The United States has proposed in a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday that the occupied Western Sahara be incorporated into Morocco.
The Sahrawi people have the right to self-determination and independence from colonial rule. This right has been respected in all other cases of decolonisation throughout history.
Friday, 31 October 2025 marks 50 years since Morocco’s military invasion of the Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which halted the decolonisation process. The invasion is one of the most serious violations of international law since World War II, and half of Western Sahara’s population was forced into exile.
International courts have been clear that the territory is not - and has never been - a part of Morocco.
But the United States now proposes that Western Sahara should permanently become part of Morocco. That is the essence of a proposal the U.S. has submitted to the UN Security Council. The proposal is scheduled for a vote on Thursday, 30 October. Among Morocco’s key allies is also France’s president, Emmanuel Macron.
Yesterday, large demonstrations took place in the refugee camps in Algeria. The photo series below was taken by filmmaker Mark McLoughlin.
See also this video from Saharawi Voice (Instagram).
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