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Ecrainville welcomes Sahrawi children in spirit of solidarity and brotherhood
Sahara Press Service
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Ecrainville, July 21, 2025 (SPS) – As it has every summer for several years, the town of Ecrainville (Normandy) welcomed a group of Sahrawi children as part of a solidarity program organized by the "Camion Citerne pour les réfugiés Sahraouis"...
Mohammed VI promotes social and territorial transformation for Morocco, while reiterating his outstretched hand to Algeria
Atalayar
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July 30, 2025
Territorial gaps and the need for equity Hand extended to Algeria for regional reconciliation Mass pardons on Throne Day Speech by the King When the 26th anniversary of his enthronement, King Mohammed VI of Morocco addressed the nation with a...
The Moroccan Sahara will bloom: Christopher Nolan’s filming in Dakhla puts the seal of approval to the region’s development and future
The Times of India
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July 30, 2025
Christopher Nolan’s latest production ‘The Odyssey’ is facing some criticism because a part of it was shot in the Moroccan Sahara city of Dakhla. The protests are coming from so-called Sahrawi activists and FiSahara, which organises a movie...
Sahrawi Government condemns attempt to film in occupied Dakhla, deems it violation of international law and cultural ethics
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed El Hafed, July 20, 2025 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Government has condemned an attempt to film a cinematic work in occupied Dakhla, considering it a violation of international legitimacy and the ethics of cultural and artistic work. In a...
Emirati wind farm planned in occupied Western Sahara
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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July 9, 2025
A company from the UAE is set to develop a new controversial wind farm in occupied Western Sahara later this year. Photo: Electrical post in the outskirts of El Aaiún, occupied Western Sahara, 2024. In June, Moroccan media reported that YNNA, a...
Vitry-sur-Seine organizes reception in honor of Sahrawi and Palestinian children, symbols of peace and solidarity
Sahara Press Service
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Vitry-sur-Seine, July 20, 2025 (SPS) – The city of Vitry-sur-Seine organized, as it does every summer, an official reception in honor of Sahrawi and Palestinian children hosted in the municipality. The event took place in the presence of Mayor...
Adala UK Condemns Morocco's Expulsion of Spanish Observers from Occupied Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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London (UK) 9 July 2025 (SPS)– Adala UK, a human rights organization based in the United Kingdom, today strongly condemned the latest expulsion of international observers from Western Sahara by Moroccan occupation authorities. On Tuesday, Moroccan...
Sahrawi people prepare to commemorate 50th anniversary of National Unity and historic national occasions
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed El Hafed, July 29, 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi people are preparing to commemorate the 50th anniversary of National Unity amid successive victories achieved by the national cause, which embodies a struggle marked by numerous gains and...
Explore the water sports, sands and seafood of Western Sahara
Park Rapids Enterprise - Minnesota
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July 8, 2025
Editor’s note: Retired judge John P. Smith, who lives in Nevis, will share his traveling adventures with the Enterprise, as he concludes the last leg of his quest. “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years...
Emilia-Romagna region hosts special reception for Sahrawi children
Sahara Press Service
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Reggio Emilia (Italy), July 19, 2025 (SPS) – A delegation of Sahrawi children received an official and warm welcome at the historic Tricolore Hall in Reggio Emilia, Italy, in the presence of the regional president, Mr. Matteo, and the Polisario...
Canary Islands welcome group of Sahrawi children as part of Holidays in Peace program
Sahara Press Service
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Canary Islands (Spain), July 19, 2025 (SPS) – A group of Sahrawi children arrived yesterday, Friday, at Gran Canaria Airport, coming from the Sahrawi refugee camps as part of the summer program Holidays in Peace. They will spend nearly two months...
Call to increase pressure on Moroccan regime to respect international humanitarian law in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Algiers, 8 July 2025 (SPS) – The League for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners in Moroccan Jails has called for increased pressure on the Makhzen regime to respect international humanitarian law, stressing the need to expose the policy of...
Polisario attempts inciting unrest in Moroccan universities amid grave diminishing legitimacy
Hespress
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July 13, 2025
In a sign of escalating desperation amid political and military stagnation, the separatist Polisario Front, through its leader Brahim Ghali, has been accused of attempting to incite unrest within Morocco. This comes as the group struggles with...
Three injured in landmine explosion in occupied territories of Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 July 2025 (SPS) - Sahrawi organizations reported that a landmine exploded last Thursday in the Safia area, located in the occupied part of Western Sahara, about 80 kilometers from the Guerguerat area, resulting...
Christopher Nolan Criticized for Filming 'They Odyssey' in Western Saharah
Movie Web
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July 29, 2025
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is already a complex story to film without the Oscar-winning director being urged to shut down filming and move to a new location by the Western Sahara International Film Festival. The criticism of Nolan shooting...
Liberia, Ecuador Reaffirm Support for Morocco’s Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
Morocco World News
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July 4, 2025
Rabat – Liberia and Ecuador have both reaffirmed their strong support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara during official visits to Rabat on Friday. Liberia’s Foreign Minister, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, said her...
Spanish Congress receives Sahrawi children
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid (Spain), July 16, 2025 (SPS) – The Spanish Congress of Deputies received today, Wednesday, a group of Sahrawi children who have come to spend their summer holidays in Spain as part of the Holidays in Peace program. The event, organized by...
Polisario faces US congressional scrutiny over terror links, sanctions proposed
Hespress
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July 10, 2025
Washington lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill calling for the imposition of sanctions on the Algeria-backed Polisario Front under the Global Magnitsky Act and its designation as a foreign terrorist organization under U.S. immigration law....
Morocco's king calls for addressing regional inequalities
The New Arab
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July 30, 2025
Morocco's King Mohammed VI waits to greet France's President in the capital Rabat on October 28, 2024. [Getty] Morocco's King Mohammed VI urged on Tuesday the government to elaborate a new generation of reforms to ensure equal development between...
Italian Chamber of Deputies welcomes Sahrawi children
Sahara Press Service
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Rome (Italy), July 16, 2025 (SPS) – The Italian Chamber of Deputies opened its doors this morning to Sahrawi children from the refugee camps, as part of the summer hosting program sponsored by the Polisario Front’s representation in Italy and the...