Madrid, June 17, 2011 (SPS) - Spanish party Union for Progress and Democracy (UPD) attempts to correct the historical injustice that has been suffered by the Saharawi workers ever since the illegal submission of Western Sahara to Morocco by Spain.
Las Palmas, June 17, 2011 (SPS) - Several Canary trade unions have united to form the first coordination for the Support of the Saharawi people, according to Canary Radio and Television.
El Aaiun (occupied territories) June 16, 2011 (SPS) .- In a letter sent by the community of Sahrawi x-prisoners to EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, the Sahrawi denounce the inclusion of their occupied territory under EU agreement signed with Morocco, Western Sahara Resource Watch .reported Wednesday.
Algiers, June 16, 2011 (SPS) - The Task Force of the European Coordination for Solidarity with the People of Western Sahara (EUCOCO) holds, Thursday in Algiers, a meeting marking the 41st anniversary of the popular uprising of June 17, 1970 in Zemla district, El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara.
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps) June 16, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi Jurists Union called on the Moroccan authorities of occupation to immediately and unconditionally release all Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails, expressing deep concern on their serious health.
New York, June 15, 2011 (SPS)- Western Sahara issue was examined Monday by the UN Special Committee to study the situation regarding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, called "Committee of 24 ".
Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), June 14, 2011 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Tuesday evening the German parliamentary delegation in a visit since Monday in Sahrawi refugee camps.
Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), June 14, 2011 (SPS) - The Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received Tuesday in Shaheed El Hafed, Sahrawi refugee camps, the German parliamentary delegation in visit since Monday in the camps.
London, June 14, 2011 (SPS)- the political and social situation prevailing in Morocco does not encourage the obstinacy of the Moroccan regime vis-à-vis the Saharawi question, it increases the pressure on this country for organizing a Referendum in Western Sahara, said the Polisario Front representative in London, Mr. Lamine Baali.
Bir Lahlou, June 14, 2011 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, called on the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to immediately intercede to exert the necessary pressure on the Moroccan state, to save lives of Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons, in a letter Monday .
Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps) June 13, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi Union of Jurists has strongly denounced neglect of the Moroccan authorities to the demands of the six Saharawi political prisoners currently in hunger strike since two months in Goulimime prison (southern Morocco).
In a statement reached Monday SPS, The Union expressed “deep concern” on the serious health of the six Saharawi hunger strikers in the Goulimime prison.
Gaza, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - Palestinian Minister of Negotiation Affairs Dr. Saeb Erekat announced on Sunday readiness to resume negotiations with Israel in case it accepted the principle of two independent states, according to 1967 borders.
Cairo (Egypt), June 12, 2011 (SPS) - Egypt's national carrier Egypt Air will resume flights to Iraq in mid-July after they were halted following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, an top official said on Sunday.
Egypt Air, one of Africa's largest airlines, will operate four weekly flights to Baghdad and three flights to north Iraq's Erbil area as of July 15, 2011, said Hussein Massoud, chairman of the Egypt Air holding company.
Johannesburg, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday launched Africa's biggest free trade bloc aimed at enhancing cooperation between 26 nations to boost economies in the world's poorest and underdeveloped continent.
Stockholm, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Sweden has reaffirmed the support of Sweden to the right of the Saharawi people of self-determination and to the UN peace process, expressing readiness of Sweden to continue the humanitarian aid for the Saharawi refugees, during a meeting of its officials with the Saharawi Minister of Cooperation, Mr. Salek Baba Hasana.
Dakhla (refugee camps) June 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, praised Saturday the success of the National Youth Conference, considering it as "a strong motive for effectiveness of the Saharawi youth in all fronts of struggle", during his concluding speech to the Conference held on June 9-11, which coincides with the Martyr's Day, in the wilaya of Dakhla, Saharawi refugee camps.
Goulimime(south Morocco) June 12, 2011 (SPS) Six Saharawi political prisoners in hunger strike for 57 days in Goulimine prison (southern Morocco) are in a “critical” state of health because of a hunger strike they had started since April 12, 2011, to protest against political marginalization perpetrated by Morocco on the Saharawis and the illegal plundering of natural resources of Western Sahara, said a Saharawi judicial source.
Paris, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppe will visit Algeria on Wednesday for a 24-hour visit during which he will hold talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, announced on Friday Bernard Valero, spokesman for the Quai d'Orsay.
This is the first visit of a head of French diplomacy in Algeria since that made by Bernard Kouchner in May 2008.
London, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - The African Development Bank will lend around $1.1 billion to Tunisia this year, and a similar amount to Egypt, the bank's president said on Friday.
Paris, June 12, 2011 (SPS) - French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alain Juppe, will visit Algeria on Wednesday for a 24-hour visit during which he will hold talks with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, announced on Friday Bernard Valero, spokesman for the Quai d'Orsay.