Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) November 10, 2016 (SPS) – the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, on Thursday, has held a press conference at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa to clarify Sahrawi position of Morocco's bid to join the African Union.
Copenhagen (Denmark) Nov 10, 2016 (SPS) - The Danish pension Fund Pensam has dropped recently its investments from companies illegally present in the occupied parts of Western Sahara; the Australian Incitec Pivot Company fertilizer manufacturer that illegally imports phosphate from the last colony in Africa and the Swiss Company Glencore, which is key player in Morocco's oil exploration in Western Sahara and operates hence against international law.
Bir Lahlou, November 10, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali has sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump.
Madrid (Spain), November 09, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi delegation in Spain has voiced the strongest protest and condemned the provocative action against Saharawi MP and deputy speaker of the Pan-African Parliament, Souielma Beirouk, who has been expelled upon her arrival in the airport of Marrakech, by the Moroccan authorities, the Polisario Front mission in Madrid said Tuesday in a statement.
Abuja (Nigeria), November 08, 2016 (SPS) - The new Saharawi ambassador Mr. Malainin Sadik has presented a copy of his credentials as SADR Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria to the Acting Director General of Protocol of Nigeria.
The ceremony took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the two sides reviewed the relations of cooperation and solidarity between the two countries and peoples and the means to strengthen them.
Chahid El Hafed, November 08, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan authorities have arbitrarily deported Suelma Beiruk, vice-president of the Pan-African Parliament, who was forced to leave the airport in Marrakesh on a flight to Casablanca where she remained for hours until she was forced to take another flight to Oran in Algeria.
Chahid El-Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps) November 08, 2016 (SPS) -The Sahrawi government stressed Monday that Africa does not need Morocco's experience in "invasion, aggression, expansion and serious violations to human rights."
"Africa does not need the experience of Morocco Kingdom's, which blocks international resolutions and efforts to reach a peaceful and just solution allowing the organization of a self-determination referendum for the Sahrawi people," the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) stressed in a communiqué.
Bir Lehlu, (Liberated Territories), November 08, 2016 (SPS) -The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polsario, Brahim Gali on Monday sent a message of congratulations to the reelected president of Nicaragua, Mr. José Daniel Ortega Saavedra.
The Saharawi president expressed his warm and sincere congratulations to the Nicaraguan president for his victory in the presidential elections held yesterday in the Central American nation.SPS
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EL-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), Nov. 7, 2016 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces suppressed a peaceful demonstration organized by the Sahrawi people in the city of El-Aaiun to claim their rights to a decent life and denounces the illegal exploitation by Morocco of the Sahrawi natural resources.
Copenhagen, Nov. 6, 2016 (SPS) The Sahrawi delegation that took part in the international conference in Copenhagen, concluded a sensitization visit about the Sahrawi issue in Denmark, during which they had several meetings and contacts with government institutions and NGOS.
The meetings focused on the latest developments of the Saharawi issue and the increased systematic repression of the Moroccan state in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in blatant violation of international human rights conventions.
Aragon (Zaragoza), November 6, 2016 (SPS) A Saharawi delegation led by Minister of Cooperation, Boulahi Sid, accompanied by representative of the Polisario Front in Spain, Khira Boulahi, was received by Mayor of Zaragoza, Pedro Santisteve.
The audience was attended by Deputy Mayor of Zaragoza and Minister of Social Rights, Louise Broto, President of Foreign Affairs of Saharawi Parliament Committee, Babouzeid Salek, Saharawi delegate in Aragon, Sidahmed Darbal, and a representative of Association of Friends of the Saharawi people "Umdraiga".
Washington (United States), Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - UN human rights expert committee has denunciated Morocco's plunder of Western Sahara's natural resources, expressing deep concerns over the deadlock Saharawis' self-determination process has reached.
The human rights committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) published Monday its sixth periodical report on Morocco, in which it calls into question the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara's resources.
Lisbon (Portugal), Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - Portuguese President Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stressed that the situation in Western Sahara deserves greater attention from the Government of the Portuguese Republic.
It came in a response to a letter from Adala UK in Portugal, in which it demanded the release of Sahrawi political prisoners in particular the group of Gdeim Izik and enabling the people of Western Sahara to exercise their right to self-determination.
Paris, Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on the Moroccan authorities to end all restrictions on reporting freedom in Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation, and "stop violating the rights of Sahrawi and foreign journalists to cover developments in the territory.
Shaheed El Hafed, November 4, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received Thursday at the Presidency of the Republic a delegation of representatives of Italian associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people's struggle for freedom and independence.
Algiers, November 03, 2016 (SPS) – Security Council has held Thursday a meeting about the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), during which UN deputy secretary general for peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, will present a report on his latest visit to the headquarters of the MINURSO in occupied El Aaiun and Saharawi refugee camps.
ChahId El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), November 03, 2016 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Brahim Gali today has chaired the expanded meeting of Council of Ministers to discuss various issues on the agenda of the government.
The meeting discussed the final report of balance of annual national action programme of government for presenting it to the Saharawi National Council and other issues on the agenda as the artistic event of ARTifariti and other activities at national level.
Algiers, November 03, 2016 (SPS) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s fund (UNICEF) is appealing for continued donor support for refugees from Western Sahara living in Algeria. The three agencies say that insufficient funding makes a cut in basic food rations imminent.
Copenhagen (Denmark), November 03, 2016 (SPS) - the Danish capital of Copenhagen has hosted on Wednesday, an international Conference on the Sahrawi issue organized by the Afrika Kontakt and the majority of youth of the Danish parties, in which a number of experts, specialists, political figures, journalists and representatives of associations and civil society organizations from United States, France, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Denmark .took part.
Chahid El Hafed, November 02 2016 (SPS) - Ministry of Information has held its specialized conference under the theme "specialized conference on Media ... towards the set up of training policy in information field" at the Media Archive, with the presence of the Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar and minister of Information, Mr. Hamada Salem as well as cadres and staff of the Ministry of Information.