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The following overview enlists stock-exchange registered companies with current or recent operations in occupied Western Sahara. Updated 29 November 2025.

Published 29 November 2025
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187 Parliamentarians voted to ignore the ruling of the CJEU, the interests of EU farmers, the rights of the EU consumers and the aspirations of the Saharawi people. Here they are. 

Published 27 November 2025
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A publicly organised mission will take Canary companies into occupied Western Sahara later this month.

Published 21 November 2025
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Representatives from all political groups in the European Parliament today grilled the European Commission over bending EU rules to appease Morocco with regard to labelling of products from occupied Western Sahara. 

Published 20 November 2025
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The legal advisory firm Global Diligence, which presents itself as expert on ‘heightened due diligence’, misrepresents international law in occupied Western Sahara.

Published 16 October 2025
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In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.

Published 10 October 2025
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A wave of reactions is rippling across Europe following the news that the EU is moving ahead with a new trade agreement in occupied Western Sahara. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow.

Published 30 September 2025
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WSRW can today reveal a leaked EU document showing plans to continue trading with products from occupied Western Sahara, in direct violation of earlier rulings by the EU Court of Justice. A vote will take place this Wednesday. 

Published 29 September 2025
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Water pouring out of Moroccan faucets is soon powered by energy stolen from occupied Western Sahara.

Published 18 September 2025
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The certification scheme MSC guarantees that no fisheries in Western Sahara are certified. But Spanish food distributors give another impression. 

Published 16 September 2025
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A German certification scheme for responsible farming refers to Moroccan settler agriculture on occupied land as “responsible”. 

Published 29 August 2025
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The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement. 

Published 27 August 2025
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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 Western Sahara.

Published 11 August 2025
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Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer Carrefour of deceptively marketing Azura-brand tomatoes from Western Sahara as “Moroccan”. 

Published 28 July 2025
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Windmill components for yet another controversial windfarm are now arriving in the occupied territory.

Published 11 June 2025
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The German multinational - which supplies the Moroccan energy projects in the occupied territory - fails to grasp EU court rulings. 

Published 07 April 2025
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WSRW was present as the Brazilian company Votorantim last week received a cargo of sand from occupied Western Sahara in Tenerife, Spain. 

Published 27 March 2025
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The EU Court of Justice has dismissed the European Commission's request to rectify specific paragraphs in its 2024 rulings, as it questions whether the majority of the people of Western Sahara live outside of the territory.

Published 05 February 2025
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Three months have passed since the EU Court of Justice banned EU-Morocco trade deals in occupied Western Sahara. The EU Commission is still in the dark on how to take it from here. 

Published 28 January 2025
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The Irish airline has announced a new route to Dakhla in “Morocco”, praising the occupying power for its ”support and vision in securing this major investment".

Published 19 November 2024