AFRICA'S LAST COLONY Since 1975, three quarters of the territory of Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco. A majority of the population is still living in refugee camps in Algeria. Those who remained in their homeland are subjected to serious harassment from the Moroccan occupiers. For more than 40 years the Sahrawis have been waiting for the fullfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
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Unethical Norwegian Fish Freight Caught Red-Handed 03.03 - 2009 21:19 When The Norwegian Council for Africa visited occupied Western Sahara between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, we photographed a freighter that later turned out to be Norwegian. The shipping company Atlantic RTI confirmed the fish transport and said they dislike that their ship has been utilised in the occupied area.
UN envoy on Western Sahara finishes ‘intensive’ talks in Algeria03.03 - 2009 As he left for Spain today to continue consultations on Western Sahara, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Personal Envoy on the matter said that his talks with Algerian officials had been "intensive, frank and useful." Read more
WSRW: Fertilizer company "hopes for liberation of Western Sahara"19.02 - 2009 Fertilizer producer Yara receives critisicm in Norway for its last year phosphate purchase from occupied Western Sahara. The company answers they hope Western Sahara "will be liberated one day, and then the inhabitants will benefit if we can receive their phosphate quickly".Read more
The Sahrawi student Rabab Amidane received the Students’ Peace Prize 2009 on 27th February 2009. “A brave and worthy winner”, said Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister. Nobel peace prize laureates praised her work.
Op-ed by Thor Richard Isaksen, Leader of the Students’ Peace Prize, and Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Committee Member, and former chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, the Students’ Peace Prize, 2009.
PRESS RELEASE: The Norwegian Students' Peace Prize will this year be awarded to the 23-year-old student Elkouria "Rabab" Amidane, for her work for human rights in the occupied Western Sahara.
Since 1975, three quarters of the territory of Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco. A majority of the population is still living in refugee camps in Algeria. Those who remained in their homeland are subjected to serious harassment from the Moroccan occupiers. For more than 40 years the Sahrawis have been waiting for the fullfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
