Clear message from Saharawis: Kosmos, leave Western Sahara!
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Yesterday evening, dozens of Saharawis gathered in Zaragoza, Spain, to protest against Kosmos Energy - the American oil company that has announced it will commence to drill for oil in occupied Western Sahara later this year.

Published 20 April 2014

The protesters held banners saying "Kosmos, Saharawi people don't want you in our occupied homeland", "Kosmos, get out of Western Sahara", "Cairn fuera del Sahara ocupado", "Kosmos want blood for oil in Western Sahara", etc.

Kosmos Energy want to start drilling in October or November this year. A drill rig to that purpose is expected to arrive in occupied Western Sahara in September. The rig is currently still at anchor in South Korea, where it was built by US company Atwood Oceanics. Kosmos will lease the rig for three years at a rate of 595,000 USD a day. Kosmos' partners in the undertaking are Scotland's Cairn Energy and Morocco's ONHYM (National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mining).

The UN Security Council's legal Counsel produced a legal opinion on oil exploration and exploitation in Western Sahara in 2002. The conclusion was unequivocal: any such activity is in violation of international law if not in accordance to the wishes and the interests of the Saharawi people.

The Saharawi people are clear: "Kosmos, get out of Western Sahara".

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