Timeline of Morocco’s Youth Protests

Rabat — Protests embroiled Morocco since the early weeks of September. They aim for widespread reform, spanning from employment to corruption to healthcare, and resulted on Friday in a call for Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch to step down and...

National Secretariat postpones 17th Congress of Polisario Front within legal framework

Shaheed El-Hafed, September 22, 2025 (SPS) - The National Secretariat has decided to postpone the convening of the 17th Congress of the Polisario Front, in accordance with the legal timeframe stipulated in Article 44 of the Polisario Front's Basic...

Zuma’s Morocco Visit Reshapes South African Political Terrain on Western Sahara

Marrakech – A comprehensive policy paper published earlier this month reveals how former South African President Jacob Zuma’s July visit to Morocco has significantly impacted South Africa’s political landscape. The research, conducted by Driss...

Exclusive: Sahrawi Movement Says Polisario’s Struggle Is Irrelevant, Doomed to Fail

Marrakech – For half a century, the Polisario Front has claimed to be the “sole and legitimate representative” of the Sahrawis, an exclusivity imposed under Algeria’s patronage and maintained by force rather than democratic consent. This monopoly...

Moroccan Diplomat Says Israel Has ‘Golden’ Opportunity to Define Polisario as Terrorist Organization

Marrakech – Moroccan diplomat Chaimae Bouazzaoui declared November a “golden month” for strengthening Morocco-Israel relations, urging Tel Aviv to define Polisario as a terrorist group in an article published on Israel Hayom last Tuesday....

Experts sound alarm over bogus war hero photos flooding social media

Surely you’ve seen photos of soldiers or historical events on Facebook and other social media, shared to honour service or history. However, experts say, many of these images are fake. People create or alter them using Artificial Intelligence (AI)...

Sahrawi Foreign Minister condemns attempts to overturn European Court of Justice ruling

Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) 03 October 2025 (SPS) – The Minister of Foreign and African Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Yeslem Beissat, condemned attempts to overturn the ruling of the European Court of Justice. In his remarks at the conclusion of the 22nd...

77th Emmy Awards 2025 Ceremony Live Streaming: Date, Time, Hosts, When and Where To Watch Emmys 2025 Online and on TV in India and Your Country

It’s time for the Emmys! The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards 2025 will be held on Sunday, September 14, 2025. The prestigious awards will honour the best on primetime television in America. Shows and content that aired from June 1, 2024, to May 31,...

EU silent on how it obtained Saharawi support for Moroccan trade deal

The European Commission is unclear on how it obtained the consent of the Saharawi people in a new trade agreement with Morocco which covers the occupied territories of the Western Sahara. On Thursday (2 October), officials in Brussels announced...

October 3, 1985, Forty Years Ago: India-Morocco Spat

The Indian Ambassador to Morocco, S N Puri, is likely to wind up the Indian mission in Rabat during the next three or four days, following Morocco’s decision to break off diplomatic relations with India. Morocco, which has severed diplomatic ties...

UGTSARIO delegation holds talks with Spanish Trade Union Confederation of Workers' Commissions

Madrid, October 2, 2025 (SPS) – A delegation from the General Union of Workers of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (UGTSARIO), led by its Secretary General, Nafei Ahmed Mohamed, accompanied by the official in charge of Foreign Relations,...

Mauritania plans restricted military zone along border amid Polisario pressure

HESPRESS English – Morocco News General Hespress ENSaturday 6 September 2025 - 20:11 The Polisario Front has expressed strong discontent with new security measures introduced by the Mauritanian army to tighten control along the country’s northern...

Analysts: Algeria prepares ground for ‘statelet’ in Tindouf by elevating Polisario leader

Algeria’s repeated portrayal of Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali as a visiting head of state is part of a broader effort to normalize the idea of a breakaway entity on Algerian soil, analysts say. Each time Ghali is received by senior Algerian...

"A declaration of war" - new EU agreement reactions

A wave of reactions is rippling across Europe following the news that the EU is moving ahead with a new trade agreement in occupied Western Sahara. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow. Over the past 24 hours, several European media outlets have...

WSRW: EU trade deal with Morocco revives wide outrage over EU disrespect of international law and Sahrawi rights

Brussels (EU Commission) 01 October 2025 (SPS)— The European Commission’s latest push to conclude a trade agreement with Morocco that includes Western Sahara has drawn strong condemnation from Sahrawi advocates, legal experts, and civil society...

The Future of U.S.-Africa Trade

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: A U.S.-Africa trade agreement expires, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda begin implementing a peace agreement, and Gen Z protests rattle Morocco. Sign up to receive...

Commission Pushes EU-Morocco Trade Deal, Ignoring Democratic Processes and Saharawi Rights

On Wednesday 1 October, EU Member States will vote on a new trade agreement with Morocco that explicitly covers products from Western Sahara, yet without the consent of the Saharawi people. The European Commission has quietly negotiated this...

Separatist groups try to hijack Morocco’s Gen Z protests with calls for unrest in the Sahara

As youth-led protests demanding health and education reform ripple across Morocco, separatist networks tied to Algeria and the Polisario Front are seizing on the unrest to push their own agenda. Over the past week, suspicious accounts on social...

Press Conference By Security Council President On Work Programme For October

Members of the Security Council will travel to Ethiopia to meet with the African Union in mid-October, the organ’s President for the month told reporters at a United Nations Headquarters press conference today, also spotlighting signature debates...

65 Years of Power: The Explosive Legacy of the CDR anniversary in Cuba’s Revolutionary Defense

The CDR anniversary marks 65 years of grassroots mobilization, community defense, and social transformation in Cuba — a model of popular sovereignty and resistance. Related: Cuba Reaffirms Support for Western Sahara’s Self-Determination at UN On...