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Dakhla (occupied territories), September26,2011 (SPS) .- Sources in the occupied city of Dakhla have confirmed the killing of young Saharawi ,Maichan Mohamed Lamin Lehbib,(aged 29)a result of crucial  attacks by Moroccan settlers supported  by Moroccan security forces against Sahrawi citizens.

 Human Rights Defenders from Dakhla confirmed that many saharawis were injured and arrested while three have taken to the hospital, "one of them in serious condition."

Dakhla (occupied territories), September 26, 2011 (SPS) At least eight people were injured in clashes that took place Sunday night at the occupied city of Dakhla, following a peaceful demonstration calling for the immediate withdrawal of the Moroccan occupation and independence of Western Sahara, said a Sahrawi judicial source there.

According to a first assessment, the Moroccan occupying forces brutally intervened to disperse the demonstrators, causing several injuries, most of which are classified as "serious," added the source.

Rome, September 26,2011 (SPS) the exasperation and frustration of the Sahrawi people face to the deadlock in Western Sahara issue may lead to the point of no return, The Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, warned Sunday.

Piombino (Italy), Sept 26, 2011 (SPS) - The international conference of the towns supporting the Saharawi people, which took place in Toscana (Italy) on Sept 24-26, has demanded the immediate application of the UN resolutions concerning right of self-determination of the Saharawi people.

Florence (Italy), Sept 26, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CNASPS), Mr. Mehrez Alamari, announced Saturday the organization of an international symposium on the peoples right to resistance on October 28 in Algeria, during his intervention in concluding ceremony of the third European Conference of Towns supporting Saharawi people.

The conference will invite international defenders of the just causes, including those who won Nobel Peace Prize, the Algerian official reveal.

Abuja (Nigeria), Sept 24, 2011 (SPS) - In a statement reported Friday by various Nigerian media, Dr. Basirat Nahibi, president of Women's Organization of African (WAELE), confirmed that the decision of its Organization along with partners from the Nigerian civil society and trade unions to hold an international conference on the struggle of the Saharawi woman for freedom “falls within the framework of commitment to serving the issues of women and African peoples.”

United Nations (New York), Sept 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Mr. Pakalitha Mosisili, has reiterated the strong supporting position of his country to the rights of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence.






“We encourage the mediation efforts of the United Nations that are being made towards the realization of a free and independent Western Sahara,” said Saturday PM of Lesotho to the 66th annually session of the General Assembly. (SPS)

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United Nations (New York), Sept 24, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Zimbabwean Republic, Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe, has urged the UN for the need to accelerate the application of the UN resolutions that call for enabling the Saharawi people of its right of self-determination and independence, calling on the UN to help the peoples under occupation to attain independence.



 

United Nations (New York), Sept 24, 2011 (SPS) - The President of Namibia, Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamb, has called on the United Nations Organization to accelerate the implementation of the UN settlement plan and relevant resolutions, which call for the organization of a free and impartial referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara.



 

New York (UN), September 23, 2011 (SPS) - The President of Tanzaniz, Mr.  Jakaya Kikwete, expressed Thursday hope that the United Nations will take urgent steps to enable the Saharawi people to its right to self-determination and the decolonization of the last colony in Africa.

In a speech to the 66 session of the UN General Assembly, which started its work Wednesday in New York, Mr. Kikwete asserted that Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa which must be decolonised.

Abuja (Nigeria), September 23, 2011 (SPS) - The President of Women's Organization of African(WAELE), Dr. Basirat Nahibi, announced Thursday, at a press conference held at the headquarters of the organisation in the Nigerian capital Abuja, that “an international conference on the struggle of the Sahrawi women for freedom” will be organised in Abuja, Nigeria, September 27-28, according to press statement distributed on the sidelines of the conference, SPS received a copy of it.

New York (UN), September 22, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Mr. Armando Emilio Guebuza, reaffirmed Wednesday that his country supports the right of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence.

The Mozambican President renewed in a speech at the opening of the 66 work session of the UN General Assembly "his strong support for the international community's efforts to find a lasting solution to the question of the people of Western Sahara.

New York (UN), September 22, 2011 (SPS) – The President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr. Jacob Zuma, renewed Wednesday his country's strong support for the Saharawi people's right to freedom and self-determination.

Addressing heads of state and government of the world at the opening of the 66 work session of the UN General Assembly, South African President reaffirmed"we support the constant struggle of the people of Western Sahara for self-determination.”

  Managua (Nicaragua), September 21, 2011 (SPS) - The Ambassador to Nicaragua, Mr. Sulaiman Tayib Hannan, attended Tuesday the 30th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Belize, as the personal envoy of President Mohammad Abdelaziz, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Embassy in the capital of Nicaragua.

Quito (Ecuador), Sept 21, 2011 (SPS) - The Ecuadorian government has appointed its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Francisco Carrion, as an ambassador to the Saharawi Republic (SADR), according to a statement of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ecuador.

Rome (Italy), Sept 21, 2011 (SPS) - The Coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship with the Saharawi people, Ms. Carmen Motta, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Group to support the Saharawi cause, in a meeting with the Saharawi human rights activist, Brahim Dahane, who is in Italy to participate on the third European Conference of Towns supporting Western Sahara people, informed Tuesday the Jaima Saharawi Association.

Oran (Algeria), Sept 21, 2011 (SPS) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave Tuesday a humanitarian aid of 206 tons of dates for the benefit of the Saharawi refugees, the Saharawi Embassy in Algeria reported.




The caravan, which is supervised by the World Food Programme Representation in Algeria in coordination with the Algerian and Saharawi Red Crescent, has set up from the port of Oran in the presence of the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Algeria, Dr. Sami bin Abdullah Al-Saleh, and a representative of the Saudi Ministry of Finance.

Rome (Italy),September 20, 2011 (SPS) - The Tuscany region of Italy is holding, in Florence and Livorno, the third European Conference of Towns supporting Western Sahara people (September 24-26) to stress their right to self-determination, a source said Tuesday in Rome.

Representatives of cities are expected at this meeting from Italy, Europe and the world, along with the Saharawi refugee camps and associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people, in addition to a high-level Sahrawi government delegation led by Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar.

Relizane (Algeria), September 20, 2011 (SPS) - "There is no French support pronounced in favour of Morocco," declared the French Ambassador in Algiers, Mr. Xavier Driencourt, adding that "France and its government are on the side of Algeria and follow closely what is happening here."

Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camp) September 18, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front , Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Sunday the Saharawi participants in Madeira’s meeting on the Hasania culture, organized by the UN in the period between September 13 to 16 , 2011 in the presence of Saharawi participants from occupied territory and refugee camps .