Western Sahara Resource Watch

WSRW letter to Ravensdown, 6 February 2015

Published 05 March 2015

WSRW letter to PotashCorp, 13 February 2015

Published 05 March 2015

OCP refuses to respond to Saharawi refugee

“OCP Maroc” tried to block a Saharawi student’s youtube videos questioning the legality of Morocco’s exploitation of occupied Western Sahara’s phosphate mine. And to date, the firm has refused to answer her many emails asking them why they tried to do that.

Published 04 March 2015

Paradeep Phosphates with a suspicious purchase in 2011/2012

Published 04 March 2015

WSRW Letter to Agrium Inc., 5 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

WSRW letter to Ballance Agri-Nutrients, 7 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

WSRW letter to Incitec Pivot, 6 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

Incitec Pivot reply to WSRW, 13 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

WSRW letter to Innophos, 5 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

WSRW letter to EuroChem, 5 February 2015

Published 04 March 2015

EuroChem reply to WSRW, 28 March 2014

Published 04 March 2015

Guidelines for comments on WSRW's Facebook page

Published 02 March 2015

Kosmos continues despite non-commercial find in Western Sahara

Kosmos Energy today announced that it had “encountered hydrocarbons” offshore occupied Western Sahara, though not in commercial quantities. Nevertheless, the find appears to be sufficient to proceed with a second drilling later on. WSRW condemns the drilling.

Published 02 March 2015

Kosmos Energy ignores pleas from the owners of Western Sahara oil

No oil exploration can take place in Western Sahara unless people consent to it. Today Kosmos announced will to continue searching in Western Sahara despite condemnations from the people of the territory See Saharawis mobilise.

Published 02 March 2015

Kosmos Energy launches propaganda website

Misleads by misrepresenting international law. Check out the company's Western Sahara manipulation here.

Published 26 February 2015

Corell: EU must revise fisheries agreement, oil drilling irresponsible

Former UN Legal Counsel Hans Corell urges in an article yesterday the EU to revise its Fisheries Partnership Agreement due to the Moroccan King's recent statement on Western Sahara. He also states that the oil exploration is in violation of the legal opinion he wrote for the UN Security Council.

Published 24 February 2015

Kosmos expects occupied Western Sahara drill results in early March

Kosmos Energy today announced that it is expecting the first results from its controversial drilling in occupied Western Sahara sooner than anticipated: in early March.

Published 23 February 2015

Western Sahara Resource Watch turned 10 today

Formally established at a meeting in Brussels on 5 February 2005, WSRW turned 10 years today.

Published 05 February 2015

Norway ethical council recommends exclusion of Innophos

The Council on Ethics of the Norwegian government pension fund recommended blacklisting of the US/Mexican fertilizer producer Innophos due to phosphate imports from Western Sahara. "Particular serious violation of fundamental ethical norms", the council concluded.

Published 04 February 2015

WSRW confronts Glencore again on Western Saharan oil involvement

In a letter sent to the company today, WSRW has repeated its concerns about Swiss company Glencore Plc's stake in the unethical oil exploration in occupied Western Sahara. Read the full letter, and our correspondence with Glencore, here.

Published 03 February 2015