What was initially presented as a routine regional election for a seat on the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) is rapidly emerging as one of the most politically consequential confrontations in the history…

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 across Europe, Western Sahara Resource Watch indicated…

The Deputy Permanent Representative of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to the African Union and Sahrawi writer, Ambassador Malainin Lakhal, stated to the magazine of the Foundation for the Promotion of Rights, “L’Humaniste”, that the…

International law has long been held as a safeguard against the horrors of unchecked state power—a framework meant to regulate behaviour between nations, uphold human dignity, and prevent atrocities. Yet today, we are witnessing not…

In a controversial shift that contravenes the most basic principles of international law and the United Nations Charter, the British Foreign Secretary, in a joint statement with his Moroccan counterpart, expressed the United Kingdom’s support…

In an article published by The Washington Times, former U.S. National Security Adviser and UN Ambassador John Bolton debunked Moroccan propaganda targeting the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi people’s struggle for independence. He rejected accusations…

In a time when anti-colonial rhetoric has become a rallying cry across parts of Africa, particularly in the Sahel, the actions of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger’s leaders lay bare the hypocrisy behind their posturing.…

When the Organisation of African Unity was proclaimed in Addis Ababa on 25 May 1963, leaders from 32 newly independent states vowed to “eradicate colonialism in all its forms.” Their pledge gave us Africa Day,…

In a series of unflinching interventions before the 83rd Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) held in Banjul from May 2 to 12, 2025, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the…

In 2025, we mark 50 years since Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara — a colonial occupation sustained by a repressive military apparatus, a deliberate policy of demographic substitution, and, above all, a web of…