Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara

Mohamed Mayara, a visiting Western Sahara journalist and trade unionist, told a public forum that the Moroccan regime was imposing a 鈥渟ystematic policy of repression鈥. Jim McIlroy reports.

The Australian Western Sahara Association protested near the FIFA Women鈥檚 World Cup match between Morocco and Germany, calling for an end to sport washing. Kerry Smith reports.

A forum at the University of Sydney聽marked 50 years since the beginning of the national liberation struggle by the Saharawi聽people in Western Sahara against Spanish and Moroccan occupation.聽Jim McIlroy reports.

The Maritime Union of Australia has condemned an Australian company resuming trade in phosphate plundered from Western Sahara, a country under an illegal occupation by Morocco. Kerry Smith reports.

Saharawi refugee camp

Australian fertiliser company Incitec Pivot has confirmed that it is expecting delivery of phosphate rock exported by Morocco from occupied Western Sahara, reports Kerry Smith.

Protest in Zaragoza for Western Sahara cr Iker G Izagirre/Arainfo

The Spanish state has announced it will accept the incorporation of Wester Sahara into the Moroccan state as an 鈥渁utonomous province鈥, betraying the right to self-determination of the Sahawari people, reports Dick Nichols.

Thanks to manoeuvring by the United States, the prospects for peace and self determination for Western Sahara have suffered a serious setback, writes Vijay Prashad.

Western Sahara Solidarity Aotearoa and Extinction Rebellion successfully blockaded the headquarters of Ballance Agri-Nutrients on May 29, reports Kerry Smith.

Morocco has become the fourth Arab nation to normalise relations with the state of Israel. Previously clandestine, Morocco鈥檚 cooperation with the Israeli government stretches back decades, writes Rupen Savoulian.

Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara has always been illegitimate.聽Responsibility for the resumption of war lies with the United Nations, argue聽the聽Socialist Alliance.

The Australia Western Sahara Association has expressed solidarity with the people of Western Sahara and condemned Morocco鈥檚 flagrant violation of the terms of the ceasefire.

Tecber Ahmed Saleh, a health worker for the Ministry of Health of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), is touring Australia, advocating for international recognition of her country. She spoke to Tony Iltis.