Tag Archives: Western Sahara
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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On April 15 heads of Moroccans political parties held a meeting to discuss the groundbreaking draft resolution for human rights in Western Sahara. The meeting was devoted to the latest developments regarding the National Question in the United Nations, and … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Op-ed, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Sahara, Spanish Empire, United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, United States, Western Sahara
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By Abe Greenwald, commentarymagazine Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant extremists,” “Egypt Takes Another Step Toward … read more »
Posted in Angola, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, Western Sahara
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By Abe Greenwald, Moroccan American Center for Policy (Washington, DC) column Not all “Arab unrest” is equal. Consider these current headlines out of North Africa and try to spot the odd man out: “Libya’s south teeters toward chaos — and militant … read more »
Posted in Algeria, Article, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, North Africa, Op-ed, Tunisia
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Tagged Algeria, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Justice and Development Party, Morocco, Polisario Front, United States, 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 »
By Celeste Hicks Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is correct … read more »
Posted in Article, Mali, West Africa
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Tagged Algeria, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, Ross, Sahel, Western Sahara
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By Celeste Hicks analysis Following his most recent visit to Laayoune in November, the UN envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross said that “the conflict over the final status of the territory” has gone on too long. Mr Ross is … read more »
This reflection is based on the final report of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations released on November 28. A report that has greatly exasperated the Polisario and its biggest backer, Algeria, because the mandate … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Morocco, North Africa, Said Temsamani
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Tagged Algeria, Christopher Ross, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Polisario, Polisario Front, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, Western Sahara
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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 »
By: Said Temsamani October 30, 2012 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s Western Sahara envoy Christopher Ross, spurned by Morocco in May, began a visit to the kingdom early on Saturday, the Moroccan foreign ministry said. Details of the visit were … 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 »
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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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By Peter Kenworthy, Africa Contact “The strategy of the Moroccan regime is to starve the Saharawi refugees into accepting the Moroccan position. They pressurize the UN into not giving the refugees more aid,” says the Minister of Cooperation in Western … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa Contact, Africa news, African news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Saharawi, United States, 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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The widespread use of ‘sub-Sahara Africa’ makes no sense and is undoubtedly a racist geopolitical signature. It appears increasingly fashionable in the West for a number of broadcasters, websites, news agencies, newspapers and magazines, the United Nations/allied agencies and some … read more »
WASHINGTON, January 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC January 12, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning, everyone, and it’s a pleasure to welcome Foreign Minister Medelci here to Washington for … read more »
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Tagged Algeria, Arab League, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Madam Secretary, Syria, United States, Washington, Western Sahara
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November 18, 2011 by benim
Tangiers – Morocco wants to fully normalise relations with its neighbour Algeria, strained for decades over the disputed Western Sahara region, the kingdom’s foreign minister told AFP on Thursday. “Whatever the differences, it’s abnormal to not have a normal relationship … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Algeria, Arab League, IndepthAfrica, Morocco, Mourad Medelci, Polisario Front, Rabat, Spanish Empire, Western Sahara
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September 5, 2011 by benim
Rabat – Morocco sought US help in May 2006 for opening talks on the Western Sahara with the Polisario Front independence movement, a leaked American diplomatic cable has revealed. Khelli Henna Ould Errachid, head of the government’s Royal Advisory Council … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Rabat – Morocco took delivery on Thursday of a first batch of 24 F-16 aircraft from the United States as part of its air force modernisation programme, the military said. The contract with the US, which includes the sale of … read more »
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Rabat – Hospital and military sources say there were no survivors in an accident that occurred after a military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in Morocco. All 80 people on board were killed in the crash … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Morocco, News, North Africa
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RABAT – A military transport plane slammed into a mountainside in bad weather in southern Morocco on Tuesday, killing all 80 people on board, hospital and military sources said. The army said 78 people were killed on the spot and … read more »
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Dozens of students from Western Sahara were dispersed by Moroccan security forces Friday in a Rabat campus violent protest after the murder of a comrade the night before, witnesses told AFP. Students went on the rampage at the Rabat-Souissi university … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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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 »
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If there is solace for the injured pride of the northern Sudanese, who have to grapple with the unambiguous rejection of the southern Sudanese, it lies, ironically, in the exceptionally high percentage, 98.8%, who voted for independence. In neighbouring Eritrea, … read more »
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