"New report: Western Sahara phosphate trade halved", 24th February 2020 

Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has today published its 2020 edition of the annual P for Plunder report, an overview report documenting Morocco’s trade of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara in the previous calendar year.

The report demonstrates that 19 vessels exported a total volume of 1.03 million tonnes of phosphate, worth an estimated US $90.4 million, out of the occupied territory in 2019.

WSRW calls on all companies involved in the trade to immediately halt all purchases of Western Sahara phosphates until a solution to the conflict has been found and the Saharawi people have been assured the exercise of their fundamental right to self-determination. Investors are requested to engage or divest unless companies commit clearly to withdrawing from the trade.