August 2016

New York, 31 August 2016. (SPS) – Frente POLISARIO MINURSO Coordinator Emhamed Khadad stated,“Morocco’s aggression in the Al Guargarat area is part of a familiar pattern of behavior. Whenever political progress is in sight, Rabat takes action to create a crisis and ensure that the Security Council is distracted from its efforts to relaunch negotiations.

New York, 30 August 2016. (SPS) – UN confidential document revealed on Tuesday published that Morocco had violated the cease-fire agreement signed with the Polisario Front in 1991, by sending military equipment personnel into the buffer zone without prior notice to the UN peacekeepers. According Associated Press of America.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Zones), August 29, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of National Defence Abdallahi Lehbib Belal informed, in a letter Sunday, MINURSO Chief of Staff and Acting Commander Bokom Oumar, that as of the morning of August 28th, he has deployed military forces in the area of Alguergarat, south-western Western Sahara, to prevent further Moroccan activities beyond the Berm.

Following is the full text of the letter:

El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), August 29, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations Committed by Moroccan State (ASVDH) launched an appeal Sunday to international organizations of human rights to be present to monitor a judgment of the first group of Sahrawi students who would be tried by a Moroccan tribunal in Marrakech, Morocco, on September 1.

Shaheed El Hafed, August 28, 2016 (SPS) – The Council of Ministers reaffirmed the commitment and the determination of the Sahrawi people to continue its just struggle to snatch its legitimate and inalienable rights for self-determination and independence.

Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps),  August 28, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, chaired Sunday an expanded meeting of the Council of Ministers.

The meeting addresses  a range of "important" issues including a presentation on the presidential tour to the regions of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army, the social entry 2016/2017 and the developments of the national cause.

Semi-Medical School, August 27, 2016 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, supervised Friday the closing of Martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz Summer University of Sahrawi Youth and Students, held August 22-27, under the theme « Strength, determination and will to independence and sovereignty.» 

Addis Ababa, August 25, 2016 (SPS) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma reaffirmed Tuesday that she will keep faith in resolving the Sahrawi issue while respecting the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and that she will continue supporting the legitimate struggle for the decolonization of Western Sahara.

Nairobi,  24 August 2016 (SPS) - The Minister of State, Advisor to the President, Mr. Bachir Mustafa, met yesterday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, with Kenyan Foreign Minister, Ms. Amina Mohamed, in. his role as Special Envoy of the President of the Republic.

Copenhagen (Denmark),  24, August 2016 (SPS) – The Danish MP. Mr. Christian Juhl through the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee questioned Monday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kristian Jensen about Morocco’s recent violation of ceasefire in Western Sahara.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 23, 2016 (SPS) - the Polisario Front, praised on Monday the European Court of Justice's decision of December 10, 2015, which annulated the Moroccan- EU agricultural agreement because the latter includes the territory of Western Sahara.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 23, 2016 (SPS) - The Prime Minister Mr.