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• South Africa Takes Offence at Morocco's Western Sahara Claims

  

  The South African government has allegedly taken offence to an article published by the Moroccan Press Agency which said that South Africa had been completely isolated during a UN ... Read more »

  • Africa: Morocco and South Africa Renew War of Words Over Western Sahara
  • Morocco: 'South Africa's Stance Resonates With Most Countries Who Have Experienced Colonialism and Occupation'

• Time to Resolve the ‘Sandbox War’

  

  Since Morocco seized its phosphate-rich southern neighbour, the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, in 1975, Sahrawi activists have resisted Moroccan rule. Sixteen years of ... Read more »

  • North Africa: End Morocco's Occupation of Western Sahara Now
  • Morocco: Investigate Brutal Crackdown on Sahrawi Protesters

• Why Western Sahara Divides Africa

  

  Southern African countries which back the Sahrawi people's struggle for independence from Morocco held a solidarity conference in Pretoria this week, while Morocco held a rival ... Read more »

  • Africa: Why Western Sahara Remains One of Africa's Most Divisive Political Issues
  • Western Sahara: Southern Africa Declares Solidarity With Western Sahara

• SADC Leaders Demand Self-Rule, Decolonisation of Western Sahara

  

  The Solidarity Conference by the Southern African Development Community in support of the decolonisation of Western Sahara and the holding of a referendum on self-determination for ... Read more »

  • Africa: Decolonising Africa's Last Colony - South Africa and Morocco Exchange Verbal Fire Across the Continent
  • Africa: Africa Not Free Until Western Sahara Is Decolonised

• UN Urged to Take Concrete Action Towards Peace in Western Sahara

  

  The Polisario Front United Nations Representative Dr Sidi Omar has urged Security Council members to take concrete action to move towards direct negotiations between the Front and ... Read more »

  • Western Sahara: UN Security Council Urged to Take Steps to Build Momentum in Peace Talks
  • Western Sahara: Algeria and South Africa Renew Their Support to Saharawi People Right to Self-Determination and Freedom

• UN Talks on Western Sahara Ended Well - Envoy

  

  The first UN-led talks in six years over the disputed Western Sahara-region concluded on a positive note on Thursday in Geneva, where the organisation's representative Horst ... Read more »

  • North Africa: 'Peaceful Solution' to Western Sahara Conflict Is Possible - UN Envoy
  • Africa: First UN-Sponsored Western Sahara Talks in Six Years Begin in Geneva

• Western Sahara - UN Supports Envoy's Bid to Set Up Negotiations

  

  The United Nations Security Council, which met last week in New York, reiterated its strong support to the UN Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler. A source says Kohler intends ... Read more »

  • Western Sahara: U.N. Security Council Reiterates Support to Envoy Kohler in Peace Process
  • Western Sahara: President of Republic Receives South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation

• Ramaphosa Calls for an Independent Western Sahara

  "Your presence allows us to reiterate our support for the struggle of the people of Western Sahara for self-determination and independence," said South African President Cyril ... Read more »

  • South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa - Working Visit of President Brahim Ghali of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa Receives President Abraham Ghali of Saharawa Arab Democratic

• Intervene in Western Sahara Conflict, President Geingob Urges

  

  Namibia's leader Hage Geingob has called on the international community to compel Morocco to implement a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for Western Sahara's ... Read more »

  • Namibia: We Want Western Sahara Independent - Geingob
  • Namibia: President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Visits

• Western Sahara Dispute Blocks Economic Talks But Work Proceeds

  

  The tenth annual meetings of African finance ministers, jointly hosted by the AU and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, have been abruptly adjourned over a dispute ... Read more »

  • Africa: Western Sahara Dispute Blocks Economic Talks But Work Proceeds