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Western Sahara: Expiration of the EU/Morocco Fishing Agreement - Brussels and Rabat Face Legal Reality
SPS, 16 July 2023
The EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, illegally extended to occupied Western Sahara, is due to expire on Monday with no negotiations in sight for a possible renewal, pending a final… Read more »
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Western Sahara: Mansour Omar Denounces Complicity of European States With Moroccan Occupation
SPS, 8 July 2023
Mansour Omar, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, in charge of the European Union and European institutions, has denounced the complicity of European states… Read more »
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Western Sahara: Mayor of Spanish Municipality of Huesca Stresses Continued Solidarity With Sahrawi People and Its Right to Self-Determination
SPS, 16 July 2023
Mayor of the Municipality of Huesca in the Spanish province of Aragon, Lorena Ordona, has stressed her continued solidarity with the Sahrawi people and its right to… Read more »
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Western Sahara: Israel Acknowledges Moroccan Sovereignty Over Western Sahara
DW, 18 July 2023
The disputed region is also claimed by the Algerian-backed Polisario Front. Morocco established diplomatic ties with Israel in late 2020, with a string of other Arab countries. Read more »
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Western Sahara: SPLA Carries Out New Attacks Against Entrancements of Moroccan Occupation Soldiers in Awsard Sector
SPS, 16 July 2023
Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted with violent and concentrated shelling the entrancements of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Awsard sector,… Read more »
Sahrawi Slams Europe, Morocco Complicity In Illegal Fishing
The EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, illegally extended to occupied Western Sahara, is due to expire on July 24, 2023 with no negotiations in sight for a possible renewal. A final decision by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) at the end of 2023, may lead to the suspension of European fleet activity in Sahrawi waters, given the "distinct and separate" status of this territory, writes Sahara Press Service.
Mansour Omar, a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, in charge of the European Union and European institutions, has denounced the complicity of European states with Morocco. He says they are encouraging Rabat to evade its international obligations.
Since the Spanish colonisation of the region ended in 1975, Morocco annexed Western Sahara, sparking a 15-year conflict with the separatist Polisario Front movement, which is supported by Algeria.
The conflict came to a halt with a 1991 cease-fire agreement brokered by the United Nations. However, the Polisario Front renewed the conflict in 2020, declaring the entire Western Sahara a "war zone."
