Windhoek(Namibia) August 4, 2011(SPS) – A delegation of the Frente Polisario has been received Wednesday by the President of the Parliament of Namibia, Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, in the capital of Namibia, Windhoek, as the Rotating President of the Congress of Socialist International, who reaffirmed his support to the "right" of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories) August 2, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz, warned against the "dangerous escalation" of violations of human rights committed by Morocco and its continued crackdown on peaceful protests in the occupied cities of El Aaiun and Bojador, in a letter Tuesday to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), August 1, 2011 (SPS) - A dozen Sahrawi were injured Sunday evening during a violent intervention of the occupying forces to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized by Sahrawi citizens in the occupied city of El Aaiun demanding the release of a Sahrawi militant, according to a report released by Media Team.
The event was organized following the arrest and imprisonment of Sahrawi activist Bouhla Ghali, 22, in the "Black Jail" without being able to see his family or know the charges against him.
Tantan (South Morocco), August 2, 2011(SPS) - Moroccan police agents arrested Monday Sahrawi student Hussein Al Ber in the check point northeast of Tantan city in southern Morocco, according to Statement of Sahrawi Collective Defenders of Human rights (CODESA).
Boujdour (Occupied Territories) July 29, 2011 (SPS) - A brutal intervention of the Moroccan army forces against Sahrawi citizens in the occupied city of Boujdour (the third town in Western Sahara) resulted in casualties among them, after they went out in a peaceful march to protest the looting and attrition of the natural resources of Western Sahara, according to sources of the Ministry for the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Madrid, July 29, 2011 (SPS)-- Head of Extremadura Parliament Fernando Manzano affirmed Tuesday in the capital Mérida that all humanitarian aid for the Sahrawis must be considered as an "act of solidarity" with the Sahrawi cause and a "political act of support to the holding of self-determination referendum" in Western Sahara, local press reported Wednesday.
New York (UN), July 29, 2011 (SPS) - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named Wednesday Major General Abdul Hafiz as Commander of the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
Major General Hafiz, 54, succeeds Major General Jingmin Zhao of China, whose tour of duty ended on 10 April 2011
New York, July 28, 2011 (SPS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed, Wednesday, Major General Abdul Hafiz of Bangladesh as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Martin Nesersky, declared Wednesday
Rome, July 27th, 2011 (SPS) - The Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar, a women symbolizing the peaceful struggle for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, has been awarded "Citizen of Honour" of the Italian town of Montespertoli, announced Montespertoli Town Council in a statement.
The ceremony held for that purpose took place in the presence of the Saharawi representative in Tuscany, Abdella Mohamed Salem, and an invited group of Saharawi children in Italy.
Rabat, July 27, 2011 (SPS) - In one of the worst air disasters in Moroccan history, a military transport plane crashed into a mountain on Tuesday morning in the southern region of the country killing at least 78 people, international media reported Tuesday.
The Hercules C-130, a turbo-prop military transport plane made in the United States, was carrying 12 civilians, 9 crew members, and 60 members of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces.
Salzburg (Austria), July 26, 2011 (SPS) - The Secretary of State for Youth and Sports, Mr. Mohamed Mouloud Mohamed Fadel, is participating in the work of the World Festival of International Socialist Youth, which launched Tuesday in city of Salzburg west of the capital Vienna.
More three thousand young people from around the world are taking part in the festival, including a delegation of Sahrawi youth.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), July 26, 2011 (SPS) - The Moroccan authorities of occupation prevented Monday dozens of unemployed Sahrawi from taking a peaceful sit-in outside the mandate headquarters in the occupied city of El Aaiun, according to a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Dili (East Timor) July 25, 2011 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) in Dili, Mr. Mohamed Salama Badi, met Monday at government palace Mr. José Luís Guterres, East Timorese deputy prime minister, according to the SADR Embassy in Timor-Leste.
Paris, July 24, 2011 (SPS) - The French government announced Saturday that obstructing the talks to find a solution for the Western Sahara cause “does not benefit anyone”, confirming its continuation to support the negotiation for reaching to a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, French Press Service (AFP) reported.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps) July 24, 2011 (SPS) - In a letter reached Sunday SPS, the Saharawi Union of Youth, UJSARIO, has vigorously condemned the vicious deadly attacks that targeted the Norwegian government buildings and the peaceful youth camp at Utoeya, expressing heartfelt condolences to families of the deceased and injured.
Here is complete read of the letter sent by Mr. Moussa Salma, secretary general of UJSARIO, to the Norwegian Labour Youth:
“Norwegian Labour Youth
Oslo
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories) July 24, 2011 (SPS) -The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has expressed the deepest and sincere condolences of the Saharawi government and people as well as the Frente Polisario to the Prime Minister of Norway for the loss of innocent lives in a summer camp near the capital Oslo, in a letter reached Saturday SPS.
Following is complete read of the letter:
“H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenber
Prime Minister of Norway
Oslo
United Nations, July 22, 2011 (SPS) - The eigth round of informal negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco concluded Thursday, without major progress, according to a statement of the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Ambassador Christopher Ross.
The UN envoy confirmed that both parties, Frente Polisario and Morocco, “started a discussion on ways to tackle the agreed topics for discussion, namely natural resources and demining, and requested the assistance of the UN to propose a framework for reflection for future exchanges.”
Budapest (Poland) July 22, 2011 (SPS) - In a letter addressed Friday to the prime minister of Poland, the Central and Eastern European Alliance for Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CEE Alliance) has called the attention of the Polish government about the continued and systematic human rights abuses and to the ongoing plunder of Western Sahara’s natural resources.
United Nations, July 22, 2011 (SPS) - “The UN remains more than ever committed to a solution guaranteeing the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, but Morocco is determined to continue to undermine the current efforts since Morocco is concerned by the results of any democratic consultation of the Saharawi people,” said Thursday Mr. Khatri Addouh, head of the negotiating delegation of the Polisario Front after the 8th informal meeting held from July 19 to 21, 2011 at Greentree (Manhasset).
NewYork, July 20, 2011 (SPS) - The eighth round of UN-sponsored informal talks between the Polisario Front and Morocco on the Western Sahara issue opened Wednesday in Manhasset (New York).
The two-day meeting, the fourth in the current year and over a month after the last informal round, is being held behind closed doors under the auspices of the UN Secretary General’s special envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross, in the presence of the delegations of the two parties to the conflict and representatives of the two observing countries, Algeria and Mauritania.