Western Sahara Resource Watch

We research and campaign the companies and governments that work for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara.

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

Hello there👋
We are Western Sahara Resource Watch. We research and campaign companies & governments that work for Moroccan interests in #WesternSahara.
We believe the occupation will not stop as long as Morocco is allowed to profit from it.
Thank you for supporting our work. 🇪🇭

[FiSahara @FiSahara]

#ChristopherNolan filmed #TheOdyssey -today in cinemas- in Dakhla, a city in #WesternSahara illegally occupied by #Morocco. Why shouldn't you watch it? A Sahrawi filmmaker explains in @democracynow.
https://t.co/JWMvq2wFat
#BoycottTheOdyssey

[Ignacio Cembrero @icembrero]

Sumar, the left-wing party allied with ##Spain's Socialists in the governing coalition, is demanding that Spain's Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, revoke the medal awarded to Abdellatif Hammouchi, head of Morocco's DGST. Hammouchi is widely regarded as the architect of #Morocco's use of the #Pegasus spyware for surveillance.
@elconfidencial @interiorgob @guardiacivil @EMADmde @Defensagob @policia @sumar
@PODEMOS @teshsidi @IzquierdaUnida
@MasMadrid__ @Congreso_Es @ppopular @PSOE https://t.co/jIVDBsh9XW

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 Morocco has opened another 1,090 hectares of occupied #WesternSahara to agriculture through @ENGIEgroup's desalination project. The expansion comes as the EU seeks a new framework for trade with Morocco covering products from the occupied territory.
https://t.co/fVei4XzggP

[Jacobin @jacobin]

In exchange for Morocco normalizing ties with Israel, Donald Trump recognized its claim on Western Sahara.

Now Hollywood has moved into Western Sahara, too, rubber-stamping Morocco’s colonial rule over the territory. https://t.co/wSCE8if3qH

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 The law is settled, but the practice is not.
While the adapted aviation deal continues to exclude #WesternSahara, several European airlines still operate there with the @EU_Commission taking no action.

Full story 👉 https://t.co/zqoaHRA6e5

[Stephen Zunes @SZunes]

This report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (in comments) examines the controversy of filming part of #TheOdyssey in Moroccan-occupied #WesternSahara
https://t.co/UA4EbpZ4JD

[Geoff D. Porter @geoffdporter]

This is pretty genius.

#Morocco's Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication created a musical group (Dakhla Casa Xpress) out of nothing (no albums, no videos, no Insta) and is composed of a guy from Kelaa des Sraghna (north of Marrakech) and another guy from Casablanca to promote the idea that Dakhla is part of Morocco.

It has nothing to do with Dakhla except the name.

مريڭلين...

[Ignacio Cembrero @icembrero]

Le Maroc réussit à ce que les universités publiques des #Canaries prennent pied au #SaharaOccidental. Le recteur de l'Université de La Laguna, Francisco García, s'est rendu à Laâyoune et à Dakhla à la tête d'une délégation académique afin d'«identifier des domaines de coopération». Le #Maroc parraine déjà deux chaires universitaires à #Cordoue et à #Tarragone, mais jusqu'à présent, les universités espagnoles ne se rendaient pas au Sahara, où les établissements d'enseignement supérieur sont peu nombreux. Il s'agit en outre d'un territoire non autonome en attente de décolonisation, selon les Nations unies. @ULL @frangarciar @PresiCan @Univcordoba @universitatURV @EducacionGobC
https://t.co/BAv7EZ3Mb3

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

When evaluating @realDonaldTrump's claims about his so-called peace legacy, don't overlook #WesternSahara.
@thedailybeast reports on #Africa's last colony, and the people left behind by "the art of the deal".
https://t.co/JVB6meWC4E

[Ignacio Cembrero @icembrero]

#Spain controls most of the airspace over the #WesternSahara. When #Morocco’s drones kill civilians or three #Polisario soldiers in the Sahara, as happened on Sunday, they do so in airspace controlled from Gran Canaria Airport. Doesn’t the Spanish government have anything to say about it?
@MAECgob @jmalbares @sanchezcastejon @desdelamoncloa
https://t.co/ef1WWootq3

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴A trial is underway in #Denmark over the firebombing of Global Aktion, WSRW's long-time partner.
Graffiti left at the scene pointed to the organisation's support for self-determination in #WesternSahara. Verdict expected at the end of June.
https://t.co/P5ASarNT2p

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 More than a decade of scrutiny is having an impact.

The market for phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara has never been smaller.

Read the latest P for Plunder report and see how the trade has changed over time.

👉 https://t.co/dLPTupyME2

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

At its AGM, @hd_materials confirmed supplying #Morocco’s massive port projects in occupied #WesternSahara and increasing cement production in the territory in 2025.

The company continues to dismiss the #Saharawi people’s right to consent.

https://t.co/UTMbpPJBXc

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 Morocco’s trade in occupied #WesternSahara’s phosphate rock is shrinking in buyers but growing in value.

Our latest report shows #Morocco made around $376.5 million in 2025 from selling #Saharawi phosphate rock to just 3 international buyers.

https://t.co/dLPTupyME2

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 This contrast is staggering.
Morocco’s estimated phosphate revenues from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025: $376.5 million.
UN humanitarian appeal for Saharawi refugees in 2025: $103.9 million.
Read about #Morocco's trade in #Saharawi white gold here: https://t.co/dLPTupyME2

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

📢 Out now!
Check the latest edition of P for Plunder, documenting the volumes, values and customers of #Morocco’s illegal trade in #phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025.

👉 https://t.co/dLPTupyME2
#conflictminerals #BizHumanRights #ESG

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🔴 Occupied #WesternSahara: the illegal phosphate trade continues.
So does our investigation.
📢 P for Plunder 2026 - coming soon!

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

A #humanrights review of #NewZealand’s phosphate imports from occupied #WesternSahara sidelines core rights, overlooks legal context, and relies on “consultation” under occupation.
That is not due diligence - it’s deflection.
https://t.co/RbuoDnEc2Y
#BusinessAndHumanRights

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

🚨 No documents. No data. Opaque labelling. Serious legal concerns.
Members of @Europarl_EN pushed back strongly on the @EU_Commission's handling of EU-Morocco trade covering #WesternSahara, in yesterday’s @EP_Agriculture hearing.
https://t.co/lxzE8rQS4C

[Western Sahara Resource Watch @wsrw]

Behind closed doors today: @EU_Commission briefing @Europarl_EN on fisheries negotiations with Morocco, incl #WesternSahara.
Meanwhile, still no formal transmission of the final trade proposal to Parliament.
How can there be scrutiny without transparency, given the legal stakes?