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International conference in Geneva on resilient women in Western Sahara
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - The city of Geneva, Switzerland, has hosted an international conference on resilient women in Western Sahara. The conference, held on the sidelines of the Human Rights Council session, was led by Sahrawi...
American channel highlights latest developments in Sahrawi cause
Sahara Press Service
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Washington, 29 July 2025 (SPS) – The American news outlet Break Through News shed light on recent developments in Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony, and Morocco’s strategy against the Sahrawi people through "systematic repression" and the...
Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara: American documentary highlighting suffering of Sahrawi people
Sahara Press Service
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Geneva (Switzerland), July 1, 2025 (SPS) - During the ongoing session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, a documentary film by American journalist Amy Goodman, host of the internationally acclaimed daily news program "Democracy...
Morocco's King Mohammed VI calls for addressing regional inequalities
Times LIVE
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The new reforms should aim at improving social services, education, health care and water management as well as promoting employment, he said. Morocco created just 82,000 jobs last year, which falls short of reducing the country's high...
Morocco at a Crossroads: King Mohammed VI Outlines a New Chapter in National Development
Atalayar
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July 30, 2025
His Throne Day speech offered a clear-eyed appraisal of the country’s progress and a bold call to action—reframing the meaning of development in one of Africa’s most stable and reform-oriented nations. Rather than celebrating past achievements,...
Children of "Holidays in Peace" arrive in Spain
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed Al Hafed, July 5, 2025 (SPS) – Two planes arrived today, Saturday, in Spain carrying children from the "Peaceful Vacation" program, supervised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in coordination with the Polisario Front representation in...
King Mohammed VI Marks 26 Years of Reform, Global Leadership
Morocco World News
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July 29, 2025
Rabat — Twenty-six years ago today, King Mohammed VI became the 23rd monarch of Morocco’s Alaouite dynasty. He ascended the throne on July 30, 1999, not only inheriting power but also inheriting and advancing a vision of modernity, inclusion, and...
Can the Vulnerable Seychelles Sustain Another Resort?
Foreign Policy
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July 30, 2025
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Environmentalists protest a resort project in the Seychelles, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces name a rival government, and Nigeria wins the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations soccer...
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...
Throne Day 2025: Royal Olive Branch to Algeria as Sahara Winds Blow in Morocco’s Favor
Morocco World News
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July 30, 2025
Fez – If King Mohammed VI’s speech on Tuesday night confirmed anything, it is the fact that the Moroccan sovereign looks to remain faithful to the wise policies his father, King Hassan II, and his grandfather, King Mohammed V, adopted towards...
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...
Ahmed Faras will be remembered as a football hero and symbol of Morocco
The Conversation
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July 30, 2025
Nicknamed Moul Lkoura, meaning the owner of the ball, Ahmed Faras achieved iconic status in Morocco. The footballer was a hero to the people, a source of pride and national unity. Across Morocco he is held in the highest regard for both his...
Morocco prevents journalists, Spanish human rights activist from accessing occupied El Aaiun
Sahara Press Service
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Occupied El Aaiun, 9 July 2025 (SPS) - Moroccan occupying authorities expelled two journalists and a Spanish human rights activist on Tuesday who were on a mission to investigate the situation in Western Sahara. The individuals involved are...
Moroccan envoy reflects on Malawi’s democracy
The Times Group Malawi
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July 30, 2025
By Deogratias Mmana: Moroccan ambassador to Malawi Abdelkader Naji has urged Malawians to demonstrate maturity and ensure free, fair and democratic elections this September. Naji expressed hope that Malawians would conduct themselves in a manner...
Christopher Nolan criticized for filming in occupied Dakhla amidst Sahrawi and international outcry and extensive global Media coverage
Sahara Press Service
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Occupied Dakhla (Sahrawi Republic) 29 July 2025 (SPS) – British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan is drawing fire from international and Sahrawi organizations for shooting scenes of his new film, "The Odyssey," in Dakhla, Occupied Western...
Rights groups sound alarm over alleged exploitation of Sahrawi children in Polisario’s 'holidays for peace' program
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
The controversial “Holidays for Peace” program, overseen by the Polisario Front and supported by sympathetic European organizations, is under fire from Moroccan and Sahrawi rights activists who accuse the initiative of using Sahrawi children for...
Group of Sahrawi children arrive in France
Sahara Press Service
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Rezé (France), July 7, 2025 (SPS) – A group of Sahrawi children arrived in the city of Rezé, near Nantes, to spend their summer vacation as part of the Holidays in Peace program. The children were welcomed at a center affiliated with Nantes, in...
Group of Holiday in Peace children arrives in United Kingdom
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed Hafed, July 7, 2025 (SPS) – Messengers of peace have arrived in the British capital, London, as part of the Holiday in Peace program flights, after an interruption of more than twenty years. Upon their arrival, the children were welcomed...
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...
Don’t pretend that education’s neutral and more letters to the editors
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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July 5, 2025
Don't pretend that education's neutral The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that parents have an opt-out right when LGBTQ+ books are introduced in their children's classrooms (June 29 TFP), and Justice Sotomayor dissents that "civic vitality" is...