Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 20 August 2025 (SPS) - The Secretary-General of the General Union of Sahrawi Workers (UGTSARIO), Nafei Ahmed Mohamed, affirmed that achieving the desired social justice in Africa requires the final liberation of the continent from all forms of colonialism and an end to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
During the proceedings of the 46th session of the General Council of the African Trade Union Unity held in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Nafei Ahmed Mohamed reviewed "the complex situation left by the Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara and the resulting suffering of refuge, blockade, and displacement, which doubles the tragedy of the Sahrawi people under the continued Moroccan occupation."
The Secretary-General also addressed "the campaigns of impoverishment, starvation, and systematic exclusion pursued by the Moroccan occupation against the Sahrawi people, in addition to the ongoing human rights violations and the suffering of Sahrawi political prisoners inside Moroccan prisons."
While discussing the developments of the Sahrawi issue, the speaker pointed to "the crimes of the Moroccan occupation and its aggressive war against the Sahrawi people since its breach of the ceasefire in November 2020, and the resulting crimes against unarmed Sahrawi civilians using prohibited weapons."
He affirmed that the Sahrawi people are awaiting "an African and international settlement that ends their prolonged suffering, while the occupation, with the support of countries and international companies, continues to systematically and flagrantly plunder Sahrawi natural resources, in clear contradiction and violation of the decisions of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the European Court of Justice."
The 46th session of the African Trade Union Unity witnessed the participation of dozens of unions from various countries across the continent, in addition to multilateral labor and trade union bodies.
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