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January 2023

SPLA carries out new attacks against Moroccan occupation forces in Hawza sector

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Birlahlou, 30 January 2023 (SPS) -  The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out new attacks targeting entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation army in the Hawza sector, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment, according to military statement No. 724 issued Monday by the Ministry of Defense.

Representative of Polisario Front in Australia: Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples are subjected to most heinous forms of injustice

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Melbourne, 29 January 2023 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front in Australia, Mohamed Fadel Kamal, said that the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples are subjected to the most heinous forms of injustice and tyranny.
This came during the participation of Mohamed Fadel Kamal in a confernce organized by the Palestine Solidarity Network in Australia, between 27 and 29 January in Melbourne.

FISAHARA festival introduces catalog of 230 films on struggle of Sahrawi people

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Algiers, 28 January 2023 (SPS) - The International Film Festival of Western Sahara, FISAHARA, has put online a rich catalog bringing together a large number of films on the struggle of the Sahrawi people, produced and directed by Saharawi filmmakers, the festival announced on its website.

16th Congress of Polisario Front was clear in its decisions and in setting priorities

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), 23 January 2023 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stressed in Dakhla, in the Sahrawi refugee camps, that the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front was "clear in its decisions and in setting priorities for Sahrawi national action in the next stage."

SPLA carries out new attacks against positions of Moroccan occupation soldiers in Mahbas, Farsiya sectors

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Birlahlou (Liberated Territories), 21 January 2023 (SPS) – Units of Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) bombarded Saturday positions of Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Mahbas and Farsiya sectors, according to military communiqué No. 720 of the Ministry of Defense.
The communiqué highlighted that advanced detachments of the SPLA targeted the entrenchments of the occupation soldiers in the regions of Faiyin and Agraret Shadida in the Farsiya sector.

16th Congress of Polisario Front: Vote begins to elect members of National Secretariat

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), 21 January 2023 (SPS) - The election of the members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front began Saturday in Dakhla in Sahrawi refugee camps, announced the Electoral Committee of the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front.
The rapporteur of the Committee announced the official list with 181 candidates and the beginning of the elections to choose 27 members forming the National Secretariat.

The electoral process for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front starts

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), January 20, 2023 (SPS) – The electoral process for the post of the Secretary-General of the Polisario Front started today at 10 am.
The Election Committee provided all the conditions for the conduct of the electoral process in a comfortable atmosphere, as it allocated 24 offices to facilitate the process.
The electoral process is expected to end at one o'clock in the afternoon to start the sorting process, as stated by the Chairman of the committee, Mr. Sid Ahmed Aliyat Hamma.

The Election Committee presents two candidates for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), January 20, 2023 (SPS) - The Election Committee presented last night, two candidates for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front.
The committee announced the two candidates Brahim Ghali and Bashir Mustafa El-Sayed for the post of Secretary-General of the Polisario Front for a term of three years.
The Election Committee decided to start the process of electing the Secretary-General of the Polisario front today, at 10 am.

Sahrawi Army targets the positions of Moroccan occupation forces in Farsiya sector

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Bir Lahlou, (Liberated Territories) January 19, 2023 (SPS) - The unites of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army bombed the positions of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Farsiya sector, according to Military Communiqué No. 718 issued today, by the Ministry of National Defense.
The Communiqué indicated that advanced units of the Sahrawi Army targeted the Moroccan occupation forces in Ross-Lghsaybeyin area in the Farsiya sector.

16th Congress of Polisario Front: Approval of narrative and financial reports and extension of work for 48 hours

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), January 18, 2023 (SPS) - The Sixteenth Congress of the Polisario Front approved with an "absolute majority" the narrative and financial reports submitted by the National Secretariat regarding the work done between the 15th and 16th Congress.
After the approval of the narrative and financial reports, and in accordance with the requirements of the Basic Law of the Polisario Front, the National Secretariat was dissolved.

The CEE Alliance for Solidarity with Sahrawi People hails the 16th Congress of the POLISARIO Front

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Budapest, January 17, 2022 (SPS)- The Central and Eastern European Alliance for Solidarity with Sahrawi People hailed, in a letter of solidarity, the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front, which bears the name of Martyr Mohammed Khaddad Lehbib, which is held in the Wilaya of Dakhla in the refugee camps from 13 to 17 January 2023, under the motto "Escalating the fight to expel the occupation and complete sovereignty,"
The following is the full text of the letter of solidarity of the CEE Alliance which the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front received:

The 16th Congress of the Polisario Front forms its committees to carry out their work

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), January 17, 2022 (SPS) - The Presidency of the Sixteenth Congress of the Polisario Front formed the three committees (the Basic Law Committee, the National Action Project Committee, and the Letters and Recommendations Committee) yesterday night to start their work on Tuesday morning, after presenting the narrative and financial report.

President of Republic receives South African delegation representing ANC

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), 16 January 2023 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received on Monday a delegation from the Republic of South Africa representing the African National Congress headed by Mr. Obed Bapela, Minister of the Government of South Africa and member of the African National Congress (ANC), on the sidelines of the 16th Congress of the Polisario Front.

FM receives credentials of new Venezuelan ambassador to Sahrawi Republic

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Dakhla (Refugee Camps), 16 January 2023 (SPS) -  Foreign Minister, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, received Sunday a copy of the credentials of Mr. Juan Bautista Arias Palacio on his appointment as Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Sahrawi Republic.
During the ceremony of presenting a copy of the credentials, relations and areas of cooperation and ways to strengthen them between the Sahrawi Republic and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela were discussed.

Western Sahara: NGO reveals Morocco’s violations in annual report

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London, 16 January 2023 (SPS) - Human Rights Watch (HRW), in its annual report of 2022, reported the different human rights violations committed by Morocco in occupied Western Sahara and against the refugees and asylum seekers.
The Moroccan occupying authorities “systematically prevent gathering supporting Sahrawi self-determination and obstruct the work of some local human rights groups, including by blocking their legal registration,” the report denounces.

16th Polisario Congress: Goudjil reaffirms Algeria's position in favor of Sahrawi cause

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Algiers, 16 January 2023 (SPS) -The Speaker of the Algerian Council of the Nation, Salah Goudjil, reaffirmed the "constant and unconditional" position of Algeria in favor of the cause of the Sahrawi people and its right to self-determination and independence, in accordance with international legality and United Nations (UN) resolutions, said the council Saturday in a statement.