• Four complaints for torture on Sahrawi political prisoners
    13 July 2022 Comments Off on Four complaints for torture on Sahrawi political prisoners

    Four complaints for torture filed against Morocco before the UN Committee against Torture On Thursday June 9, four complaints denouncing violations of the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Torture were filed against the State of Morocco before the UN Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva. Press release: 220610 CP ENG 4 Plaintes CAT

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  • Brief history of the Western Sahara – Isaías Barreñada
    11 July 2022 Comments Off on Brief history of the Western Sahara – Isaías Barreñada

    Notice of publication Isaías Barreñada, 2022, Breve historia del Sahara Occidental, Catarata, 144 p. Almost 50 years after Spain’s abandonment, the Sahrawi conflict continues to mark Spanish foreign policy in the region. Western Sahara is an illustrative example of a conflict that the international community has allowed to escalate. As the United Nations has pointed…

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  • Women in the Sahara and the Sahel – L’Ouest saharien journal, issue 16
    11 July 2022 Comments Off on Women in the Sahara and the Sahel – L’Ouest saharien journal, issue 16

    Notice of publication C. Evrard & E. Pettigrew, 2022, Femmes du Sahara-Sahel: Transformation sociales et conditions de vie, Cahiers L’Ouest saharien, n°16, 232 p. There are few works on women in the humanities and social sciences literature on the Saharo-Sahelian region. This dossier reveals precisely these shortcomings while inviting readers to immerse themselves in some…

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  • United States in the Western Sahara War
    11 July 2022 Comments Off on United States in the Western Sahara War

    The policy of the North American administrations in the Sahara conflict via the recently declassified documents of the Secretary of State Domingo Garí, Estados Unidos en la guerra del Sáhara Occidental, Catarata, 2021, 224 p. The war in Western Sahara was in its first years in favor of the Saharawi side. The Polisario Front came…

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  • MPs Faucillon and Lecoq question the French government (IRD-Morocco agreements)
    5 May 2022 Comments Off on MPs Faucillon and Lecoq question the French government (IRD-Morocco agreements)

    MPs Elsa Faucillon and Jean-Paul Lecoq questioned the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Frédérique Vidal, about two research agreements signed illegally by the IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement) with the Kingdom of Morocco. The first research agreement, signed by…

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  • Film screening : SAHARA – les voix des martyrs – April 5, 5pm, Paris
    30 March 2022 Comments Off on Film screening : SAHARA – les voix des martyrs – April 5, 5pm, Paris

    Screening of the film: Tabet M. and Boulay S., SAHARA – Les voix des martyrs, production: CEPED (University of Paris-IRD) & ERC Cap Sahara Project, 75 mins Campus Condorcet, GED (Grand ensemble documentaire) 10 Cours des humanités, Aubervilliers Metro ligne 12, station Front Populaire https://www.campus-condorcet.fr/fr/agenda/mardis-cinema-sahara-les-voix-des-martyrs-2020 This 75 min film was made as part of the…

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  • New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara
    2 March 2022 Comments Off on New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara

    New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara Judit Tavakoli, Manfred O. Hinz, Werner Ruf und Leonie Gaiser (Hrsg.): Westsahara. Afrikas letzte Kolonie Released: dec. 2021 ISBN 978-3-947729-36-4 https://www.regiospectra.de/buecher/westsahara-detail   Summary A series of dramatic events since 2020 have led to the escalation of the Western Sahara conflict: the resumption of war, a further increase in…

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  • New Book : “North of the South” Claire Cécile Mitatre
    14 January 2022 Comments Off on New Book : “North of the South” Claire Cécile Mitatre

    Mitatre C.C., 2021, Au nord du Sud: Espace, valeurs et passion au Sahara atlantique, Paris, Editions de l’EHESS, coll. “En temps & lieux”, 266 p. In the oases of Wad Nûn, there is no apology for autochthony, no preeminence of the first to arrive: everyone comes from elsewhere and takes care to preserve and display…

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  • Debate in the National Assembly (France) – January 6, 2022
    14 January 2022 Comments Off on Debate in the National Assembly (France) – January 6, 2022

    Debate on the theme: “Assessment of France’s actions to ensure respect for international law: the case of Western Sahara” Debate on the initiative of deputy Jean-Paul Lecoq, during the “week of control” of the Parliament. The debate was held in the Lamartine room at the National Assembly for nearly two hours. The first hour was…

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  • France Culture : the right to self-determination in Western Sahara
    14 January 2022 Comments Off on France Culture : the right to self-determination in Western Sahara

    Radio program “Cultures Monde” (France Culture) of December 7, 2021 hosted by Florian Delorme https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/cultures-monde/sahara-occidental-le-mirage-de-l-etat-nation Inscribed on the UN list of territories to be decolonized, in the eyes of international law, the inhabitants of Western Sahara should therefore benefit from the right of peoples to self-determination. And be able to speak out on the issue…

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