El Aaiun (occupied territories), July 23, 2012 (SPS) - Moroccan forces of occupation attacked Sunday a group of Saharawi citizens in the District of Matalaa, occupied city of El Aaiun, after they attached a Saharawi national flag, informed a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Casa Blanca (Morocco), July 23, 2012 (SPS) - Nine political parties and organizations from several countries of the world have voiced “full solidarity” with the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and self-determination,” in a joint communiqué at the end of congress of the Moroccan Democratic Approach party that took place from 12 to 15 July, 2012.
Algiers, July 23, 2012 (SPS) - “The Cultural and media fronts are the most important fronts in the resistance against Moroccan occupation in the light of cease-fire,” underlined Sunday in Algiers the Minister of Culture Ms. Khadija Hamdi.
Molina De Segur (Spain), July 22, 2012 (SPS) - “Behind the kidnapping of the aid workers, two Spanish and an Italian national, from the Saharawi refugee camps has political goals not financial, the kidnappers seek through it to isolate the Saharawi people and subjected them to hunger and misery,” confirmed POLISARIO Representative to Spain, Mr. Bashraya Bayun.
Madrid, July 22, 2012 (SPS) - The General Union of Spanish Workers has organized in collaboration with POLISATIO office, Spanish youth organization and Association of Saharawi community of Aragon a two-days of general debate on various aspects of the Saharawi cause, most notably the roots of Western Sahara conflict, informed POLISARIO Office in Zaragoza.
The topic of armed struggle in Saguia El-Hamra and Oued Ed-Dahab and latest developments on the Saharawi question took large portion of the study days.
Madrid, July 22, 2012 (SPS) - The General Union of Spanish Workers has organized in collaboration with POLISATIO office, Spanish youth organization and Association of Saharawi community of Aragon a two-days of general debate on various aspects of the Saharawi cause, most notably the roots of Western Sahara conflict, informed POLISARIO Office in Zaragoza.
The topic of armed struggle in Saguia El-Hamra and Oued Ed-Dahab and latest developments on the Saharawi question took large portion of the study days.
Rome, July 22, 2012 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, said that immediately after the kidnapping of the three European cooperators, leaders of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic made contacts with their counterparts of Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, as well as with the governments of Italy and Spain, adding to an Italian magazine “the Spanish and Italian authorities asked us to show an extreme prudence.”
Madrid, July 21, 2012 (SPS) - Spanish deputies from the Parliamentary Group “Peace and Freedom for the Saharawi People” have expressed satisfaction for the release of the cooperators, Spanish and an Italian, kidnapped last October from the Saharawi refugee camps, according to the Spanish Press Agency (EFE).
The deputies appreciated the steps taken by the government of Spain in this regard and the tremendous efforts made to free the hostages, the same source added.
Bir Lahlu (liberated territories) July20,2012(SPS) president of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Thursday urged the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon for urgent intervention to protect Saharawi citizens from oppression of the Moroccan occupation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. As learned in a message sent to Ki-moon
Bir lahlu (liberated territories) July19,2012(SPS)the Government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic(SADR) and the Polisario Front ,on Wednesday expressed satisfaction to the release of three European cooperators kidnapped in October 22,2011 from the Saharawi refugee camps and transformed to northern Mali.
Boumerdes(Algeria) July19,2012(SPS) – President of the Republic ,Secretary general if the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz said Tuesday in Boumerdes (Algeria) that “Paris holds the key of Saharawi question,” especially since France is a world power and has the right of veto in the United Nations Security Council.”
Tiznit (Morocco) July18,2012(SPS) the Saharawi political prisoners in Tiznit prison(Morocco) on Tuesday started a warning hunger strike for 48hours to express their solidarity with the Saharawi political prisoners Sahel Rtemi and Issa Buda, who are in hunger strike in Moroccan prison of Ait Mellul, said a press release from the Ministry of occupied territories and Communities.
The Saharawi political prisoners are:-Lahmam Salama, Mulay Ali Bouamud, Mahjub Ailal, Hassan Mohamed Lehsan, Sbaai Mohamed Fal and Mgaimiga Brahim Alkhalil.
Rabat, July 16, 2012 (SPS) - The United States Ambassador to Rabat, Mr. Samuel Kaplan, confirmed that his country “continues to supporting” the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara Mr. Christopher Ross until the end of his mission, in order to find a solution to the conflict of Western Sahara.
Addis Ababa, July 16, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, called Monday on heads of state of the African Union “not to stay idly in front of Morocco’s intransigence, obstructions and violation of human rights in Western Sahara,” in a speech during the discussion of the report of AU Peace and Security Council.
Addis Ababa, July 16, 2012 (SPS) - Peace and Security Council of the African Union has voiced, in its report on peace and security in Africa, concern on the stalemate in the peace process in Western Sahara due to Morocco’s intransigence and its obstruction to the efforts made by the UN mediator Mr. Christopher Ross, aiming to reach a just, transparent and mutually agreed upon solution ensuring self-determination for the Saharawi people in the context of arrangements consistent with the principles, objectives and Charter of the United Nations.
Boumerdes (Algeria), July 16, 2012 (SPS) - The international network of solidarity with the Sahrawi people is "constantly growing," Pierre Galand, the president the European Coordination Conference of Support to the Sahrawi People said Sunday in Boumerdes, Algeria.
Addis Ababa, July 16, 2012 (SPS) - The South African Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma elected Sunday in Addis Ababa during the 19th Summit of Heads of States and Government of the African Union.
The South African, 62 years, elected in a fourth round of voting, where she won 37 votes, more than two-thirds needed according AU Commission election law, beating the Gabonese Dr. Jean Ping, 69 years, who have been on top of the Commission since 2008.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), July 16, 2012 (SPS) - “The Saharawi people are determined to exercise their right to self-determination and independence, as to establish bonds of brotherhood with the Moroccan brotherly people, as inescapable historic determinisms,” has confirmed the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, in a letter sent Sunday to the 3rd congress of Moroccan Democratic Approach Party.
Addis Ababa, July 15, 2012 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, revealed that the African Union Commission has submitted a resolution, holding Morocco responsible for failure of the negotiations between and appealing to the UN to live up to its commitments towards right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, to the 19th Summit.