Djanet (Algeria), April 16, 2016 (SPS) - A regional conference on “developments of the Sahrawi cause” will be held Sunday in Djanet (Ilizi), Algeria, by the National Algerian Committee of solidarity with Western Sahara” to “assess the latest developments of this issue and security challenges resulting from these developments,” according to organizers.
Shaheed El Hafed, April 16, 2016 (SPS) – The Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad sent Saturday a message of condolences to the family of Shaheed Ibrahim Sikka who died Friday in the Moroccan city of Agadir as a result of torture by the Moroccan security forces.
The Ministry presented the condolences to the family on behalf of the Sahrawi government and people, considering their son as a hero who was a symbol for courage and defiance against Moroccan occupation.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), April 16, 2016 (SPS)- President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, urged the United Nations to take “concrete measures” regarding the “dangerous developments” in Western Sahara to enable the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination on the basis of a “fair and democratic” solution.
Agadir (Morocco), April 15, 2016 (SPS) – the Sahrawi prisoners Brahim Sikka died on Friday in Agadir, after his health deteriorated due to torture inflicted upon him by Moroccan jails’adminstration , reported source from the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abraod .
Lusaka (Zambia), April 15, 2016 (SPS) – the Secretary General of the Sahrawi Women Union, Ms. Fatima Mahdi, participated today in the works of an extraordinary session of the Standing Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Council "ECOSOC" in the capital of Zambia to Lusaka.
Madrid (Spain) April 15, 2016 (SPS) - the parliamentary group "Peace for the Saharawi people" in the Spanish Parliamant requested on Thursday the Spanish government to assumes its responsibility for "the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara by working to organize" free and democratic referendum on self-determination which expresses the will of the Saharawi people. "
Geneva (Switzerland), April 15, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the National Secretariat, Mr.Mohamed Salem Ould Salek called Thursday the United Nations Security Council to set a specific date for the referendum in Western Sahara and to ensure that MINURSO exercise its full competences and all its political, civil, administrative and military components.
Geneva (Switzerland), April 14, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, SADR, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek said today, during a press conference on Extension of the Mandate of the MINURSO by The Security Council, that the two main missions of (MINURSO): monitor the ceasefire between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front and organize the referendum for Sahrawi people in accordance with the UN Charter and the General Assembly resolutions.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories) April 14, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Thursday sent letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban ki-moon concerning the serious developments that are still facing the UN efforts in Western Sahara question.
Paris, April 14, 2016 (SPS) -The mayor of Ivry-sur-Seine Philippe Bouyssou has questioned for the second time the French Foreign Affairs Ministry Jean-Marc Ayrault on the situation of Sahrawi political prisoners, calling him to make pressure on Moroccan authorities.
Washington (U.S.A), April 14, 2016 (SPS) - The use of torture and resort to arbitrary arrests by Moroccan authorities remain widespread in the occupied Sahrawi territories, denounced Wednesday the U.S. Department of State in its annual Report of Human Rights Practices in the World.
The document, devoted to Western Sahara, and which traces the violations of rights in the occupied territories in 2015, reports the proliferation of “inhuman and degrading treatment” on Sahrawi prisoners.
Moscow (Russia) April 14, 2016 (SPS) - Sahara Press Service (SPS) signed on Wednesday a twinning protocol with its Russian counterpart "Regnum" at the headquarters of the Russian news agency.
Geneva (Switzerland), April 14, 2016 (SPS) - Geneva, Switzerland, hosts today press conference on Western Sahara", said sources from Polisario Front representative in Switzerland.
According to the same sources, "the press conference will be held at the Club Swiss Press, in cooperation with the Federation of Associations for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights, entitled" Extension of the Mandate of MINURSO by the Security Council "with the moderate of Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek and human rights expert, Mr. Gianfranco Fattorini.
Moscow, April 14, 2016 (SPS) -The Saharawi Coordinator with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Mr. Mohamed Khaddad, was received yesterday in Moscow by Mr. Mijail Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the President for Middle East and African countries, accompanied by several officials of his ministry.
Algiers, April 14, 2016 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to Algiers Bechraya Hammoudi Beyoune called Wednesday to exert more pressure on the Moroccan occupier to lead it to comply with the international law and respect the human rights violated in the occupied Sahrawi territories openly and publicly.
Havana (Cuba), April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The second forum of African students studying in Cuba has seen a strong presence of solidarity with the Saharawi cause in the international camp d’Anonao Julio Mella, under the slogan "Africa we want."
Several political and cultural activities of this event focused on solutions to obstacles facing the development and the establishment of lasting peace for all peoples of African solutions.
ChahId El Hafed, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The International Red Cross -Office Tindouf organized Wednesday an open information day in the Health complex Bachir Saleh, attended by the Minister of Health, Mr. Mohamed Lamin Dadi and members of the CRI as well as health officials and workers.
The information day has focused on explaining the work carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and rehabilitation services, orthopedics, physiotherapy for mine victims of war.
Moscow, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union’s advisory opinion, calling to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and condemning the illegal exploitation by Morocco of Sahrawi natural resources, was examined in Moscow by the Sahrawi coordinator with MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), M’hamed Khadad, and the Russian official Vasily Kuznetsov.
Copenhagen (Denmark), 13 April 2016 (SPS)– Copenhagen post newspaper wrote in article published Tuesday that at least seven banks and 20 pension companies from Denmark are investing in companies which, against international law, are taking part in the extraction of natural resources from Western Sahara.
Algiers, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Bouchraya Hamoudi Bayoune, said Tuesday that the Saharawi people hope that the statements of Secretary General Ban Ki Moon during his last visit to the Saharawi territories will lead to "practical and effective decisions "that allow Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.