Spanish Citizenship Push: Spain’s parliament has approved a law letting tens of thousands of Western Saharans—born during Spanish rule before 29 Sept 1977—and their children apply for Spanish citizenship, including people without legal residency; eligibility will be checked via documents like Spanish IDs, UN census entries, or birth certificates, and the bill now heads to the Senate with a three-year application window after publication. Water & Power Build-Out: Morocco is moving ahead with a third Laayoune seawater desalination unit (about 300 litres/sec) to lift capacity to roughly 900 litres/sec, while in occupied Western Sahara a Moroccan-linked engineering firm (CMS) is partnering with China XD Electric on high-voltage infrastructure in Boujdour to transmit wind-generated power into Morocco’s grid. Diplomacy & Pressure: Algeria severed ties with the UAE over “provocative or hostile” actions, adding to regional tensions tied to Western Sahara and broader alliance shifts. Rights vs “Green Transition”: In Geneva, Sahrawi and allied voices warned that renewable energy and other development in occupied Western Sahara can’t be a “just transition” without self-determination, while calls grew for independent human rights monitoring and unrestricted OHCHR access. Resource Exploitation Watch: Western Sahara Resource Watch urged the UN to keep natural-resource exploitation firmly in the political process as fisheries, phosphate exports, and renewable projects reshape the territory’s economy.