Boulos Reaffirms US Support for Lasting Political Solution to Western Sahara Dispute

Rabat – US top adviser Massad Boulos reaffirmed Washington’s support for a lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Western Sahara dispute following talks with senior United Nations official Rosemary DiCarlo. Boulos, who serves as a senior …

Western Sahara: WSRW Urges UN to Integrate Natural Resources Issue Into Conflict Settlement Process

The international monitoring body for Western Sahara's natural resources, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW), is urging the UN to integrate the issue of resources into the UN political process, advocating for the establishment of a concrete mechanism …

Western Sahara: WSRW urges UN to include natural resources issue in conflict settlement process

The Movement Saharawi for Peace (MSP) has sent an urgent letter to the UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de ...

The letter, signed by the MSP’s First Secretary, Hach Ahmed Bericalla, warns of the profound contradiction inherent in attempting to reconcile the active pursuit of military hostilities with the simultaneous management of a peace process under the auspices …

Slavery was not a Western invention

The case for reparations rests on an oddly selective reading of the history of slavery “I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market by Allah. There is a market for selling humans. Allah says I should sell. He command me to sell. I will sell women …

Spain moves to grant citizenship to Sahrawis born during its rule of Western Sahara

MPs backed the measure on Thursday by 168 votes to 31, with 145 abstentions. However, the bill must still pass through the Senate before it can become law. The initiative comes at a particularly sensitive moment in relations between Spain and Morocco, …

Spain Backs Citizenship for Western Sahara’s Sahrawis

Is granting Spanish passports to Sahrawi refugees a reckless provocation or the settling of a colonial debt? 6 hours ago·Updated 2 hours ago Above: Sahrawis celebrate being granted Spanish nationality in parliament in Madrid on Sept. 10. Image credit: Isa …

Absence of independent monitoring in Western Sahara perpetuates impunity

Geneva (UN Human Rights Council), September 8, 2026 (SPS) – South African environmental and human rights activist Catherine Constantinides expressed deep concern on Tuesday over the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Western Sahara, stressing …

Another company of the Moroccan king involved in occupied Western Sahara

A company closely linked to Morocco’s royal business network has entered a new project in occupied Western Sahara, partnering with a Chinese state-owned electricity giant on high-voltage infrastructure in Boujdour. Photo by Maria Klenner. Construction …

Absence of independent monitoring does not mean absence of Moroccan violations in Western Sahara

Geneva (UN Human Rights Council), September 10, 2026 (SPS) – Sahrawi activist Yaqouta Mokhtar affirmed on Tuesday, before the plenary session of the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, that the human rights issue in Western Sahara concerns not …