Brussels, May 12, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Conference for Support and Solidarity with Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) Pierre Galand stressed Wednesday in Brussels that the recent months have been "essential" for the Sahrawi cause, regretting that the UN Security Council has not already set a schedule for the self-determination referendum.
Kampala, May 11, 2016 (SPS) -. In representation of the President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek arrived Wednesday to kampala to attend the ceremony of inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Mr. yuweri Museveni,
Several heads of state and government, foreign ministers and other senior officials will attend Thursday May 12th at this event.
To be noted, SADR and Uganda maintain strong bilateral relations at ambassadorial level.SPS
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Geneva, May 11, 2016 (SPS) – the Saharawi coordinator with the MINURSO, Mr. M'Hamed Khadad accompanied by Polisario Font representative in Switzerland, Ms. Maima Mahmud Abdsalem was received by the President of the International Red Cross, Mr. Ptirmoreir, and Geneva.
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Sahrawi diplomat discussed historic relations between the Polisario Front and the International Red Cross over the past years.
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New York, May 11, 2016 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has received a letter of thanks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
´I wish to thank you for the warm hospitality extended to me during my visit on 5 March 2016. This visit allowed me to witness in person the dire humanitarian situation in the refugee camps. It was an experience which moved me profoundly.¨ UNSG said in his letter
Chahed El Hafed, May 10, 2016 (SPS) - The member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front , Prime Minister, Mr. Abdlkader Taleb Omar said Tuesday that after 43 years, the Polisario Front demonstrate that it is the unique and legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people.
Algiers, May 10, 2016 (SPS)- A cooperation agreement between the Commune of Algiers and Al Ayun (Sahrawi Refugee Camps) has been signed Tuesday in Algiers as part of the twinning agreement between the two towns signed in 2004.
Brussels, May 10, 2016 (SPS) - A weeklong tribute to the Sahrawi political prisoners and their determination to struggle for right and justice is organized since Monday at the Université Libre de Bruxelles by the Belgian committee of support to the Sahrawi people.
Placed under the theme “Western Sahara, spark of the Arab spring,” this week was inaugurated by a photo exhibition entitled “Gdeim Izik, the camp of dignity-tribute series,” a photo report produced by amateur photographer Anthony Jean.
Glaimim (Morocco), May 9, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan forces have brutally crushed a peaceful Sahrawi protest claiming an independent investigation into the circumstances of the death of Sahrawi activist Brahim Sikka.
Orebro (Sweden), May 08, 2016 (SPS) - The Swedish Left Party has asked the government of his country to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), as the best contribution to a peaceful solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.
Copenhagen (Denmark) 8 May 2016 (SPS) – The Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kristian Jensen responded Thursday to various questions raised to him recently by the member of Danish Parliament, Mr.
Algiers, May 8, 2016 (SPS) - The ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algiers Bechraya Hamoudi Bayoune affirmed Saturday that the recent decision of the Security Council obliging the Moroccan occupier to accept the return of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), to continue its mandate, is “positive but insufficient.”
London, May 8, 2016 (SPS) - The UK Parliament has called on the government to support the holding of a referendum in Western Sahara, and the UK government has reiterated its support to the right of Sahrawi people to self-determination, said Saturday a parliamentary source in London.
The Scottish National Party MP, Alan Brown sent written questions, last Wednesday, to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the holding of a referendum in Western Sahara and on the recent consultation between London and Rabat on the issue.
Shahid El-Hafed, May 6, 2016 (SPS) - The Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has called on the United Nations Security Council to set out a date for the referendum of self-determination of the Sahrawi people, which is the main mission of MINURSO.
Tunis, 05 May 2016 (SPS) - Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel has reiterated, Thursday in Tunis, Algeria's position on the conflict in Western Sahara, which is a "decolonization issue" falling within the "responsibility of the United Nations."
Glaimim (southern Morocco), 05 May 2016 (SPS) -The Moroccan occupying forces besiege today the family’s house of the martyr Brahim Sikka to prevent his family, and his companions in the Coordinating of Unemployed Sahrawi, from organizing a press conference to shed light on his arrest and torture, reported source from the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
This move comes after the family rejected the results of the two medical reports of the Moroccan authorities, calling for international autopsy of a neutral party.SPS
Brussels, May 05, 2016 (SPS) - Measures must be taken quickly to enable the full implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and the relaunch of the peace process, pleaded the Sahrawi Deputy Minister for European Affairs Mohamed Sidati.
“MINURSO must regain its full functionality so that the peace process, currently at standstill, can be put back on the rails and so that we can resolutely embark on the implementation of the pertinent resolutions of the United Nations,” Sidati told APS.
Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), May 05, 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Journalists and Writers Union (UPES) stressed the need to find mechanisms for the protection of Sahrawi journalists in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
In a statement marking the World Press Freedom Day, observed 3 May every year, the UPES denounced the practices of the Moroccan occupying forces, which continue press freedom abuses in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi Camps) 04 May 2016 (SPS) - The solidarity caravan of aid to the Sahrawi people arrived Tuesday, in the Shahid Al Hafed camps for Sahrawi refugees, at the initiative of the General Union of Algerian Workers (UGTA).
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), 04 May 2016 (SPS) - the President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz hailed the principled positions of Algeria with the Saharawi people and their just cause.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories) May 03, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Human Rights Commission (CONASADH) has expressed deep concern over the deteriorating health of the Sahrawi human rights activist and political prisoner, Abdulkhalek Markhi, who is on an unlimited hunger strike since 1 April in the prison of Tiznit, in Morocco.