Opinion by Joseph Alfred Grinblat It is now 35 years since the United Nations referendum mission for Western Sahara, known as Minurso, was created, and I was one of the original staff members. Starting in 1971, Sahrawi students in Morocco started a movement for the independence of Spanish Sahara. The Sahrawi are the Indigenous people…
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Frente POLISARIO Warns UN Security Council Against “Dangerous” Draft Resolution on Western Sahara
By HICGI News Agency – New York, 24 October 2025 H.E. Mr. Vassily Nebenzia, President of the UN Security Council – Courtesy photo The Frente POLISARIO has issued a stern warning to the United Nations Security Council over what it described as a “very dangerous and unprecedented” draft resolution on Western Sahara, circulated on 22…
Polisario Front Condemns EU-Morocco Trade Deal Covering Western Sahara
By Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1704 EAT on Monday 13 October 2025 BIR LAHLOU (Liberated Territories), The Polisario Front has strongly criticized a new trade agreement between the European Union (EU) Council and the Kingdom of Morocco, which extends tariff preferences to products originating from Western Sahara, a disputed territory. In a statement released…
REFUGEES! In the Footsteps of the Western Sahrawis.
By Dyogo Duncan Dickson A dedicated Research and Advocacy specialist on peace and conflict, focusing on displaced populations and social justice, with expertise in governance and international relations. As we commemorate World Refugee Day 2025, we reflect on the plight of millions of refugees worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes due to…
China and Russia gain African influence while America ignores Western Sahara sovereignty crisis.
By John Bolton U.S. should support a referendum allowing Sahrawis to determine their own future. One major piece of unfinished international business is determining the sovereignty of the Western Sahara. This large territory on North Africa’s west coast, south of Morocco, has been in limbo since the late 1970s, to the detriment of its population…
Is Algeria the Defender of Africa’s Freedom?
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin & Anastasios Gordon Ssekandi – updated at 1429 on 05th February 2025 In 2014, at Kololo Airstrip during a Thanksgiving ceremony organized by the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni posed a thought-provoking question: “Who is the defender of Africa’s freedom?” This came after a passionate speech in…
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