Tifariti (liberated territories), Dec 15, 2011 (SPS) - “East Timor is committed to continue supporting the just right of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence” asserted former prime minister and MP of East Timor, Mr. Da Silva during his intervention before 13th congress of the Polisario Front held from Dec 15 to 19 in liberated territory of Tifarity
Tifariti (liberated territories), Dec 15, 2011 (SPS) - “Our Congress should be a national platform for the total mobilisation of all national energies and capacities, and for engaging them in the national struggle on all fronts with a view to achieving the necessary pressure to accelerate the realisation of the motto of the Congress, namely the Independent Sahrawi State is the Solution,” said Thursday Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the Republic and Polisario secretary general.
Tifariti (liberated territories), Dec 15, 2011 (SPS) - The Thirteenth Congress of the Frente Polisario, which bears the name of the Martyr Mahfud Ali Beiba, opened this morning in the liberated town of Tifariti under the title "independent Saharawi state is the solution", in the presence of more than 300 foreign participants and 2100 Saharawi delegates.
Tifariti (liberated territories), Dec 14, 2011 (SPS) - A delegation including representative of political forces and journalists from the brotherly Islamic Republic of Mauritania is attending works of the 13th Congress of the Polisario Front, to open Thursday in the liberated town of Tifariti under the motto: “independent Saharawi state, is the solution.”
Tifariti (liberated territories), Dec 14, 2011 (SPS) - The Thirteenth Congress of the Frente Polisario, which bears the name of the Martyr Mahfud Ali Beiba, will open tomorrow in the liberated town of Tifariti under the title "independent Saharawi state is the solution", in the presence of more than 300 foreign participants and 2100 Saharawi delegates.
Strasburg ,Dec 14, 2011(SPS) The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject a proposed extension of the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, by 296 votes to 326, with 58 abstentions, according to the EP website.
The current protocol, which has applied provisionally since 28 February 2011, will cease to apply immediately.
Cairo Dec. 14 (SPS) - Egyptians have begun voting in the second round of parliamentary elections, following a first round that was dominated by Islamist parties.
Polls opened in nine areas Wednesday, including Aswan, Beni Suef, Giza, Ismailia, Suez and Sohag.
Voting will continue Thursday for the seats in the 498-member lower house of parliament. A third round of elections covering the remaining nine provinces will take place in early January.
TUNIS, Tunisia Dec. 13 (SPS) — Tunisia’s new assembly chose a veteran rights activist Monday as the country’s first democratically elected president.
Moncef Marzouki of the Congress for the Republic Party on Monday became interim president with 153 out of 217 votes in the assembly, with three voting against, two abstentions and 44 blank ballots cast as a protest vote by some members.
Constantine Dec. 13 (SPS) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz visits Constantine (north-eastern Algeria) in order to check out the the main historical and cultural sites of the Ancient Cirta and discover its large projects.
President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz and Algeria’s Interior Minister Daho Ould Kablia visit the Mosque of Emir Abdelkader, also a large Islamic University, the Mueisum of the city, Palace of the Bey and the Bridge of Sidi M’sid.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps) Dec 13, 2011 (SPS) -Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mr. Jean Ping, accompanied with AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Ambassador Ramadan Al-Amamra began on Tuesday one day working and solidarity visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories.
The visit allows EU officials to closely notice the situation living by Sahrawi refugees as well as to meet SADR officials to discuss the latest developments of the Saharawi cause and issues of mutual interest.
Chahid El Hafed, December 12, 2011 (SPS) The annual visit of more than 720 Spaniards to the Sahrawi refugee camps, went in good conditions of safety, is a " formal denial "to allegations of insecurity prevails following the kidnapping of three European aid workers by terrorists, said a statement of SADR Foreign Ministry.
"The stay of ten days for more than 720 Spaniards from different autonomous provinces of Spain is eloquent proof that security is guaranteed inside the Sahrawi refugee camps," the source underlined.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the 13th Polisario Congress, Mr. Khatri Addouh, has confirmed, in a press conference held Saturday at the Saharawi National Archive, that all the circumstances “are ready for the holding of the Congress at the best conditions in the liberated territory of Tifarati.”
Madrid, Dec 12, 2011 (SPS) - International environmentalists and social organizations have sent a letter to all Spanish MEPs asking them to vote against the renewal of the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco that include waters of Western Sahara, according to the website of environmentalists quoted by the Spanish News Agency (EFE).
The signatories of the letter believe that the fisheries agreements signed so far constitute a flagrant violation of the international law, because it includes the waters of Western Sahara.
Smara (occupied territories), Dec 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Committee of families of the Saharawi disappeared organized Sunday a sit-in outside the Democratic Confederation of Work in occupied Smara to express solidarity with families of the Saharawi missings and victims of the Moroccan repression marking the occasion of the International Day of Human Rights.
New York, Dec 11, 2011 (SPS) - The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted Friday a resolution reaffirming on a solution that enables self-determination of the people of Western Sahara in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), Dec 11, 2011 (SPS) - The Collective of the Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) confirmed that Morocco is still committing humanitarian crimes in Western Sahara, in a statement issued on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary of Human Rights Day.
The Collective expressed solidarity with all world state, organizations and human rights, humanitarian, trade unions and press associations that defend human rights and victims of gross violations across the world.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 11, 2011 (SPS) - A delegation of the European Parliament is visiting since Friday the Saharawi refugee camps and the liberated territories of Western Sahara to closely stop at the situation of the Saharawi refugees as to hold talks with SADR authorities.
Brussels Dec. 9 (SPS) - European leaders are gathering in Brussels for a critical end-of-year summit, another attempt to resolve a sovereign debt and banking crisis threatening the very future of the euro currency union. Pressure is on for them to come out with a definitive deal this time around, after what critics claim are months of half-measures.
Bir Lahlue (liberated territories) December8,2011(SPS)the member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and Minister of Foreign Affairs,Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, congratulated, Mr.Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, on his re-nomination as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana .
“On the occasion of your re-nomination as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, allow me to congratulate you on your re-appointment and express to you my best wishes for success in your endeavor,” reads the letter of Ould Salek.
Bir Lahlue (liberated territories) December8,2011(SPS) President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Thursday congratulated President of the Republic of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, on occasion of his election as President of Guyana.