Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 23, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Youth Union (Spanish acronym: UESARIO) has urged the leadership of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) to assume responsibility to complete the rest of its exploratory visit to Western Sahara.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Sept 22, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent a letter of condolences to H.E Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, following the terrorist attack that hit shopping centre in the capital Nairobi on Saturday.
Stockholm, Sept 22, 2013 (SPS) - The municipal library of the city of Lund, Sweden, organized Saturday a seminar on the Saharawi question under the title: “the role of Sweden and EU in the settlement of Western Sahara conflict”, informed Saharawi representation in Sweden.
Abuja, Sept 22, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador in Nigeria Mr. Abbi Bacharaya Bachir said that the support to the self-determination of Western Sahara, in addition to its legitimate and legal nature, constitutes “a support and incarnation to the democratic practice in the region.”
Mozambique, Sept 22, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Republic (SADR) has taken part at a meeting of the regional parliament of South African states on the promotion, adoption and adjustment of African Union legislations, held in Maputo on September 17-20.
Saharawi Republic was represented at this meeting by Ms. Sueilma Beiruk, Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP).
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 21, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) will begin Saturday night a three-day visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories of the Saharawi Republic (SADR), according to agenda of the visit.
The delegation has concluded a similar visit to Morocco and the occupied territories of Western Sahara, which lasted for three days.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 21, 2013 (SPS) - The tenth edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara, known as FiSahara, will be celebrated in the Wilaya of Dahkla, Saharawi refugee camps, in the period from 8 to 13 October 2013.
FiSahara is an annual film festival that uses film to entertain and empower Saharawi refugees and to raise international awareness about the plight of the people of Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco since 1975.
Belmopán (Belize), Sept 21, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador in Nicaragua Mr. Suleimàn Tieb Henàn has represented the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the ceremonies commemorating the 32th anniversary of the independence of Belize on 21 September 1981, according to a statement of SADR embassy in Nicaragua.
Saharawi Ambassador held bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize H.E. Mr. Wilfred Elrington.
Algiers, Sept 21, 2013 (SPS) - Algerian and Saharawi cultural institutions have agreed to carry out twinning projects, the Saharawi Minister of Culture Ms. Khadija Hamdi said Thursday in Algiers, quoted Friday by Algerian Press Service (APS).
Speaking following a meeting with Ms. Khalida Toumi, Algerian Minister of Culture, Ms. Khadija Hamdi said the twinning concerns Saharawi and Algerian fine arts, cinema and music schools.
Agadir, Sept 20, 2013 (SPS) - The Moroccan Court of Appeal in the city of Agadir postponed Thursday to September 26th the ruling against six Saharawi activists, arrested following Gleimim events, said a source of the Saharawi Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
The trial attended by families of the detainees and a number of Saharawi activists of human rights.
Algiers, Sept 20, 2013 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa in Algeria Mr. Joseph Kotane has reiterated his country’s support to the right of Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in a meeting with Saharawi Ambassador Mr. Brahim Ghali, held Thursday at SADR embassy in Algiers.
The South African diplomat expressed his country’s desire to develop the mutual cooperation relations already exist between the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and South Africa in various fields.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), Sept 20, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation representing the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) arrived Wednesday in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, in an exploratory visit to the occupied and liberated territories of Western Sahara, as well as the Saharawi refugee camps.
IUSY delegation, which includes members of the Saharawi Youth Union (UESARIO), is headed by Mr. Mousa Selma, Secretary General of UESARIO.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 20, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Coordinator with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) Mr. Mhamed Khaddad received Thursday in Chahid Al Hafed, Saharawi refugee camps, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara and head MINURSO Mr. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 16, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with some associations and institutions supporting the Saharawi people, has recently published several poetry collections and books, said the director of the documentation of history and preservation of oral memory Mr. Mohamed Ali Laman.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 15, 2013 (SPS) - The new school year 2013-2014 officially kicked off Saturday in all wilayas of the Saharawi Republic (SADR).
National conferences, which brought together the local authorities of the wilayas and national directorates of the Ministry of Education, were held prior to the official launch of this new school year (2013-2014).
Managua, Sept 15, 2013 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mr. Suleiman Tieb Henàn took part Saturday in the ceremonies marking the 192nd anniversary of the independence of the Central-American country of Nicaragua, observed annually on September 15th, at the invitation of the Nicaraguan government, according to a press release issued by Saharawi embassy in Managua.
Saharawi ambassador conveyed to the sisterly government of Nicaragua the felicitations of the Saharawi Government and its President Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.
San Sebastián (Basque), Sept 14, 2013 (SPS) - The Basque forensic team has released the findings of its extensive research on a case of human remains of Saharawi persons in Fadret Leguiaa in the region of Samra, near Amgala and Meheris, Western Sahara, who had been executed by Moroccan armed forces on February 1976.
London, Sept 14, 2013 (SPS) - Amnesty International has urged that the perpetrators of the mass grave, discovered in Western Sahara by a Spanish forensic team, “should be brought to account to put a tangible end to impunity,” adding that the MINURSO, UNHCHR and WGEID could play a role in providing international assistance and expertise and in facilitating this process.
Washington, Sept 14, 2013 (SPS) - The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) has released a report, in which it expressed dissatisfaction at the relentless human rights violations against the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara, indicating that the international community “has the responsibility to protect the Sahrawis from these systematic violations.”
Paris, Sept 14, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi community in France participated yesterday, Friday, at Fête de l'Humanité (the Festival of Humanity), an event organized annually by the French Communist newspaper “L'Humanité”, informed POLISARIO representation in Paris.