Malainin Lakhal

The Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara remains the last case of decolonisation in Africa.

The news about an imminent “return” of Morocco to the African Union has jammed the internet these recent days, leading the Moroccan means of “information” to invent scenes and scenarios that only exist in the minds of their writers about a victorious participation of an alleged Moroccan delegatio

The 25th Summit of the African Union, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 14 and 15 June 2015, adopted a new Decision on the Conflict in Western Sahara asking the UN General Assembly “to determine a date for the holding of the self-determination referendum for the people of Western Sahara”.

In his inaugural speech at the first Organisation of African Unity (OAU) conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1963, the late President Kwame Nkrumah, founding father of African unity, said: “How, except by our united efforts, will the richest and still enslaved parts of our continent be freed

The machinations undertaken by Moroccan diplomacy continue to be unveiled by the Moroccan hacker, who uses the pseudonym "Chris Coleman24" on his Twitter account.

The conflict in Western Sahara seems to gain more and more visibility and importance in the regional and international geopolitics this last decade, despite the great lack of media coverage and academic analysis of its different facts, aspects, possible consequences and perspectives.

It may sound strange, yet it seems to be the remedy recommended by the UN, some powerful governments and "experts" when it comes to the question of Western Sahara.

The West often portrays itself as the champion of democracy, rule of law and human rights. Yet, when we look at Western Sahara, the hypocrisy and dishonesty in such portrayals are laid bare.

The Security Council’s resolution 2044 adopted Tuesday 24 of April 2012 is an exact duplicate of the previous resolution 1979 adopted last year, with the only difference in mentioning few events that took place after the adoption of the last one, especially the organization of a seminar in Madera

For over 37 years Western Sahara has been militarily occupied by Morocco.