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Op-ed: Zuma’s endorsement signals a shift in African diplomacy
Hespress
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July 26, 2025
In a move that many observers consider historic, former South African President Jacob Zuma paid an official visit to Morocco earlier this month, where he publicly and unequivocally endorsed the kingdom’s Autonomy Plan for the Sahara. Far from a...
SA cannot survive on extraction, imports, and elite consumption - Julius Malema
Politicsweb
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Monday, 28 July 2025 28/07/25 DOCUMENTS SA cannot survive on extraction, imports, and elite consumption - Julius Malema Julius Malema | 27 July 2025 EFF leader also tells anniversary rally that Fighters support General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's efforts...
This is a new scramble for Africa - Cyril Ramphosa
Politicsweb
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Monday, 28 July 2025 28/07/25 DOCUMENTS This is a new scramble for Africa - Cyril Ramphosa Cyril Ramaphosa | 27 July 2025 ANC President says that for centuries, continent has paid the price for rapid industrial development of global North...
How the world’s highest court bolstered the fight for climate reparations
Grist Magazine
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July 28, 2025
As global inaction over the climate crisis has mounted and Pacific islands nations have watched in frustration as their calls for decisive action have gone unheeded, a growing number of them, led by Vanuatu, have turned to the courts. If...
Algeria, US hold high-level talks on Libya and regional security
The Libya Observer
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Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf held high-level talks on Sunday with U.S. presidential adviser for African affairs, Masad Boulos, during his official visit to Algiers. The discussions focused on developments in Libya, as well as broader...
Morocco accelerates development and stability plans in the southern provinces
Atalayar
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July 28, 2025
Attractive to investors Leadership of Mohammed VI The development, industrialisation and modernisation plan for the Moroccan Sahara is a strategic initiative promoted by King Mohammed VI that seeks to increase economic growth, guarantee stability...
Eurafrique reloaded
Africa is a country
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In October 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron was greeted with great pomp by the Moroccan monarch, Mohammed VI. This visit had been preceded a few weeks earlier by the decision of Macron to (openly) recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the...
Solidarity march in support of Sahrawi people’s struggle organized in Tenerife, Canary Islands
Sahara Press Service
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Tenerife (Canary Islands), July 27, 2025 (SPS) – The Canary Association for Friendship with the Sahrawi People organized Saturday a solidarity demonstration and march in Tenerife (Canary Islands), expressing support for the Sahrawi people’s...
Algerian diplomacy under strain as it seeks symbolic alliances on Sahara
Hespress
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July 21, 2025
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Algeria on Saturday, where he and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune reaffirmed their joint support for the separatist Polisario Front in the Sahara. The visit signals Algeria’s renewed...
Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs receives U.S. senior advisor for Africa
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, 27 July 2025 (SPS) - Algerian Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National Community Abroad and African Affairs, Ahmed Attaf, received on Sunday, the senior advisor to the President of the United States of America for Africa,...
ANC Lashes Out at Zuma’s Morocco Visit, Demands Apology Over Flag Use
Morocco World News
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July 21, 2025
Marrakech – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has unleashed a bitter attack against former president Jacob Zuma for his recent visit to Morocco, where he boldly recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. The ANC also...
Borders of Fear: How Algerian and Moroccan Regimes Use Conflict to Distract from Domestic Repression
Pressenza
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July 21, 2025
For decades, the conflict between Algeria and Morocco over Western Sahara has dominated headlines and shaped regional politics. Officially, it is presented as a struggle over sovereignty, self-determination, and territorial integrity. But behind...
Morocco strengthens its presence in English-speaking Africa
Atalayar
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July 22, 2025
Greater presence in English-speaking Africa Growing support for Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara Opportunities in English-speaking Africa As part of its new diplomatic strategy in Africa, launched since its return to the African Union in 2017,...
Jordan-Morocco ties set a benchmark for Arab unity, Says Envoy
Ammon News
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July 29, 2025
Ammon News - Moroccan Ambassador to Jordan Fouad Akhrif praised the deep-rooted and exemplary relations between Jordan and Morocco, calling them a model for Arab cooperation and political alignment. He attributed this strength to the mutual...
Moroccan Foreign Minister visits North Macedonia for talks on deepening economic ties
Africanews
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July 22, 2025
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Burita has visited Skopje for talks with his North Macedonian counterpart, Timco Mucunski. The ministers said they discussed deepening the political dialogue between the two countries and developing a partnership...
These are all the countries currently on the Foreign Office ‘do not travel’ list
The Independent
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July 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Settler Colonialism in the Light of Fanon
Black Agenda Report
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A century after their birth, the ghosts of Cabral, Malcolm, Lumumba, and Fanon still haunt the western empire, demanding not remembrance, but revolution. Originally published in Said Bouamama's blog. The year 2024 was the centenary of the birth of...
Lessons from a historic act of disarmament in Kurdistan
Waging Nonviolence
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July 15, 2025
On July 11, in the hills of Northern Iraq, a scene unfolded that would shake even the most experienced disarmament activist. Walking down a steep clearing to a makeshift staging area surrounded by several hundred community members and supporters,...
NUSW Secretary-General meets with president of Spanish Federation of Institutions in Solidarity with Sahrawi People
Sahara Press Service
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Las Palmas (Canary Islands), July 24, 2025 (SPS) – The Secretary-General of the National Union of Sahrawi Women (NUSW), Shaba Seiny, held a meeting with Carmelo Ramírez, President of the Federation of Spanish Institutions in Solidarity with the...
Green Colonialism and African Futures: Interrogating the Just Transition from Below
Resilience
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July 23, 2025
Over the past few years, the phrase “just transition” has travelled across climate policy corridors, from international negotiations to national energy plans. It suggests a promise: of fairness, of repair, of moving away from fossil fuels without...