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Trump Voices Support for Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal
Timor-Leste Hosts Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara and Reiterates Unwavering Support for the Right to Self-Determination of the Saharawi People

Timor-Leste Hosts Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference with Western Sahara and Reiterates Unwavering Support for the Right to Self-Determination of the Saharawi People

Owner:  East Timorese Government
US lack of funding results in cutting UN peacekeeping forces
UN faces funding shortages, to cut peacekeeper force
U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Label Polisario Front as Terrorist Group
Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Second Mapungubwe Dialogues / First Edition of Diaspora Week

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Second Mapungubwe Dialogues / First Edition of Diaspora Week

Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice” It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the...

Owner:  South African Government
Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, His Excellency Jean-François...

Owner:  South African Government
Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

Deputy Minister Alvin Botes: Opening ceremony of Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments

President of the Pan-African Parliament, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune Charumbira, Members of the Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, The Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly of Gabon, HE Jean-François NDONGOU,...

Owner:  South African Government
President Cyril Ramaphosa: General Debate of 80th Session of United Nations General Assembly

President Cyril Ramaphosa: General Debate of 80th Session of United Nations General Assembly

President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Ms Annalena Baerbock, United Nations Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Eighty years ago, the United Nations was...

Owner:  South African Government
North Africa’s experiment in tactical diplomacy

North Africa’s experiment in tactical diplomacy

North African states are turning long-standing diplomatic relationships into new opportunities for leverage, using migration flows, energy supplies, and security partnerships as bargaining chips. These new tactics and strategies are reshaping...

Owner:  The Middle East Institute (Non-Profit)
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Saint Lucia Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara

Saint Lucia Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara

Rabat – Weeks before the Security Council’s vote on a new resolution, many countries took to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee to reaffirm their confidence that the Moroccan Autonomy Plan is the only possible way to end the dispute over...

Owner:  Samir & Adnane Bennis
South Africa calls on United Nations to expedite referendum on self-determination for people of Western Sahara

South Africa calls on United Nations to expedite referendum on self-determination for people of Western Sahara

New York (United Nations), October 14, 2025 (SPS) – During the discussions of the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), South Africa reaffirmed its unwavering position in support of...

Owner:  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republican Government
Western Sahara: Russia Open to Support Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as Form of Self-Determination
Polisario Issues New Security Threats Amid Growing Calls for Terrorism Designation

Polisario Issues New Security Threats Amid Growing Calls for Terrorism Designation

Rabat – A senior Polisario member has stirred renewed alarm after issuing fresh terror threats against Morocco. Mansur Omar, a senior member of the Polisario leadership, threatened the international community, especially Morocco, that the...

Owner:  Samir & Adnane Bennis
Senegal Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in Western Sahara

Senegal Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan in Western Sahara

Rabat – Senegal reiterated its firm support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the basis for resolving the regional dispute over Western Sahara, during the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York. Deputy Permanent Representative...

Owner:  Samir & Adnane Bennis
Algeria Clings to Outdated Western Sahara Narrative Amid International Support for Morocco
Polisario attacks new Morocco-EU trade deal as experts cite legal and political irrelevance
Russia’s Role Intensifies in Western Sahara Dispute as UNSC Vote Approaches

Russia’s Role Intensifies in Western Sahara Dispute as UNSC Vote Approaches

Marrakech – Morocco’s ambassador to Moscow, Lotfi Bouchaara, met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin on Thursday, October 9, with Western Sahara dominating the agenda. The meeting comes at a crucial moment as Russia assumed the...

Owner:  Samir & Adnane Bennis
MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass

MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass

Eleven months after the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) again annulled the EU-Morocco trade deal for including occupied Western Sahara without Saharawi consent, the European Commission and Morocco suddenly unveiled a new agreement that they claim...

Owner:  Western Sahara Resource Watch (Non-profit)
Polisario Front Representative to United Nations affirms that Sahrawi people will never accept colonial status quo, will continue defending their legitimate national aspirations
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