Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2025 (SPS) – The latest issue of the independent German magazine Dummy featured an in-depth report on the course of the Sahrawi national struggle against the Moroccan occupation. The report drew on testimonies from Sahrawi activists in the occupied territories and refugee camps, as well as opinions from German experts concerned with the issue.
The report addressed the suffering of the Sahrawis under occupation, shedding light on the systematic repression faced by activists in the occupied cities, including arrests, torture, and threats. It also included the testimony of human rights activist Nazha El-Khalidi, who described the United Nations’ failure to protect Sahrawi civilians and human rights activists as that of a "blind observer."
The magazine also highlighted Morocco’s settlement policy, which is reinforced daily by granting economic and housing privileges to settlers in order to change the demographic structure of Western Sahara, alongside the illegal exploitation of natural resources, including phosphates, fisheries, and renewable energy projects. It noted that the European Court of Justice has repeatedly invalidated trade and fisheries agreements that include the territory, considering this a judicial victory for the Polisario Front.
In this context, the magazine warned of the involvement of European and German companies in exploiting the resources of Western Sahara alongside the Moroccan occupation authorities, despite international law prohibiting this without the consent of the Sahrawi people and their sole legitimate representative, the Polisario Front.
The report also addressed recent developments, emphasizing that the Polisario Front’s decision to resume armed struggle in November 2020, after Morocco violated the ceasefire in Guerguerat, has restored confidence among new generations in the viability of armed resistance as a legitimate option alongside the political process.
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