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RABAT - Negotiations between Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group the Polisario Front will resume in the United States next month, Morocco's foreign minister said Thursday.

Western Sahara talks set to resume

Negotiations between Morocco and the Western Sahara rebel group the Polisario Front will resume in the United States next month.

Readers' corner

Sir-- 'Remembering the forgotten war' ( Al-Ahram Weekly , 28 April-4 May) discusses the Western Sahara issue, citing remarks by the American linguist and thinker Noam Chomsky posted on YouTube.

Saharawi Human rights defender to visit Australia

Aicha Dahane, International Officer for Forum Future for Saharawi Women, and human rights defender, has begun a three week tour of Australia to raise awareness about the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and the illegal exploitation of its natural resources.

Grieboski hoping to visit Western Sahara dissident

Few people in the United States have ever heard of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud or the decades-long conflict in Western Sahara. Former Scott Twp. resident Joseph Grieboski wants to change that.Mr. Grieboski, founder of the Washington, D.C.-based Ins

Western Sahara: Hypocrisy

The UNSC has decided to renew the mandate of its mission in Western Sahara for another year. History has repeated itself for years.

Security Council accused of hypocrisy over Western Sahara

UN Security Council Resolution 1979 on Western Sahara passed yesterday by the Security Council for the first time recognises the need to improve human rights in the disputed Territory, but failed to respond to South Africa and Nigeria’s calls to establish human rights monitoring, leaving the UN mission (MINURSO) the only contemporary UN mission without a human rights mandate.

Remembering the forgotten war

Earlier this month Noam Chomsky said he believed the current wave of revolts in the Arab world began last November in Laayoune, capital of Western Sahara, the formerly Spanish Saharan territory illegally annexed by Morocco in 1975.

Security Council extends UN mission in Western Sahara

New York, Apr 28 : The Security Council on Wednesday extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire in Western Sahara and organizing a referendum on self-determination for the people of the territory.

UN resolution on Western Sahara encourages measures to ensure human rights, but establishes no mechanism

A resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on Wednesday recognized the importance of protecting human rights in Western Sahara, but stopped short of creating a human rights enforcement mechanism to be used by the UN mission there.

UN council keeps peacekeepers in Western Sahara another year amid talks for self-determination

The Security Council agreed Wednesday to keep U.N. peacekeepers in Western Sahara for another year after a deadly raid by Moroccan forces on protesters underscored the human rights problem in the contested mineral-rich territory.

Western Sahara: Security Council Extends UN Mission for Another Year

The Security Council today extended for another year the mandate of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire in Western Sahara and organizing a referendum on self-determination for the people of the territory.

UN council mentions Western Sahara human rights for 1st time, extends peacekeepers

The Security Council has approved a resolution that mentions human rights in the contested north African territory of Western Sahara for the first time.

Students rampage in Moroccan campus after murder

Masked students with sticks and knives went on the rampage in a Rabat university campus on Friday after a student from the Western Sahara territory was stabbed to death, official media and witnesses said.

Moroccan police disperse rampaging W. Sahara students

Dozens of students from Western Sahara were dispersed by Moroccan security forces Friday in a Rabat campus violent protest after the murder of a comrade the night before, witnesses told AFP.