Supporters of Western Sahara gathered at Leichhardt Town Hall for a flag raising ceremony to mark 50 years since the Sahrawi people established their own sovereign and independent state, Isaac Nellist reports.
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Algeria has suspended its treaty of “friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation” with Spain due to its public acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, writes Dick Nichols.
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Morocco’s return to the African Union is an affront not only to the people of Western Sahara but to African people
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions unanimously passed a motion supporting self-determination for the people of Western Sahara at its national congress over May 15-17. The motion also called for the Australian government to push local companies to “end the importation of phosphate”, which is plundered from Western Sahara by Morocco. Saharawi human rights activist Malak Amidane spoke at a public forum in Sydney on May 17 as part of a national speaking tour, organised by the Australia Western Sahara Association and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies.