February 2017

New York (United Nations) February 15, 2017 (SPS) -The members of the African Union (AU) should ensure that Morocco respects the territorial integrity of Western Sahara, said Tuesday in New York the representative of Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations (UN), Ahmed Boukhari.
"The international community and the AU member states should ensure that Morocco complies with the UN Charter and the AU Constitutive Act, which it ratified," Boukhari told international news conference in New York.

Chahid El Hafed, February 15, 2017 (SPS) -Minister of Foreign Affairs and member of the National Secretariat, Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, said Wednesday that Morocco to rejoin the African Union was forced to accept Which had previously rejected and thus recognize the reality of the African organization where SADR is member 39 in the African Union.

Kampala (Uganda), February 15, 2017 (SPS) - Uganda has renewed its support for the struggle of the Saharawi people and their just cause for the self-determination and independence.
 

Alicante (Spain), 02/14/2017 (SPS) - The XI Congress of the Spanish Inter trade Union Confederation, held on 10, 11 and 12 February in the city of Alicante, has unanimously adopted a resolution in Solidarity with the Saharawi People And for the freedom of political prisoners.
 

London,  February 14, 2017 (SPS) - The current challenge for the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) "is to struggle for the implementation of the law following the ruling of the European Union Court of Justice," which excluded Western Sahara from any EU-Morocco free trade deal, said Monday in London the current chair of WSRW, Joanna Allan.

Algiers, February 13, 2017 (SPS) - Information Minister Hamada Selma represents the Saharawi Republic in the work of the African conference on Internet governance, which began Monday in Algiers.
Twenty-four African countries, including seventeen information sector ministers, representatives of continental institutions such as the African Development Bank (ADB), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the African Union (AU), as well as experts in the field of Internet governance take part in the event.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), February 13, 2017 (SPS) - Human rights activist Ms. Claude Mangín said that what she is doing for the release of the detainees of Gdeim Izik is a duty to the struggle of the Saharawi people until the achievement of their independence.

Nouakchott (Mauritania), February 13, 2017 (SPS) - President of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Brahim Gali has called on the United Nations to assume its responsibilities and put an end to "Morocco's provocations in the region of Guerguerat."

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), February 12, 2017 (SPS) -The President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Gali, today received from the representative of the SADR in the Argentine Republic , Mohamed Salem Bachir, the book "Western Sahara. The Forgotten Conflict, "the first work of its kind to be published in Argentine territory, whose author is the lawyer and master in National Defense, Jorge Alejandro Suárez Saponaro.

Madrid, February 12, 2017 (SPS) - The friendly association with the Sahrawi people of the Spanish city of Burgos announced Saturday that a specialized medical team and a large batch of medical supplies will be sent to the Sahrawi refugee camps.
The medical team, which will stay for two weeks comprises two surgeons (a general practitioner and a traumatologist) an anesthetist, a primary care physician and an internist plus four nurses, said Mayte Gimenez, the president of the association.

Paris, February 11, 2017 (SPS) - A second shipment of goods from Western Sahara is due to arrive in Rouen, Normandy, France on Saturday, as opposed to the decision of the European Union Court of Justice of 21 December, as reported by Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) .
The BBC Magellan anchored at the port of the Saharawi capital of El Aaiun was seen and photographed on 4 February with salt cargo from the territory of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco, the same source said.

El Aaiun (occupied capital of the SADR), February 11, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation has continued to expel international journalists and observers as part of its systematic campaign to avoid reporting the situation in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara .
This Thursday and in flagrant violation of the international law the Moroccan police expelled the Spanish photographer Bernat Millet from Western Sahara

London, February 10, 2017 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) said that the end of salt export from the occupied Western Sahara to Denmark was "an important victory" for the Sahrawi people.
"This is an important victory for the people of Western Sahara. It means that the occupation of the colony becomes a little less profitable," said WSRW following the decision of the Danish company Dansk Vejsalt to stop all its activities in the occupied Western Sahara as from 31 January.

Brussels, February 10, 2017 (SPS) - European MPs called Thursday, in Brussels, Morocco to respect its international commitments and to comply with the international law concerning the issue of Western Sahara, denouncing the latest warnings to the European Union (EU) on the implementation of the agriculture agreement signed in 2012.
 

Algiers, February 10, 2017 (SPS) - A delegation from the National Union of Saharawi Women (UNMS) headed by her Secretary General, Fatma Mehdi held a bilateral meeting with the Algerian women's organization, led by her SG, Ms. Nuriya Hafsi.
The head of the UNMS is accompanied by the Head of Cooperation in the Union, Ms. Deih Mohamed Chadad. For its part, the Algerian delegation includes, besides its Secretary General, important cadres of the organization of Algerian women and representatives of the solidarity movement with the Saharawi people.

Madrid, February 09, 2017 (SPS) - Spanish associations with the Saharawi people are currently working to collect humanitarian aid that will be sent to the Sahrawi refugee camps.
In the province of Andalusia, associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people met recently at the "Machado Antonio de Baeza" University to develop a "plan to encourage and support" the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara.

Algiers, Febrauary 09, 2017 (SPS) - The Zambian minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba expressed Wednesday, in Algiers, his country’s wish that the Western Sahara borders are respected and that Morocco “keeps in mind that Western Sahara is a member country of the African Union (AU).”

Abuja, February 08, 2017 (SPS)- The extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic  (SADR) to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Malainin Sadik, was received in audience by Mrs. B. Khadija Ibrahim, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.

Chahid El Hafed, February 08, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali warned that after the decision of the European Court of Justice reiterates that the exchanges with Morocco are not applicable to the territory of Western Sahara, which is a separate and distinct territory, Morocco is going to threaten the EU with illegal immigration and even terrorism as a weapon to push Europe to violate its laws and principles. "
 

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), February 07, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi National Commission for Human Rights expressed its condemnation of the expulsion of the human rights activist Claude Mongin Asfari by the Moroccan authorities.