Western Sahara

September 26, 2019

Right Livelihood Award Laureates announced

The Award honours four practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a liveable future for all on planet Earth.
December 7, 2018

Peaceful solution to Western Sahara conflict is possible, says UN envoy

The first UN-led talks in six years over the disputed Western Sahara-region concluded on a positive note in Geneva, where the organisation's representative Horst Köhler said that further discussions are planned.
February 28, 2018

Trade deals with Occupied Western Sahara illegal, rules EU Court of Justice

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement illegal under international law, as it breaches the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination by including produce from Western Sahara, currently under military occupation by Morocco.
August 29, 2016

UN chief expresses concern over tensions in Western Sahara

The UN Secretary-General is deeply concerned over the tense situation that has developed in the narrow buffer strip in south-western Western Sahara border as a result of changes in the status quo and the introduction of armed units from Morocco and the Polisario Front in close proximity to each other.
April 3, 2014

MPs call on UN to monitor human rights in Western Sahara

The UN Security Council must extend the mandate of the peacekeeping mission to Western Sahara to monitor and protect human rights, an all-party group of British MPs said today.
October 22, 2007

Hidden conflict: Voices from Western Sahara

Aminoutto Haidar, leading Saharawi human rights activist and ex-political prisoner, also known as the “Saharawi Gandhi”, in conversation with Italian photographer Patrizio Esposito, about the hidd