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The Occupation We Choose to Ignore’

Do you know who I am? I am a Sahrawi. The land to which I refer is what is known today as the non-self-governing territory ofWestern Sahara. My country was colonized by the Spanish and the French between 1884 and 1975, divided in two and occupied by Moroccan and Mauritanian forces thereafter, and has been ruled exclusively by the Kingdom of Morocco from 1979 until the present.

The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

this is one part of the Arab Spring that western governments don't want to talk about. And their silence, and the UN's complicity in it, is why that repression continues, and a terrible injustice is perpetuated.

ISS - News - The Western Sahara and North African People’s Power

Respect the right of individuals to peacefully express their opinions regarding the status and future of the Western Sahara and to document violations of human rights

King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement - Telegraph

it has emerged that the single biggest beneficiary of the deal will be the King of Morocco, who is head of one of the three largest agricultural producers in the north African country and lays claim to 12,000 hectares of the nation's most fertile farmland.

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

Oblivion it seems is the current reality for the arid North African territory of Western Sahara; often referred to as Africa’s ‘Last Colony’. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘Africa’s Forgotten Colony’.

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Feb 8, 2012

PressTV - Polisario objects to EU-Morocco deal

Mohamed Sidati (R)

The Polisario Front rebels of Western Sahara have objected to the February 3 EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement by COREPER on the European Commission's mandate to negotiate with Morocco on behalf of the European Union.

The Polisario Front has been working for Western Sahara’s independence from Morocco for decades.

COREPER, from French Comité des représentants permanents, is the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union.

Mohamed Sidati, who is the Polisario Front’s minister and representative in Europe, said on Monday that "the text of the mandate does not even refer to the Western Sahara, which has been illegally occupied by Morocco since 1975."

Sidati criticized the instructions given by EU governments to the EU Commission to leave it open for Europe to resume its stealing of Western Sahara's resources.

"This new mandate also flies in the face of the clear message from the European Parliament, which rejected a similar deal with Morocco just last December," he added.

He went on to say that the Polisario Front should be involved in the negotiations and only then can the EU ensure that fishing in Western Sahara’s waters is in line with international law.

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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