Morocco: AI Reports Spyware ‘Attacks’
Amnesty International (AI) has reported continued targeting of civil society groups in Morocco and Western Sahara with spyware. AI said an analysis by its security lab found that two phones belonging to a prominent human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, were targeted with the Pegasus spyware. According to the organisation, one of Haidar’s phones contained traces of Pegasus […]
Algeria: WFP Moves to Feed 40,000 Sahrawi Children
United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) has announced a move to provide midmorning snacks to more than 40,000 children in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. WFP made the announcement in the wake of a $478,000 contribution from the government of France. The donation, according to a WFP statement, will enable the UN programme to […]
Western Sahara: UN Urged to Give ‘Clear Mandate’
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el‑Hamra and Rio de Oro ((POLISARIO Front) has vowed to continue attacking Moroccan positions in Western Sahara despite a United Nations (UN) call for a ceasefire. Speaking at a news conference, the leader of the POLISARIO Front, Brahim Ghali, said unless a UN-appointed envoy is given a […]
Western Sahara: Human Rights Violations Reported
United Nations Special Political and Decolonisation Committee says it has received numerous petitions alleging human rights violations by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el‑Hamra and Rio de Oro ((POLISARIO Front) in Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria. The committee said it received over 30 petitions alleging that women in Sahrawi refugee camps are […]
Western Sahara: Ivanko Gets UN Mandate
The United Nations (UN) has appointed Alexander Ivanko as the body’s Special Representative for Western Sahara. Ivanko will also serve as the Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, announced the appointment of the Russian, who takes over from Canada’s Colin Stewart. Ivanko, who has […]
Western Sahara: ISACOM Makes Human Rights Call
The Saharawi Instance Against the Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM) has asked the United Nations (UN) to take necessary measures to end Moroccan aggressions against Sahrawi activists The non governmental organisation (NGO) called particular attention to the ‘unjustified attacks’ on activist Sultana Jaya and her family. Jaya, a Sahrawi human rights defender living in Bojador, is understood […]
Western Sahara: Algeria Sends Message to UN
Algeria has called on the United Nations (UN) to ensure the protection of the political, economic, social and cultural rights of the people of Western Sahara. Algeria’s Ambassador to the UN, Sofiane Mimouni, made the call in an address at the regional seminar of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation in Dominica. Mimouni urged the committee […]
Sahrawi: Oxfam Reacts to MINURSO Renewal
Oxfam has called for the immediate appointment of a new UN personal envoy for Western Sahara to restart the peace process without any further delay. Oxfam in Algeria Country Director, Haissam Minkara, made the call in reaction to the United Nations Security Council’s renewal of the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in […]