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Bir Lehlu(Liberated Territories), Dec 31, 2012 (SPS) - President of Republic and Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent today a congratulatory message to his Algerian President, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on the occasion of the New Year

“On the occasion of the new year, I would like to extend to you and through you to the brotherly people of Algeria, the best wishes and warmst congratulations”, said President of Republic.

Bir Lehlu(Liberated Territories), Dec 31, 2012 (SPS) -The President of Republic and Secretary General of Polisario Font, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Monday has congratulated President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz,  on the occasion of New Year.

Nouakchott, December 30, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the National Youth Organization of the Mauritanian Rally of Democratic Forces (RFD) Cheikh Sid'Ahmed Aida has reiterated his party’s commitment to the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in a meeting with the Secretary General of the Saharawi Students Union Ahmed Lehbib Abdi.

Dakhla (occupied territories), Dec 31, 2012 (SPS) - The occupied city of Dakhla witnessed Saturday the organization of several demonstrations calling for the withdrawal of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, according to Saharawi media sources.

Martyr Chreif’s Centre (refugee camps), Dec 30, 2012 (SPS) - A group of young Saharawis, currently study in the Diaspora, organized Thursday a march under the title: “scream against the Wall of Shame”, a distance of 50 km eastern the Wall.


“This initiative is part of the annual programme of the Union of Youth of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (UJSARIO), in preparation for the new year that will be celebrated in the liberated territories of SADR,” said the SG of UJSARIO Mr. Mousa Selma in an interview with SPS.

Nouakchott, Dec 30, 2012 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation is attending work of the 3rd Congress of the Union of Progressive Forces of Mauritania (UFP), where he held talks on the sidelines of the Congress, said a source close to the delegation.


The delegation held talks with the President of the Union of Progressive Forces (UFP) Mr. Mohamed Ould Mouloud, Vice-President Mr. Bakary Dafa and the SG of the General Confederation of Mauritanian Workers (CGTM) Mr. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Mohamed.

Rabat (Morocco), Dec 30, 2012 (SPS) - The continuation of the mission of the United Nations Secretary-General Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, with the full support of the UN has been one of 2012’s key events in the Sahrawi conflict.
 

Washington, Dec 30, 2012 (SPS) - The UN General Assembly and the Security Council reaffirmed the solution for self-determination of Sahrawi people in their many resolutions adopted during ending 2012, while the UN personal envoy Christopher Ross is to begin international consultations to unlock this issue, lingering for more than 35 years.

School of June, 9. December27, 2012(SPS) The autumn session of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament) has opened on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Parliament in School of June9 under the chairman of its President  Khatri Adduh,in presence of members of the Parliament in addition to Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, accompanied by members of his Government.
 

Nouakchott , Dec  25, 2012 (SPS) - The Personal Envoy of the President of Republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, was received Monday in Nouakchott by President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz.

"I conveyed to His Excellency Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania a letter from his Saharawi counterpart, in which he congratulated him on his recovery and return to the country”, the Minister of foreign said to SPS.

Algiers, Dec 25, 2012 (SPS)- France, which advocates the defence of human rights and the emancipation of peoples, is doing the opposite on the ground with the position it has adopted regarding the emancipation of the Saharawi people, said Monday in Algiers Professor at the University of Algiers III, Salah Saoud said.

El Ouadi (Algeria), Dec 24, 2012 (SPS) - The Minister of Culture Ms. Khadija Hamdi said Sunday that culture is a weapon and mean of fighting for freedom and independence, in a speech during the opening ceremony of the Saharawi Republic Cultural Week taking place from 23th to 27th December 2012 at El Ouadi, Algeria.

Bir Lehlu ( liberated tarritories), Dec 23, 2012 (SPS) - President of Republic and Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has sent today a congratulatory message to his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma on his reelection as Head of African National Congress (ANC).

El Oued (Algeria), Dec  22, 2012 (SPS) - First edition of Cultural Week of Saharawi Republic in El Oued province, Algeria , will start tomorrow under the motto  “Culture for Serving Development” , held held from 22th to 27th December 2012, said the organizers .

The cultural event aims to create communication and exchange between the Saharawi and Algerian culture, said the source.

SADR Cultural Week in  El Oued  will be marked by several festivities including lectures, screening of documentaries and concerts.

Bloemfontein (South Africa), Dec 22, 2012 (SPS) - Member of National Secretariat of Polisario Front, Mr.

Tokyo, Dec 22, 2012 (SPS) - A seminar on the theme “the last colony in Africa, Western Sahara” was organized Thursday in Meijigakuin University in the Japanese capital Tokyo, in the presence of Japanese professors, journalists, scholars, artists, students and sympathizers with the Saharawi cause, in addition to the Algerian ambassador to Japan.

According to the organizers, the seminar was jointly sponsored by the International Peace Research Institute, Sahara-Japan Journalists Association (SJJA) and Western Sahara Japan Preparative Office (WSJPO).

Bloemfontein (South Africa), Dec 21, 2012 (SPS) -the 53rd National Elective Conference of the South African National Congress (ANC) took place from 16th to 20th December 2012 in the city of Bloemfontein, reaffirmed the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence.
 

In a motion adopted by the congress of the ANC, it recalled “the historic relations of comradeship and solidarity existing between the ANC and the Polisario Front as allies in the struggle against injustice, colonialism and apartheid.”
 

London,December21,2012(SPS) - President of Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) Erik Hagen said Thursday that by refusing to involve the Saharawi people in negotiations on the fisheries agreement with the European Union (EU), Morocco "violates the international law and undermines UN peace efforts."

"Morocco is not in a position to negotiate with EU on fisheries agreement in a territory which is not Moroccan," said the president of this association, in charge of the protection of natural resources in Western Sahara.
 

Tlemcen (Algeria) December21,2012(SPS)  - France is for the implementation of United Nations resolutions on Western Sahara, said Thursday in Tlemcen French President François Hollande.
 

"We are for the implementation of UN resolutions and only UN resolutions," he said, adding that "we must move towards the implementation of all UN resolutions."
 

The French president said that he discussed with his Algerian counterpart the question of closing Algerian-Moroccan land border and the reasons behind this decision.(SPS)
 

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New York (UN) December20,2012(SPS)  - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution on Western Sahara issue in which it supports the negotiation process "to reach a solution that allows the determination of Western Sahara people "while praising efforts by envoy staff for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross.