitter debate within the Security Council, and strong pressures from France to avoid any kind of progress in the resolution of the conflict in Western Sahara, the member states of this “non-democratic” international body adopted a new … read more »
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New York – South Africa on Tuesday accused UN Security Council powers of “conveniently” ignoring human rights abuses in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The council again rejected growing demands for the UN peacekeeping force in the Moroccan-controlled territory … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Arab Spring, Baso Sangqu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, Sahrawi people, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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By Peter Kenworthy, Master of Social Science, Africa Contact In many North African and Arab countries, the demands for democracy and economic redistribution of the so-called “Arab Spring”, have sounded the loudest from the region’s youth. The press has covered … read more »
Posted in Article, Pan African News
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Tagged European Parliament, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mariano Rajoy, Master of Social Science, Morocco, Polisario Front, Saharawi, Sahrawi people, Western Sahara
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Masked students with sticks and knives went on the rampage in a Moroccan university campus Friday after a student from the disputed Western Sahara territory was stabbed to death, official media reported. The MAP news agency said the head of … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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November 16, 2010 by benim
Morocco has defended its security forces following a raid at a protest camp in Western Sahara in which at least 12 people were killed. Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui said police intervention at the camp near the town of Laayoune had … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, al-'Ayūn, Disputed territories, El Aaiún, Independence Intifada, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario Front, Political geography, Political parties in Western Sahara, political-news, Sahrawi, Sahrawi nationality law, Sahrawi people, Spanish Empire, Taieb Cherkaoui, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, War Conflict, Western Sahara
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November 8, 2010 by benim
At least three people have been killed in clashes in Western Sahara, after Moroccan security forces broke up a protest camp in the disputed region. The camp, for several thousand people near the territory’s capital, Laayoune, was the biggest protest … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African countries, al-'Ayūn, Aminatou Haidar, disasters-news, Disputed territories, El Aaiún, geography, Independence Intifada, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Outline of Western Sahara, Polisario Front, Political geography, political-news, Sahara, Sahrawi people, Social Issues, television station, War Conflict, Western Sahara
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October 31, 2010 by benim
Rabat – Morocco has withdrawn accreditation from correspondents of the Arab television channel al-Jazeera because of their “irresponsible” coverage of the North African kingdom, the Communication Ministry announced on Friday. Al-Jazeera had violated the journalistic rules of “honesty, precision and … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, Aljazeera, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Morocco, Qatar, Rabat, Sahrawi people, Television, Western Sahara
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