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Irish MEP, Kathy Sinnott, demands that Island Oil and Gas immediately stops their activities in occupied Western Sahara. "The presence of your company undermines the illegitimacy of the Moroccan occupation", she writes in a letter to the company\'s CEO, Paul Griffiths.

Published 18 May 2008

The European Liberal Youth demands the termination of the controversial EU fisheries agreement with Morocco that lets European vessels fish in occupied Western Sahara. Read statement from the Liberal Youth's annual Lymec congress, Barcelona 1-4th May 2008.

Published 17 May 2008
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Kamal Fadel, Front Polisario's representative to Australia and New Zealand, has been interviewed on Adelaide Radio regarding the Moroccan fishing and phosphate industry in Western Sahara.

Published 12 May 2008
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And they say that if they stop purchasing the minerals from the occupied country, someone else will buy it instead.
Read also: Demands halt to Tasmanian phosphate imports
Published 12 May 2008
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How ironic that Sealord – half owned by Maori business interests - was being denounced on RNZ this morning by foreign human rights agencies for co-exploiting the fisheries resources of the indigenous people of Western Sahara.
Published 12 May 2008
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Following the revelations in New Zealand press that the fishing company Sealord is involved in marketing fish from occupied Western Sahara, the Maori Party now reacts. Sealord is half Maori owned. \"We encourage Maori shareholders to raise the issue with Sealord\'s directors and encourage them to review their investment decision accordingly\", Maori Party says.

Published 09 May 2008

A New Zealand company is involved in dealing fish from occupied Western Sahara. Hear story broadcasted on Radio New Zealand, May 8th 2008. 
 

Published 09 May 2008
New Zealand\'s biggest fishing company is being criticised by a European human rights group for operating in disputed waters off Africa. Radio New Zealand, 8th May 2008.
Published 07 May 2008
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New Zealand, a country which already is a main ally to Morocco in buying the phosphates from the occupied Western Sahara, now also proves to be involved in the distribution of the territory’s fish resources. 
 

Published 07 May 2008
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The Norwegian insurance company, Skuld, keeps insuring ships carrying controversial cargo. After the case of the ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe, it has now been discovered that Skuld has ensured a ship carrying phosphate from occupied Western Sahara.

Published 07 May 2008
The Australian Western Sahara Association reacts to a new shipment of phosphate that this week-end arrived Tasmania. May 6th, they sent a letter to the company demanding the imports to stop.
Published 07 May 2008
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"Kosmos believes it has made the right bet as to which party will prevail", a presentation about the company stated.

Published 06 May 2008
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This is trawler Admiral Starikov out fishing offshore occupied Western Sahara during the whole month of April.
Published 02 May 2008
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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