❗On #WorldHumanitarianDay, @wfp.org warns funding gaps could break the food pipeline to #Saharawi refugees by September. They need immediate support - and a just solution respecting self-determination. 5 decades of exile is enough. #WesternSahara reliefweb.int/report/alger...

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, we honour support for the #Saharawi refugees. Yet, governments that fund aid to them often also support trade involving resources from occupied #WesternSahara. Humanitarian assistance should not go hand in hand with policies that sustain occupation. @wfp.org @unicef.org

🔴 Renewable energy should support a just transition - not entrench an occupation. Evidence suggests Morocco has completed Aftissat 3 & 4 in occupied #WesternSahara, expanding the wind complex to 550 MW. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/occu...

🔴 The Trump administration has become the first US government to finance a private-sector project in occupied #WesternSahara. #USTDA has awarded funding to the controversial #ORNX #greenammonia project, involving US, Spanish & German companies. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/trum...

🔴 Morocco has opened another 1,090 hectares of occupied #WesternSahara to agriculture through #Engie's desalination project. The expansion comes as the #EU seeks a new framework for trade with Morocco covering products from the occupied territory. wsrw.org/en/news/engi...

🔴 The law is settled, but the practice is not. While the adapted aviation deal continues to exclude #WesternSahara, several European airlines still operate there with the @ec.europa.eu taking no action. Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/euro... @europarl.europa.eu @ryanairofficial.bsky.social

🔴 A trial is underway in #Denmark over the firebombing of Global Aktion, WSRW's long-time partner. Graffiti left at the scene pointed to the organisation's support for self-determination in #WesternSahara. Verdict expected at the end of June. wsrw.org/en/news/tria...

🔴 More than a decade of scrutiny is having an impact. The market for phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara has never been smaller. Read the latest P for Plunder report and see how the trade has changed over time. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/reco...

🔴 Morocco’s trade in occupied #WesternSahara’s phosphate rock is shrinking in buyers but growing in value. Our latest report shows #Morocco made around $376.5 million in 2025 from selling #Saharawi phosphate rock to just 3 international buyers. wsrw.org/en/news/reco...

🔴 This contrast is staggering. Morocco’s estimated phosphate revenues from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025: $376.5 million. UN humanitarian appeal for Saharawi refugees in 2025: $103.9 million. Read all about #Morocco's trade in #Saharawi white gold in our new report: wsrw.org/en/news/reco...

📢 Out now! Check the latest edition of P for Plunder, documenting the volumes, values and customers of #Morocco’s illegal trade in #phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/reco... #conflictminerals #BizHumanRights #ESG

🔴 Occupied #WesternSahara: the illegal phosphate trade continues. So does our investigation. 📢 P for Plunder 2026 - coming soon!

A #humanrights review of #NewZealand’s phosphate imports from occupied #WesternSahara sidelines core rights, overlooks legal context, and relies on “consultation” under occupation. That is not due diligence - it’s deflection. wsrw.org/en/news/tuha... #BusinessAndHumanRights

🔴 Four days after signing a #criticalminerals deal with Morocco that covers occupied #WesternSahara waters, the #USA hosted talks linked to #Morocco’s autonomy plan. In geopolitics, parallel tracks are rarely unrelated. 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/us-e...

Research. Document. Holding power to account. And much of our work is volunteer driven. If you’re able to support independent research on #WesternSahara - through a monthly or one-off donation - it truly helps: wsrw.org/en/support-us Thank you for following & sharing. Happy holidays.

Moroccan companies in occupied #WesternSahara use foreign certification schemes to reach international markets. Check out our new report on controversial "responsibility" and "sustainability" labels. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

🚨 SGS certified Moroccan firms in occupied #WesternSahara, falsely claiming fish came from the “Moroccan EEZ”. When exposed, SGS deflected responsibility. wsrw.org/en/news/cert...

📢 OUT NOW! 🌍 New report: Greenwashing Occupation. Renewables cannot erase occupation. Today we publish the most comprehensive mapping of #Morocco’s energy projects in #WesternSahara - and the companies enabling them. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

The certification scheme #GlobalGAP that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about #EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/glob...

🚨 TODAY: EU Member States vote on a trade deal covering occupied #WesternSahara - rushed through after mere days of scrutiny. It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent. This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.

BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu is pushing through a trade deal with #Morocco that treats #WesternSahara as Moroccan territory. ❌No #Saharawi consent. ❌No transparency. ❌No rule of law. Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday! Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...

💧 Water from Moroccan taps will soon run on #WesternSahara’s stolen wind. Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it. Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

🚨 Spanish firms like Nuchar, Discefa & 3 de Pulpo falsely market their operations as #MSC certified. In reality: ❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara ❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified This is whitewashing occupation. wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...

WSRW reveals: #Skretting Turkey involved in #WesternSahara fish plunder, and falsely claimed BAP certification. ✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos! ❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates... Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...

🚨 With the help of volunteers across Europe, we have identified products on the EU market carrying false country-of-origin labels. Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...

🚨 A Saharawi refugee farmer slams German scheme #GLOBALGAP for certifying Moroccan farms in occupied #WesternSahara as “sustainable.” “This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.” 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...

🚨 BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu seeks new trade talks with Morocco - to keep #WesternSahara imports flowing. Instead of #Saharawi consent, it opts for a “benefits monitoring mechanism”. Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...

🔴 The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/moro...

If the #IFS logo is supposed to safeguard against #foodfraud, then why does it appear on products from occupied #WesternSahara wrongly labelled as Moroccan? IFS won’t answer. 📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud #IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability

📣 The Alliance for Water Stewardship is whitewashing occupation. It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role. Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli... #AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights