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Algiers. september12, 2011(SPS) Algeria and Mali reiterated their support, Sunday in Algiers, to UN Security Council resolutions which reaffirm the self-determination right of the Sahara people, according to a communiqué concluded   the work of the 11th session of the Joint Cooperation Committee between Algeria and Mali, the APS reported Sunday.

The two sides reiterated their "commitment to support the implementation of relevant resolutions of the Security Council reaffirming the right to self-determination of Western Sahara people,"(SPS)

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 Shahid Al Hafed, September 11, 2011 (SPS) The "European Youth Caravan for Western Sahara" will hold next Wednesday, a sit-in outside the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to denounce violations of human rights committed by the Morocco in Western Sahara and to protest against the signing of the agreement between the EU and Morocco including the Saharawi territorial waters, according to the organizers of the caravan.

 Shahid El Hafed, September 11, 2011 (SPS) The "European Youth Caravan for Western Sahara" will hold next Wednesday, a sit-in outside the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to denounce violations of human rights committed by the Morocco in Western Sahara and to protest against the signing of the agreement between the EU and Morocco including the Saharawi territorial waters, according to the organizers of the caravan.

Rome, September 10,2011 (SPS) Italy has granted a donation of 200,000 Euros for the fight against malnutrition in the Saharawi refugee camps, as learn Saturday in Rome.

The contribution that the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made ​​available to the World Food Program (WFP) is part of a plan for 2011for the Saharawi refugees.

Harare (Zimbabwe), September 9, 2011 (SPS) - The new Saharawi ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe Mr. Daish Mohammed Saleh, presented Thursday his credentials to the president, Mr. Robert Mugabe.

On the occasion, President Mugabe affirmed the clear position of the Republic of Zimbabwe regarding the decolonization of the African continent and the Western Sahara in partiular, referring to the deep bonds of friendship between the two governments and peoples, Sahrawi and Zimbabwe.

Accra (Ghana), September 9, 2011 (SPS) - Mr. Mahjoub Sidina presented Thursday his credentials to President of the Republic of Ghana,Mr. John Evans Atta Mills, as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

During the ceremony at the presidential headquarters, the President ofthe Republic of Ghana expressed solidarity with the Saharawi people,stressing the importance of opening an Embassy of the Sahrawi Republic in this friendly country.

Bir Lahlou, September 9, 2011 (SPS) – The Sahrawi government has denied what was reported Thursday in Al Quds Al Arabi newspaper, quoting Moroccan newspaper Al Messa, that “members of the UN mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), monitoring cease-fire in the region of Bir Lahlou, were attacked by Sahrawi army units," in a statement issued by the Ministry of Information.

Shaheed El Hafed, September 8, 2011 (SPS) - The National Secretariat (SN) of the Polisario Front called Thursday on the United Nations to assume its responsibility for the decolonization of Western Sahara, ensure the security and integrity of the defenseless Sahrawi citizens and establish a mechanism allowing MINURSO to control and monitor human rights situation in the territories under the Moroccan occupation.

Shaheed El Hafed, September 8, 2011 (SPS) - The National Secretariat (SN) of the Polisario Front has denounced the colonial practices of the Moroccan government, through the campaigns of brutal repression, arrests, abductions and transferring civilians before military courts, particularly since the forced dismantling of the camp of Gdeim Izik, November 8, 2010.

Shaheed El Hafed, September 8, 2011 (SPS) - The National Secretariat (NS) of the Polisario Front has condemned the positions of certain international parties, such as France, which adopts a position of double standards when it comes to the question of Western Sahara, indicated a statement sanctioning the work of a regular session of the SN, released Thursday.

Shaheed El Hafed, September 8, 2011 (SPS) - The National Secretariat (NS) of the Polisario Front has decided to set the date for the 13th General People's Congress of the Polisario Front, bearing the name of the late president of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament), Mahfoudh Ali Beiba, in mid December 2011, in the liberated territories of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

London, September 8, 2011 (SPS) - An important delegation of parliamentarians, representatives of civil society  including  trade unions and the Polisario Front representative in London delivered a petition to the Office of the British Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron,  calling on London to play an active role to ensure the respect of the cease-fire in Western Sahara.

Belgrade (Serbia) September 6, 2011 (SPS) - The Algerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Mourad Medelci , called Monday on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to continue its  firm and effective support for the Sahrawi people in its struggle to realize its aspirations in freedom and self-determination.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories) Sept 5, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, addressed Sunday a letter of condolence to his Cuban counterpart, Mr. Raúl Castro Ruz, on death of the General Julio Casas Regueiro, minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

Santiago (Chile) Sept 5, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed Saturday heartfelt condolences to his Chilean counterpart, Mr. Sebastian Piñera, following the tragic crash accident of a plane belonging to the Chilean Armed Forces occurred Friday near the San Fernando Island which left 21 dead.

Shahid Al Hafed (refugee camps) Sept 4, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has appreciated the documentary “Gdeim Izik: an example of unity and resistance”, considering it “work which must be commanded because it documents a historic phase in the history of the Saharawi resistance against the Moroccan occupation, during its screening on the sidelines of a meeting of the Ministers Council held Saturday.

Juba (South Sudan) Sept 4, 2011 - The government of newly-independent South Sudan has decided to relocate its capital from Juba to a more central location in Lakes state, a senior official said on Sunday.

"The council of ministers has decided that the capital city will be relocated from Juba," the government's secretary general Abdon Agaw told AFP, adding the new capital would be located in Ramciel, in Lakes state.

Shahid Al Hafed (refugee camps) Sept 4, 2011 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers strongly condemned Saturday the serious violations of human rights perpetuated against the Saharawis in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially El Aaiun and Boujdour, hailing struggles of the Saharawi masses in the occupied territories and south of Morocco, in a statement concluded a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories) Sept 2, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi government and Polisario Front has welcomed the statements issued on Aug 29, 2011 by Mustafa Abdeljalil, president of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC), which categorically denied the allegations published by the Moroccan Press Service (MAP) claiming the presence of Saharawi fighters in Libya along with Gaddafi, said the Ministry of Information.

Benghazi, August 31, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC), Mustafa Abdeljalil, denied Tuesday any presence of elements of the Polisario Front in Libya, in response to a question about allegations disseminated lately by Moroccan media, claiming the  Council  arrested some 556 members of Polisario Front, during a press  conference in Benghazi.