Western Sahara Country Overview Middle East Eye Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Sahrawi peoples Polisario Front Moroccan military and Government Warning Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 5: Organisation, Stage 8: Persecution Details Western Sahara independence groups have been engaged in conflict with Morocco over the sovereignty of Western Sahara’s territory since Spain ended colonial rule in 1975. Since then, war has driven 158,000 Sahrawi people into refugee camps in Algeria and the country has been divided by a 2700km wall built by the Moroccan army. Moroccans now outnumber Sahrawis in Western Sahara. Read Report Page last updated: 09/02/2026 Resources The Longest Wall in the World That Nobody Talks About Morocco wants tourists to visit Western Sahara. Some say it's tightening its control Trump administration bankrolls ammonia project in occupied Western Sahara

463f65c2-6c90-4a4c-aadf-1bf29edef4ef Western Sahara Middle East Eye Country Overview Targeted Groups Perpetrators Alert Status Genocide Stage(s) Sahrawi peoples Polisario Front Moroccan military and Government Warning Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 5: Organisation, Stage 8: Persecution Details Western Sahara independence groups have been engaged in conflict with Morocco over the sovereignty of Western Sahara’s territory since Spain ended colonial rule in 1975. Since then, war has driven 158,000 Sahrawi people into refugee camps in Algeria and the country has been divided by a 2700km wall built by the Moroccan army. Moroccans now outnumber Sahrawis in Western Sahara. Read Report Resources The Longest Wall in the World That Nobody Talks About Morocco wants tourists to visit Western Sahara. Some say it's tightening its control Trump administration bankrolls ammonia project in occupied Western Sahara Page last updated: 09/02/2026

Genocide Watch issues countries at risk reports for various countries around the world in danger of mass killing or genocide. GENOCIDE ALERTS Genocide Watch has three levels of Genocide Alerts . A Genocide Watch is declared when there are signs of the early stages of the genocidal process. See The Ten Stages of Genocide . A Genocide Warning is called when the genocidal process has reached the stages of preparation by perpetrators and persecution of a targeted group. A Genocide Emergency is declared when the genocidal process has reached the stage of genocidal massacres and other acts of genocide. CURRENT ALERTS Exploiting the Beautiful Game: Sportswashing at the World Cup Read Report Genocide Emergency: Gaza 2026 Read Report Special Report- Weaponizing the Womb: Conflict-Related Sexual and Reproductive Violence and Genocidal Intent in Tigray Read Report Genocide Emergency: Ecocide and Domicide in Southern Lebanon Read Report Hindutva & Zionism: Ideologies of Exclusion Read Report Genocide Emergency: Rojava and Northern Syria Read Report Genocide Emergency: Sudan 2025 Read Report Genocide Emergency: DRC 2025 Read Report Genocide Emergency: Myanmar 2025 Read Report Israel Defense Force killings of Palestinians seeking food in Gaza Read Report Genocide Watch: Armenian POWs in Azerbaijan Genocide Watch: Armenians in Israel Load More

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issueS Explore the pages below to learn about the many issues within genocide, politicide and mass murder. ANTI-ROMANYISM GENOCIDE DENIAL GENOCIDAL PROCESSES HISTORICAL CASES HOLOCAUST & ANTISEMITISM INDIGENOUS GENOCIDE INTERVENTION LGBTQI PERSECUTION RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION TRIBUNALS & INTERNATIONAL BODIES

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iraq alert status : Genocide Emergency Genocide stage: 9- Extermination 10- Denial Affected GROUPS: YAZIDIS CHRISTIANS KURDS SHIA Current situation: ongoing atrocities FAILURE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES LISTED ABOVE IRAQ YAZIDIS GENOCIDE ALERT DECEMBER 2020 Download Developments Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Iraq Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Syria Genocide Emergency: Rojava and Northern Syria ISIS Activity Intensifies Across Central Iraq Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep Al-Kildani's Militia Replaces Iraqi Christian Leaders Iran backed Kildani fires Christian mayors & Nineveh Council Yazidi Genocide: Ten Years On Iran Orders Iraq to Extradite Kurdish Leaders ISIS Threat on the Rise in Syria and Iraq

ISIS/ Daesh *For older content until April 2016, please refer to our archival websites Explosion in Kabul school injures at least 42 children By Mohammad Yunus Yawar August 18, 2026 Members of the Hazara community pray outside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan in October 2021 (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP - Getty Images) KABUL, Aug 18 (Reuters) - An explosion at an education centre in Kabul injured at least 42 children on Monday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said on Tuesday, calling for an "investigation to establish the circumstances of this incident." The blast occurred on Monday ev Australian Women in ISIS Camp Returning From Syria Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett says some individuals will be arrested and charged. Australian families believed to be linked to the ISIL group leave Roj camp near Derik, Syria, on April 24, 2026 [Orhan Qereman/Reuters] By Daniel Khalili-Tari, Reuters and The Associated Press Australian police say that some members of a group of Australian women and children due to arrive in the country from Syria imminently will be arrested over alleged links to the ISI Special Report: U.S. Kurdish Policy in Syria By Michał Jagielski Senior Middle East and Iran Analyst Genocide Watch Syrian Kurds protesting outside a U.S.-led international coalition base near the Turkish border in Syria. Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images A decade after the establishment of CJTF-OIR, it appears that the alliance between the U.S. and the SDF is at an end. Initially, the Kurdish-led forces were the most reliable ally for Washington’s multilayered Syrian policy aimed at countering ISIS and the gr 43 people killed in ADF attack in northeast DR Congo Attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces have intensified in recent months in parts of Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu province. Activists hold signs denouncing the war during a march in Goma, North Kivu, DRC on March 12, 2026 [File: Marie Jeanne Munyerenkana/EPA] At least 43 people have been killed in an attack by a rebel group linked to ISIL (ISIS) in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the army. Regional army spokesperson Lieutenant Jules Tshikudi N ISIL claims Kabul attack on Chinese restaurant Group links attack to China’s ‘crimes’ against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals. Workers clean up the scene, and Taliban police secure the area on January 20, 2026, after an explosion a day earlier at a Chinese restaurant, right, killed at least seven people, including a Chinese national, in Kabul, Afghanistan [Siddiqullah Alizai/AP] ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that DR Congo: Armed Group Massacres Dozens in Church Killings in Ituri Province Highlight Need for Improved Army, UN Response The burial of people killed by the Allied Democratic Forces... ISIS Activity Intensifies Across Central Iraq ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) — Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaliq Talaat, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) representative to the Joint Forces Command, warned on Monday that ISIS activity is on the rise across central and northern Iraq, citing fresh intelligence and ongoing operations. Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep The New York Times April 28, 2025 By Alissa J. Rubin Photographs by Daniel Berehulak... ‘Systematic Extermination’ by Burkina Faso’s Militias Burkina Faso's volunteer militias implicated in 'systematic extermination' A Burkina Faso soldier. Photo Credit: Sgt. Steven Lewis, U.S.... US Commission on International Religious Freedom Report 2025 USCIRF Releases 2025 Annual Report Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has released... Niger: three days of mourning after mosque attack kills 44 Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate. The... Russian mercenaries in Mali accused of attacking civilians Conflict monitors say Wagner fighters have intensified combat and widened their operation areas since 2023. An undated photograph... Syria Genocide Emergency March 2025 Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish militia that defeated ISIS in northeast Syria, 2017 Credit...Ivor Prickett for The New York Times... 70 Christians murdered by ISIS affiliate in Eastern DRC 70 Christians murdered in DRC Open Doors International 24 February 2025 Village in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit:... The Islamic State has regrouped in Somalia The Islamic State has regrouped in Puntland, Somalia — and has global ambitions The Washington Post February 11, 2025 By Katharine... Jihadists intensify attacks in West African Sahel Sahel sliding Into darkness: Al-Qaeda and Islamic State intensify attacks TruthNigeria January 23, 2025 By Mike Odeh James and Luka... 1 2 3 4 5

Warning signs of genocide denial by Dr. Gregory Stanton Resources on genocide Journals and reports Genocide Studies and Prevention, An International Journal, International Association of Genocide Scholars, Volumes 1 - 17 (2006 - 2023) Fortify Rights, They Gave Them Long Swords: Preparations for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 19 July 2018 (162pp) Common Good Foundation, Statelessness in Assam: Precursor to Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity? 15 July 2018 (13pp) International State Crime Initiative, Genocide Achieved, Genocide Continues: Myanmar's Annihilation of the Rohingya, 18 April 2018 (102pp) Patrick S. O’Donnell (2020) Genocide: A Select Bibliography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2Yd6TJv98 The Jihad in the Sahel - Map for Genocide Watch By Bela Müller 1:02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRDNYI6dz4 Fulani Militants Boko Haram Killings 2009 - 2020 Genocide Watch 0:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2MX_tvIfKA Signs of impending genocide in India: Dr. Gregory Stanton, Founder of Genocide Watch for the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZzna96Yyo Webinar: How to Identify Genocide: The Ukraine Case presented by the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention 1:35:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi6k9XKbQec The Call | Greg Stanton | TEDxFoggyBottom TEDx Talks 20:13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoOJZ2nU1Q President of Genocide Watch Dr. Gregory Stanton talks about corruption and genocide in Ethiopia EthioTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpoOJZ2nU1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CEpaW_zocQ Traditional Ways of Settling Disputes in Rwanda: Gacaca Courts & Abunnzi Mediators by Denis Bikesha ICERMediation 35:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bybvbxQZHM Gacaca - Rwanda’s story of Restorative Justice Carl Wilkens 8:44 YouTube Videos on Genocide Watch's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@genocidewatchofficial7260