Morocco risk pressure points from this week

HESPRESS English – Morocco News Economy Khadija TachfineSaturday 1 November 2025 - 23:04 Welcome to this week’s edition of our Weekly Risk Watch, offering insights into the economic, political, and security updates that could have significant...

A political solution for Western Sahara

Historical context Stalemate in the process and the search for a political solution Morocco's Autonomy Plan as a viable alternative Main features of the autonomy statute Reaction of the Security Council to the Moroccan Autonomy Plan The latest...

The Case for Partition in Western Sahara

Since 1991, the United Nations has led a series of fruitless efforts to resolve the standoff over Western Sahara. A swath of desert about the size of the entire United Kingdom, Western Sahara is claimed both by the Polisario Front—a rebel group...

The Basque Parliament calls for Western Sahara's self-determination and denounces Moroccan illegal occupation

Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country) 28 February 2025 (SPS)- The Basque Parliament, through its intergroup supporting Western Sahara, approved a declaration on Thursday reaffirming that Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara is “illegal” and...

President Trump Expands Abraham Vision to North Africa

The Trump administration has set its sights on North Africa, where decades-old tensions between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara could soon give way to a landmark reconciliation. Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy for the Middle...

US Congressman Joe Wilson Officially Introduces Bill to Designate Polisario as Terrorist Group

Marrakech – Republican Congressman Joe Wilson, alongside Democratic Representative Jimmy Panetta, has submitted a bipartisan bill to the US Congress seeking to classify the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist group. The congressman formally...

The Imperialist Offensive Is Nothing New For The Bolivarian Revolution

Above photo: Ana Maldonado. Venezuelanalysis. A Chavista organizer examines the US militarization of the Caribbean and the Bolivarian Revolution’s enduring resistance to imperial aggression. In recent months, Washington has stepped up its military...

Morocco and the UN decision: the world spoke with the voice of the Sahara

This is how Security Council Resolution 2797 can be interpreted, marking a historic turning point in the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, when the international body decided, by an overwhelming majority, to adopt the initiative of...

French Senate reaffirms support for Morocco over Western Sahara

A new parliamentary chapter Within the framework of the good relations between Rabat and Paris since the French recognition of the Moroccanity of Western Sahara on 30 July 2024, the President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher, met with the...

Ghosts of imperialism’s past, present and future

On August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates became the first country in the Arabic-speaking world to normalize ties with Israel in over 20 years. Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan soon followed and signed their own Emirati-brokered normalization...

Moroccan sustainable mining receives support from the EBRD

The importance of mining in Morocco Aya Gold & Silver Inc., a Canadian silver producer operating in Morocco, has received 25 million dollars from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in its third financial agreement to...

Tanzania’s Unfree Election

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Tanzanians head to the polls under an increasingly repressive regime, Cameroon and Ivory Coast crack down on postelection protests, and the Sudanese city of El Fasher falls to the...

The French Minister of Culture's visit to Western Sahara sparks outrage in Algeria

‘Morocco has not had to wait for France to develop its southern provinces’ Paris intends to strengthen its strategic partnership with Rabat Algeria sets its sights on the development of Western Sahara The harmonisation of bilateral relations...

Geneva hosts international conference on "Environment and Alternative Energy in Western Sahara"

Geneva (Switzerland), February 23, 2025 (SPS) – The Swiss city of Geneva will host an international seminar on Tuesday focusing on the environment and alternative energy in the context of the Moroccan occupation. The conference, organized by the...

France strengthens its alignment with Morocco over Western Sahara

France showed its support for Morocco's Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara, understanding the proposal as the most realistic and serious way to resolve the Saharawi dispute. This was made clear by the statements made by the French President,...

The intersections of colonialism and the climate crisis in Western Sahara

The SFU event highlighted how corporations aid in greenwashing the region By: Kiana Montakhab, SFU Student On January 17, Embark Sustainability, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, and Spheres of Influence e-zine hosted a presentation...

French Culture Minister Strength Cultural Ties with Western Sahara

French Culture Minister, Rachida Dati and her Moroccan Homologue Photo: @datirachida February 18, 2025 Hour: 9:06 pm French Culture Minister Rachida Dati visited the disputed Western Sahara on Monday during a trip to Morocco aimed at strengthening...

French officials visit disputed Western Sahara territory

French Culture Minister Rachida Dati visited the disputed Western Sahara on Monday during a trip to Morocco to strengthen cultural ties with the North African nation. Dati and a delegation of representatives of French cultural institutions made...

Moroccan authorities expel EU lawmakers trying to enter Western Sahara

Saramo, Spain’s Isabel Serra and Portugal’s Catarina Martins argued they had been on an “observation mission” to monitor compliance with a recent EU court ruling annulling the agriculture and fishing arrangements between the EU and Morocco. The...

Sahrawi delegation participates in AU-EU Agriculture Ministers' Meeting in Rome to achieve sustainable food security

Rome (Italy) 27 June 2025 (SPS)– A delegation from the Sahrawi Republic participated today, Friday, in the Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture from the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU). Hosted in Rome, Italy, the meeting aimed...