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A Turkey owned vessel is now transporting phosphates from occupied Western Sahara.

Published 28 April 2008
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More than 300 people demonstrated in the Spanish city of Huelva, in protest of the company FMC Foret's import of phosphates from Western Sahara. Carrying banners such as "Western Sahara is not for sale", the protesters demanded an immediate stop of the imports.

Published 20 April 2008
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The Norwegian NGO Western Sahara Resources Watch (WSRW) has written to the chief executive of the Rand Merchant Bank to ask that RMB refuse to bankroll the Irish company Island Oil & Gas which recently acquired a block in Western Sahara from Morocco's Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM). Africa Energy Intelligence, N° 46102/04/2008

Published 05 April 2008
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Pressure group Western Sahara Resource Watch has picked another target in its campaign to stop companies participating in oil exploration on Moroccan licences in and off Western Sahara, writes Barry Morgan. Upstream Online, 4 April 2008
Published 05 April 2008
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A South African Bank called RMB is the main financial backer of the Irish oil company Island Oil & Gas. Island is exploring for oil in the occupied Western Sahara in violation of international law. Today, Western Sahara Resource Watch sent a letter to RMB asking them to stop the flow of money to the Irishmen. Read the letter here.
Published 27 March 2008
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"The next mouthful of food you take after you read this may have an awful aftertaste. That's not necessarily because there\'s anything wrong with your food, but because of how it gets to your plate." Opinion in The Australian Financial Review, by Polisario's Australia representative, Mr. Kamal Fadel, 25 March 2008
 

Published 25 March 2008
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Giant crane from Italy located in El Aaiun harbour.
Published 24 March 2008
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Press release: WSRW welcomes the next round of peace talks between Morocco and Polisario, and urges the parties to discuss the current plundering of the occupied Western Sahara.

Published 10 March 2008
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United Arab Emirates investing in tourism in occupied Western Sahara, according to Maghreb Confidential.

Published 29 February 2008
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Western Sahara’s government in exile accuses the shipping company J. Lauritzen of contributing to theft of natural resources from the occupied parts of the country.

Published 27 February 2008
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Jinhui Shipping said Wednesday that it will take into consideration the analysis of Norwegian authorities regarding avoiding trade with phosphates from Western Sahara.

Published 27 February 2008
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An international delegation of trade union representatives were this week detained in occupied Western Sahara when visiting former Saharawi phosphate workers.

Published 21 February 2008
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See videos of the Australian mascot protesting against the phosphate trade. The camel was stopped by the police.

Published 21 February 2008
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Colombia has received 2 shipments of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara so far this year.
Published 20 February 2008
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Swedish prosecuting authorities starts investigating own companies involved in fishing in occupied Western Sahara.

Published 20 February 2008
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Jinhui, the Oslo Stock Exchange-registered dry bulk shipping company, will tomorrow unload its last tons of controversial phosphate in New Zealand. The phosphate originates from occupied Western Sahara and has been shipped out of the country despite advice to the contrary from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Norwatch has got photos and video footage of the unloading.

Published 16 February 2008
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The vessel Louise Oldendorff arrived at the dock of PCS Nitrogen in New Orleans on January 25th 2008. This is the route it took south of Florida.
Published 10 February 2008
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Here is the vessel West Sky caught on camera while loading sand in the occupied Western Sahara.

Published 09 February 2008
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The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara has for the fist time discovered that a shipping company registered at the Oslo Stock Exchange is transporting phosphate from Western Sahara. Press release, 6th of February 2008.

Published 08 February 2008
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Another investor, Öhman Funds from Sweden, has now divested from the Australian phoshate company Wesfarmers due to its imports of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara.
Published 31 January 2008