April 2013

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories) April17, 2013(SPS) President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front,Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed his  condolences  to US President Barack Obama, on the Boston’s explosions.
 

“ It's with profound grief and pain that we received the news of the two deadly explosions in Boston, causing casualties among innocent citizens and seaming terror and fear in the souls of the peaceful population and the Boston Marathon runners.” said President Mohamed Abdelaziz, in his message to President Obama.
 

Algiers ,April16,2013(SPS) - The international conference in support of Sahrawi women’s resistance will be held on April 18 to 21 at the same time in Algiers and in the Sahrawi refugee camps, Secretary General of Sahrawi women Association Fatima Al-Mahdi announced Monday in Algiers.
 

This conference, the third after that held in 2010 and 2011, will be organized under the theme “Situation and right of Sahrawi women to resist,” Al-Mahdi told a press conference at the Sahrawi Embassy in Algiers.
 

Shahid Alhafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps) April16,2013(SPS) - More than 20 tonnes of foreign humanitarian aid will be shipped in the coming months to the Saharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, President of Saharawi Red Crescent (CRS) Buhobeini Yahia has said.
 

The total food needs of the Saharawi refugee camps are estimated at more than 29 tonnes, and the programme covering those needs is valued at about USD35 million, the source said.
 

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), April 15, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has felicitated H.E. Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, on the accasion of his election as a president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Algiers, April 15, 2013 (SPS) - President of Algeria’s Future Front Party Abdel-Aziz Belaid reaffirmed support to the right of Saharawi people to freedom and independence, in a meeting on Sunday at the party’s headquarters with the Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers Mr. Brahim Ghali.


“The position of the Front stems from the position of Algerian state that defends the right of peoples to self-determination, notably the Saharawi people,” said Mr. Belaid.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 14, 2013 (SPS) - The preparatory political conferences for the election of heads of municipalities will start today, Monday, in all the 27 municipalities in the Wilayas of Dakhla, Auserd, Smara, El Aaiun and Boujdour, in accordance with decisions of the POLISARIO 13th congress enshrined in the constitution.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), April 15, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan authorities removed Thursday its flags from around the headquarters of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), according to a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.


“On Thursday afternoon, April 11, there noticed the removing of some 50 Moroccan flags that were surrounding the MINURSO headquarters in the so-called El Massira quarter,” said the same source.

Chahid Al Hafed (Refugee Camps), April 14, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz said that the position of France on Western Sahara conflict is still confusing and needs clarification, adding that the principles of democracy, human rights and the right to self-determination cannot be subject to “bargaining”.

London, April 14, 2013 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch confirmed, in a letter addressed Saturday to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Ban Ki-moon, that the lack of legal and legitimate administering power in Western Sahara “bestows a specific duty upon the United Nations to manage the resources until the status of the territory has been resolved.”

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 13, 2013 (SPS) - Demonstrations organized today, Saturday, at the same time (14:00) outside the embassies of France in several European capitals, and in the Saharawi refugee camps to call upon the French government to stop opposing a UN permanent human rights monitoring and documenting mechanism within the mandate of MINURSO, when being renewed by the Security Council at the end of this month.

Paris, April 13, 2013 (SPS) - Rallies in support to Sahrawi people and in solidarity with political prisoners, will be staged in Paris near the French National Assembly on Wednesday 17 April and near the Fountain of Innocents on 20 Saturday, to demand the release of Gdeim Izik's Sahrawi prisoners, who were sentenced to heavy prison terms by the military court of Rabat in Morocco.

Paris, April 12, 2013 (SPS) - A network of the French youth who are in solidarity with the Saharawi cause created Friday night in Paris at a meeting attended by students and representatives of associations from several French cities.


These young French decided to set up this network following the visit they made to the Saharawi refugee camps on March, where they noticed the extremely precarious conditions of Saharawi populations and their commitment to cling to the self-determination referendum.

Algiers, April 13, 2013 (SPS) - The former Mauritanian Ambassador to a number of African countries Mr. Mohamed Lemine Ould El Kateb held Morocco responsible for prolonging the conflict of Western Sahara, reported Saturday Algerian newspaper of Al Chourouk.


Mauritanian diplomat stressed that Morocco does not demonstrate any flexibility in dealing with the file, warning of the dangerous impact if the situation remained unchanged.

Accra, April 13, 2013 (SPS) - At the initiative of Ghana Forum for Western Sahara, a ceremony was organized Wednesday in the capital of Ghana, Accra, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Frente POLISARIO and show solidarity with the Saharawi people.


The ceremony was attended by SADR Ambassador in Accra Mr. Mahjub Sidina, along with a number of senior personalities from Ghana’s political parties, politicians, activists and journalists.

Copenhagen, April 13, 2013 (SPS) - Fifty-six political parties, organizations and local and EU MPs from the Scandinavia region sent Friday a letter to the President of UN Security Council, in which they demanded the enlargement of MINURSO mandate to include the protection of human rights in Western Sahara, and the release of Saharawi political prisoners.

London, April 13, 2013 (SPS) - The right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara have been at the heart of talks held on Friday by Mr. Mhamed Khadad, Member of the POLISARIO Front’s political leadership and Coordinator with the MINURSO, with British officials during his visit to the United Kingdom.

Algiers, April 10, 2013 (SPS) Video (short documentary) 6min 05 sec, devoted to living conditions in  the Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf and describing their desire to recover their independence, was posted on the electronic site of  the British newspaper "The Guardian".
 

New York, April 10, 2013 (SPS) the Polisario representative to the UN, Ahmed Bukhari, on Tuesday welcomed the new report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon on Western Sahara, while stressing that this report is '' shy'' due to the Moroccan threatens.  
 

New York, April09,2013(SPS) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated Tuesday call for "just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution that will guarantee the right of the people of Western Sahara to Self-determination," and insisted on the "urgent need for independent, impartial, comprehensive and sound monitoring of human rights situation in the occupied Western Sahara."
 

Shahid AlHafed (Saharawi refugee camps), April 9, 2013 (SPS)  a national Observatory  of natural resources has been created on Tuesday at  the headquarters   of the Association of Families of Sahrawi Prisoners and Disappeared  in Shahid Alhafed .
 

The Observatory aims to ensure monitoring and documentation of the illegal plunder of natural resources of  Western Sahara by Moroccan occupations  and its effects on the ecological balance of the region.