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Foreign Office tells UK holidaymakers 'do not travel' to these 31 countries
Bristol Post
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July 18, 2025
There are some destinations around the globe which are considered rather risky and travellers heading there receive guidance on precautions they should take to avoid unfortunate incidents. However, there are only 31 locations on the 'do not...
Canary Islands welcome group of Sahrawi children as part of Holidays in Peace program
Sahara Press Service
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Canary Islands (Spain), July 19, 2025 (SPS) – A group of Sahrawi children arrived yesterday, Friday, at Gran Canaria Airport, coming from the Sahrawi refugee camps as part of the summer program Holidays in Peace. They will spend nearly two months...
Quality Austria travelled to occupied territory
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW)
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July 11, 2025
Representatives of the certification body Quality Austria inspected Moroccan fish exporting companies in occupied Western Sahara. Did the company know which country they had visited? The Austrian company Quality Austria travelled to the occupied...
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra: Morocco’s Desert Frontier Finds Its Voice
Morocco World News
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June 13, 2025
In 1927, famous French writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was posted to the edge of nowhere. Cape Juby, now Tarfaya, sat between the Atlantic’s restless surf and the brooding stillness of the Sahara. Then a driven, promising young...
Putin’s Illegal Conquests Wouldn’t Be the First the White House Has Endorsed
New Lines Magazine
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September 8, 2025
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his subsequent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, observers are once again concerned that the United States may...
Polisario Front Representative in Spain condemn misrepresentations in La Vanguardia Newspaper
Sahara Press Service
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Madrid (Spain), June 09, 2025 (SPS) – The Polisario Front’s representative in Spain, Mr. Abdallah Al-Arabi, condemned the misrepresentations included in an article by the newspaper La Vanguardia regarding intentions that mischaracterize the...
Bordeaux hosts a conference on Western Sahara as a driver of regional and international development and cooperation
Atalayar
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May 7, 2025
Last Friday evening, a prominent conference was held in Bordeaux on the book ‘The Moroccan Sahara: Land of Light and Future’, written by French-Swiss academic Jean-Marie Heydt. The event, organised on the initiative of the Consulate General of the...
Rights groups sound alarm over alleged exploitation of Sahrawi children in Polisario’s 'holidays for peace' program
Hespress
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July 8, 2025
The controversial “Holidays for Peace” program, overseen by the Polisario Front and supported by sympathetic European organizations, is under fire from Moroccan and Sahrawi rights activists who accuse the initiative of using Sahrawi children for...
Peace Holiday group arrives in Italy
Sahara Press Service
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Rome, July 7, 2025 (SPS) – A group of Sahrawi children arrived Sunday at Rome International Airport from the Sahrawi refugee camps to spend their summer in various Italian cities, as part of the Holiday in Peace program. The initiative is...
Group of Holiday in Peace children arrives in United Kingdom
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed Hafed, July 7, 2025 (SPS) – Messengers of peace have arrived in the British capital, London, as part of the Holiday in Peace program flights, after an interruption of more than twenty years. Upon their arrival, the children were welcomed...
Privileged thrill-seeking teen travels the world broke to find adventure — and altruism
The Times of Israel
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July 5, 2025
After he graduated from a fancy private high school, Tal Dooreck Aloni was living it up on a yacht off the coast of southern France with friends, all expenses paid, when he realized he wanted to do something different with his life. “I looked...
Children of "Holidays in Peace" arrive in Spain
Sahara Press Service
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Shaheed Al Hafed, July 5, 2025 (SPS) – Two planes arrived today, Saturday, in Spain carrying children from the "Peaceful Vacation" program, supervised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in coordination with the Polisario Front representation in...
Despite Mounting Evidence, Bolton Downplays Polisario’s Terrorism Against Morocco
Morocco World News
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June 30, 2025
Rabat – Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton– a vocal advocate for Polisario and its separatism claims targeting Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara – recently attempted to downplay Polisario’s terrorist...
Supercharge your summer holiday with these 15 adventurous breaks
The Times
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I don’t get it. What’s the appeal of a fly-and-flop holiday? You spend your whole life glued to seats: at home, at work, in restaurants, on a train. Then, when you finally get some time off, you find the nearest sunlounger and sit down. What’s so...
Oman recognises Morocco's Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara
Atalayar
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April 14, 2025
As part of an official visit to Morocco, the Sultanate of Oman, represented by its Foreign Minister, Badr Bin Hamad Ben Hamoud Al Busaidi, has recognised the Moroccan Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara proposed in 2007 by Mohammed VI, King of...
UN Sounds Alarm: Critical Malnutrition Crisis Grips Polisario Captives in Tindouf
Morocco World News
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June 26, 2025
Marrakech – Catastrophic malnutrition rates now plague the Polisario-run, Algerian-controlled Tindouf camps, according to a new UN investigation. The findings reveal the brutal reality faced by thousands of Sahrawis held hostage in these desolate...
Sahrawi NGOs Condemn Polisario Attack on Es-Smara, UN Mission Launches Field Investigation
Morocco World News
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June 28, 2025
Rabat – A coalition of Sahrawi NGOs has strongly condemned the recent projectile attack near the southern Moroccan city of Es-Smara, calling it a “hostile act” and a grave violation of Morocco’s sovereignty and international law. The incident,...
‘It makes no sense’: Ryanair’s strange new route into the world’s oldest conflict zone
Metro
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September 6, 2025
The Irish carrier is flying into the heart of a troubled but fascinating place (Picture: Getty Images) Ryanair is no stranger to controversy, but a recent move has drawn it into the crossfire of one of the world’s oldest conflicts. Earlier this...
Why it’s time to terminate the UN’s dysfunctional mission in Western Sahara
Atlantic Council
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April 9, 2025
MENASource April 9, 2025 • 1:49 pm ET Print this page Why it’s time to terminate the UN’s dysfunctional mission in Western Sahara By Sarah Zaaimi Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita made his debut on April 8 with US President...
All 9 countries on the UK Foreign Office ‘no go’ travel list
Metro
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June 15, 2025
There are many reasons the FCDO may advise against travel (Picture: Getty Images) The holiday checklist goes something like this: think about your budget, Google the weather, and check that your passport and travel insurance are in date. But it’s...