Sahrawi Ambassador Urges Arab Nations to Break Silence on Morocco’s Colonial Agenda in Western Sahara

Sahrawi Ambassador Urges Arab Nations to Break Silence on Morocco’s Colonial Agenda in Western Sahara

✍️ BY: Dr. Hana Saada

Algiers, Algeria | In an unequivocal statement, Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria, Khatri Addouh, has called upon Arab nations to abandon their passive stance and take a principled stand against Morocco’s aggressive expansionist policy in Western Sahara. Speaking at a forum organized by Ech-Chaâb newspaper on the sidelines of the 13th Summer University of the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), the ambassador did not mince words, accusing Rabat of orchestrating a neo-colonial enterprise in defiance of international law and historical legitimacy.

Addouh lambasted the glaring absence of the Arab League in efforts aimed at resolving the decades-long conflict, attributing this silence to certain Arab regimes’ complicity or cowardice—either endorsing Morocco’s illegal occupation or choosing shameful neutrality. “We call on these states, and on the Moroccan people themselves, to confront this imperial policy that endangers regional peace and prolongs the suffering of a colonized people,” declared Addouh.

Western Sahara: A Decolonization Case, Not a Territorial Dispute

The ambassador reaffirmed that Western Sahara remains one of the last colonies in Africa, recognized by the United Nations as a “non-self-governing territory” subject to decolonization. It is, he stressed, not a bilateral issue between Morocco and Algeria as Rabat falsely claims, but a question of self-determination for a people that has been denied its most basic rights for nearly half a century.

“The Polisario’s hand is extended toward any initiative that leads to a fair solution,” Addouh said. “But make no mistake—this is not the same hand Morocco offers with one side, while tightening the grip of military occupation with the other.”

The SADR is a founding member of the African Union, enjoys support from the UN, the European Court of Justice, and numerous international legal bodies. Yet, Morocco continues to act with defiance, entitlement, and colonial arrogance, banking on foreign complicity and regional silence to suppress Sahrawi aspirations.

The Illusion of Autonomy and the Reality of Colonialism

Addouh debunked Morocco’s so-called “autonomy plan” as a smokescreen devised not by Rabat, but by foreign powers driven by geopolitical greed and economic interest, particularly in Western Sahara’s untapped natural resources. “This is not a Moroccan solution—it is a colonial compromise tailored to whitewash occupation and pillage,” he said.

He referenced the illegality of the 1975 Madrid Accords, which partitioned the territory between Morocco and Mauritania without the consent of the Sahrawi people—an act universally deemed null and void under international law. The original colonial crime has only been replaced by another, under a different flag but with the same intent: to erase a people, plunder their land, and silence their will.

Resistance, Resilience, and the Battle for Justice

Despite brutal repression, forced demographic manipulation, and a systematic campaign to erase Sahrawi identity, Addouh highlighted the people’s unwavering resilience. “Fifty years after the so-called ‘Green March,’ we are still here—our identity intact, our history protected, our names preserved by the UN,” he affirmed, referring to the referendum list prepared in the 1990s that remains the legal basis for any credible vote on self-determination.

El-Hassan Milid Ali Hassan, representing the Sahrawi National Human Rights Commission in Europe, vowed that the Polisario Front would intensify its legal offensive against companies and governments complicit in the theft of Western Sahara’s resources. “Those who profit from the occupation are accomplices to war crimes. They will face justice,” he warned. “Occupation is not only immoral—it is criminal, and its crimes are imprescriptible.”

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