October 2021

Algiers, 11 October 2021 (SPS) - President of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said Sunday that the United Nations (UN) was called upon to fulfill its role in the decolonization of Western Sahara.
“Algeria was the first country to welcome the proposal to appoint De Mistura as Personal Envoy of the UN SG for Western Sahara," said President Tebboune at his regular meeting with national media.
He offered De Mistura his best wishes for success.

 Abuja (Nigeria), 11 October 2021 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) to Nigeria, Brahim Salem Buseif, has called on the United Nations(UN) the European Union(EU), the African Union (AU) and international institutions to prevail on Morocco to stop the aggression and occupation of his country and respect international law regarding the rights of the Saharawi to determine their independence through a referendum.

Algiers, 10 October 2021 (SPS) - The former African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security (PSC), Smaïl Chergui, considered it imperative for the UN Legal Counsel to pronounce on the opening by some states of consulates in occupied Western Sahara cities at the instigation of the Moroccan occupation.

Bir Lahlou, 10 October 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, said that any possible political process in Western Sahara will have to guarantee the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in accordance with the settlement plan unanimously adopted by the UN Security Council and accepted by both parties in the conflict, namely the Polisario Front and Morocco.

New York (UN), 09 October 2021 (SPS) - Pro-Saharawi petitioners pleaded Thursday before the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) in New York for an end to Morocco's illegal occupation of Western Sahara, calling on the United Nations to "act without further delay.
The Polisario Front's representative at the UN, Sidi Mohamed Omar, condemned Morocco's "illegal occupation" of the Sahrawi territory since 1975 and its attempts to impose a "fait accompli" and to "oppose its decolonisation".

Dili (Timor Leste), Oct 08, 2021 (SPS) - Several political parties, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and human rights activists from Timor Leste have expressed their unconditional solidarity with the Sahrawi activist Sultana Sidbrahim Khaya, who continues to suffer a siege with his family in the occupied city of Bojador.

Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), Oct 08, 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) launched new attacks against various entrenchment points of the Moroccan occupation forces along the Wall of Shame.
According to War Report No. 330 issued by the Ministry of National Defense, Thursday, units of our army carried out intense and concentrated bombardments, which caused panic and fear in the ranks of enemy soldiers in the following positions:
- The Udei Echderiya region, in the Farsía sector.

Algiers, 7 October 2021 (SPS) - Algeria has noted with interest the decision of the United Nations Secretary General to appoint Staffan De Mistura as personal envoy for Western Sahara and will support his efforts for the effective reopening of direct negotiations between the two sides to the conflict, Morocco and the Polisario Front, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad said on Wednesday.

Washington, October 7, 2021 (SPS)- The United States Welcomes the Appointment of Staffan de Mistura as the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, according to what the Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken mentioned in a statement.

Washington, October 06, 2021 (SPS)- The US Senator. Jim Inhofe confirmed today on his twitter account that the decision of the European Union’s general court which decided to annul its approval of agriculture and fishing agreements that allow Morocco to export goods from Western Sahara marks another step in Western Sahara’s fight for self-determination and the ability to garner economic wealth from its own resources.

Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic) 6 October 2021 (SPS)- Polisario Front issued a press release Today, in which it took note of the appointment by the UN Secretary General of his new Personal Envoy, Mr. Staffan de Mistura.

New York (United States), Oct 05, 2021 (SPS) - The Fourth Committee (Committee on Decolonization) of the United Nations General Assembly in charge of decolonization and special policy issues will carry out its work, starting Monday in New York to debate a series of issues related to the status of Non-Self-Governing Territories and the implementation of the Declaration of Independence of Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Chahid El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), Oct 0 5, 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi people await the arrival of more than 250 guests who will participate in the celebrations of the Forty-sixth Anniversary of National Unity, which will be held October 12 in the Wilaya of Dakhla, Saharawi Refugee Camps.

Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), Oct 05, 2021 (SPS) - The units of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have attacked Tuesday the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces in the Mahbes sector.
According to War Report No. 328 issued by the Ministry of National Defense, our army units have carried out the following operations:
- Attacks against the General Cartel of the 43rd Battalion located in the Ameitir Lamjeinza region, in Mahbes.

Dili, (Timor-Leste) 6 October 2021(SPS) - After Organisations from the Timorese Civil Society had   launched recently a Campaign in Timor-Leste to urgently free Sultana Khaya, her family and all the Saharawi human rights activists imprisoned by Morocco.
Today the Campaign has been reinforced byJoint Press release signed by various Timorese Political parties, NGOS, Political personalities, Human rights Organisations and Universities. Here is the full text of the Joint Press release:

New York, 4 October 2021 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres deplored the ongoing human rights violations in Western Sahara by the forces of the Moroccan occupation which mainly targets the human rights defenders and the Sahrawi journalists.

New York (United Nations), 3 September 2021 (SPS) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply concerned" by the sharp "deterioration" of the situation in occupied Western Sahara, describing the resumption of hostilities between Morocco and the Polisario Front as a "major setback" for efforts to find a "peaceful, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Saharawi conflict".

Occupied El Aaiun, 2 October 2021 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities on Saturday expelled from the airport of the occupied city of El Aaiun a Spanish delegation composed of doctors and lawyers who were going to Boudjdour to visit the Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya, under house arrest for more than 10 months.
Upon their arrival at the airport on board a Binter Canarias airline, the members of the delegation were arrested by the Moroccan police without any valid reason before their expulsion a few minutes later to the Canary Islands.

New York (United Nations), 2 October 2021 (SPS) –The new Special Representative for Western Sahara and head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Alexander Ivanko of Russia, will hold this month his first briefing on the future of the UN mission whose mandate expires on 31 October.
According to Kenyan Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo, whose country holds the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October, "discussions on the future of MINURSO will be on the agenda of the Security Council this month".

On 29 September 2021, the General Court of the European Union (GCEU) annulled the EU-Morocco trade and fisheries agreements that applied to Western Sahara. "For decades, the concerns of the people of Western Sahara have been ignored and their rights have been violated by the Moroccan occupying power. The EU General Court has made it unmistakably clear that it is high time to talk to and decide with the Sahrawi people and not behind their back.