Morocco’s push for green hydrogen has taken a decisive step forward - on territory it does not legally own.
A joint statement that came out of last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks readers to believe in a fiction: that an undefined autonomy plan imposed by an occupying power can satisfy the right to self-determination, and that respect for international law can coexist with the systematic ignoring of the EU’s own highest court.
As the European Union rightly rallies behind Greenlanders’ right to decide their own future in the face of external pressure, a test of the EU’s real commitment to self-determination is quietly unfolding in Brussels.
Keeping track of the many legal proceedings relating to Western Sahara is not easy. This page offers an overview of the cases concerning the territory that have been before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
International certification standards embellish Morocco’s controversial trade with fisheries and agricultural products in occupied Western Sahara, new report documents.
SGS blames everyone else for mistakes on MarinTrust certificates it had issued to Moroccan companies in occupied Western Sahara.
Out now: WSRW today publishes a new report outlining the massive - and deeply problematic - renewable energy projects that Morocco is developing in occupied Western Sahara.
The world’s largest certification scheme for “safe and sustainable animal feed” does not check whether its certified fish feed companies source from illegal fisheries in occupied Western Sahara, where catches violate the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.
Certification scheme ends involvement with Azura Group and declares that no future certifications will be granted to companies in the occupied territory.
Don’t be fooled by the clean-energy rhetoric on this new 1,000 km power line – this is about infrastructural annexation of occupied land.
The following overview enlists stock-exchange registered companies with current or recent operations in occupied Western Sahara. Updated 29 November 2025.
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.
EU lawmakers today had a golden opportunity to stand up for European consumers. Backed by a solid majority, the Parliament came close to overturning the Commission.
Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan.
The French-owned Azura Group, a producer of agricultural and aquaculture products in occupied Western Sahara, has taken a remarkably political stance - openly praising Morocco’s “national cause” and “territorial integrity.”
Swedish company S2H2+Bm Concept AB has so far refused to clarify whether its planned green hydrogen plant will be located in Morocco proper or in occupied Western Sahara.
Despite repeated requests, the organisation does not clarify why its food safety certificate ignores legal boundaries.
A publicly organised mission will take Canary companies into occupied Western Sahara later this month.
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.
The certification scheme that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied Western Sahara.
French agri-supplier Sofruce deleted false territorial claims and certificate references after scrutiny.
Behind the headlines and diplomatic spin suggesting that the Security Council is now siding with Morocco lies a more complex reality - one that hinges on the very right that Rabat has spent decades trying to bury: self-determination.
A packet of cherry tomatoes sold this week in a French supermarket illustrates the confusion triggered by the European Commission’s rushed attempt to adapt EU consumer and trade rules to Morocco’s claims over occupied Western Sahara.
The Dutch-Norwegian fish feed producer in Turkey refers to mysterious MarinTrust certificates when importing from occupied Western Sahara.
The certification system greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied Western Sahara - under false country of origin.
The certification company LSQA has ceased all activity in Western Sahara, where it had previously certified Moroccan producers operating in the occupied territory.
A decade after it was first announced, the fate of one of Enel’s wind farms in occupied Western Sahara remains uncertain.
The legal advisory firm Global Diligence, which presents itself as expert on ‘heightened due diligence’, misrepresents international law in occupied Western Sahara.
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.
As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels.
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.
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.
Water pouring out of Moroccan faucets is soon powered by energy stolen from occupied Western Sahara.
The certification scheme MSC guarantees that no fisheries in Western Sahara are certified. But Spanish food distributors give another impression.
Dutch-Norwegian fish feed giant admits using conflict fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. Yesterday, it removed a fake sustainability claim from its website.
Tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara, certified by GLOBALG.A.P., are being sold in German grocery stores with a false country of origin.
A Saharawi refugee farmer expresses shock about the German certification scheme qualifying Moroccan agriculture in his illegally occupied homeland as sustainable.
The French town of Dreux considers ignoring a ruling in the French courts and to engage with a controversial energy operation in occupied Western Sahara.
A German certification scheme for responsible farming refers to Moroccan settler agriculture on occupied land as “responsible”.
The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement.
Nearly a year after the EU Court struck down the EU-Morocco trade agreement for including occupied Western Sahara, Brussels appears ready to test the limits of international law once again.
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.
IFS Food - a label meant to guarantee protection against food fraud - facilitates a practice of food fraud.
“The award for the most ironic company slogan goes to TÜV Rheinland”, stated WSRW.
An organisation that promotes responsible use of freshwater lends a hand to the controversial French-Moroccan agri-business Azura in occupied Western Sahara.
The home-sharing company has removed references to “Morocco” from locations in occupied Western Sahara.
Secret talks in Brussels suggest EU and Moroccan trade representatives may be preparing to bypass international law on Western Sahara.
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”.
The French renewable company no longer includes its wind farm in occupied Western Sahara in its public financial reporting.