Western Sahara News Journal

Morocco: Call to Investigate Alleged Torture of Detained Sahrawis

ANJ Online — Fri, 17 May 2013 03:33:57 -0700

[AI London]The Moroccan authorities must immediately launch a full, independent and impartial investigation into allegations that six Sahrawi activists - including a child - were tortured in police cu

Morocco/Western Sahara: Investigate alleged torture of six detained Sahrawis

ANJ Online — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:05:53 -0700

The Moroccan authorities must immediately launch a full, independent and impartial investigation into allegations that six Sahrawi activists – including a child – were tortured in police custody i

Western Sahara: President Mohamed Abdelaziz Does Not Rule Out the Resort to Armed Struggle

ANJ Online — Sat, 11 May 2013 23:03:23 -0700

[SPS]Chahid Al Hafed (refugee Camps) -The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr.

Polisario chief warns of armed struggle

ANJ Online — Sat, 11 May 2013 11:11:40 -0700

Polisario Front chief Mohamed Abdelaziz has warned that his movement could take up arms to seek independence from Morocco if the UN fails to resolve the Western Sahara conflict, Algeria's APS news

EU needs to rethink its policy in Western Sahara (Opinion)

ANJ Online — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:45:30 -0700

Europe and the United States should worry that the conflict in the Western Sahara is souring relations between Morocco and Algeria, preventing them from working against Islamist violence and extremism

High Time for EU and US Policies to the Western Sahara to Reflect Changing Security Realities

ANJ Online — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:38:00 -0700

PRAGUE, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States and Europe should worry that the conflict over the Western Sahara is souring relations between Morocco and Algeria and preventing them from joinin

'Unprecedented' pro-independence demo in W. Sahara

ANJ Online — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:02:54 -0700

Hundreds of pro-independence Sahrawi activists marched in Laayoune at the weekend, the Western Sahara's largest city, in the biggest protest in several decades, Moroccan press reported Monday.

Western Sahara: El Aaiun - Moroccan Forces Violently Disperse Saharawi Unemployed Sit-in

ANJ Online — Sun, 05 May 2013 06:54:51 -0700

[SPS]El Aaiun (occupied Territories) -Moroccan occupation forces have violently dispersed a sit-in organized Wednesday by Saharawi unemployed in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahar

Separatists slam Morocco 'repression' of protesters

ANJ Online — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:58:36 -0700

The Polisario Front on Friday slammed Morocco's "systematic repression" of separatist protesters in the disputed Western Sahara and urged the UN to apply a new resolution calling for gre

Non-Incorporation Of Human Rights Monitoring In Minurso, "Disavowal" To UN Chief

ANJ Online — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:30:15 -0700

PARIS, May 2 (Bernama) -- The Security Council's decision not to incorporate human rights monitoring in the United Nations Mission for a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is a "disavowal

Western Sahara: UN Renews Mandate - Still Lacks Human Rights Component

ANJ Online — Wed, 01 May 2013 06:09:51 -0700

[MediaGlobal]On Thursday, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2099, extending the peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara for another year, until April 30, 2014.

Western Sahara: Africa's Last Colony

ANJ Online — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:55:13 -0700

[ThinkAfricaPress]After a twenty year impasse, it could take a 'Sahrawi Spring' for the Western Sahara to finally gain self-determination.

Western Sahara protesters clash with police over UN resolution

ANJ Online — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:08:37 -0700

RABAT (Reuters) - Western Saharan demonstrators clashed with Moroccan police on Monday after the U.N.

Western Sahara protesters clash with police over U.N. resolution

ANJ Online — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:50:21 -0700

RABAT (Reuters) - Western Saharan demonstrators clashed with Moroccan police on Monday after the U.N.

Western Sahara protesters clash with police over U.N. resolution

ANJ Online — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:23:37 -0700

RABAT (Reuters) - Western Saharan demonstrators clashed with Moroccan police on Monday after the U.N.