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Banjul (Gambia), December 31, 2013 (SPS) - The Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr. Ismail Chergui, called to encounter the challenges that impede the peace in a number of African regions including the Western Sahara.

During  Peace and Security Council meeting of heads of state and government in Banjul, Gambia, the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union said that efforts will be continued to address these challenges through actions which will be put in place. (SPS)

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Paris, December 31, 2013 (SPS) -  Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra highlighted that the solution to the Western Sahara issue is to enable Sahrawi people to exercise self-determination.  

In an interview with monthly magazine Africa Asia in its edition of January to be issued Tuesday,  the Algerian chief diplomat said "whether the question of Palestine and the Western Sahara, self-determination is the solution."

AWSERD (Saharawi refugee camps) - Sahrawi President, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, said Tuesday in Awserd that the determination of the Saharawi people to fight against the Moroccan occupation and gain independence remains "intact".

"We renew our oath to our brave martyrs and our prisoners languishing in Moroccan jails that our determination remains intact to fight against the Moroccan occupation for gaining independence," said Abdelaziz in a speech delivered before the 8th Saharawi Youth Congress.

Awserd (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 30, 2013 (SPS) – The participants to the International Conference of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People organized on the sidelines of the 8th Congress of Sahrawi Youth Union called Monday in the Wilaya of Awserd, Sahrawi refugee camps, for support of Sahrawi people’s struggle for freedom and independence.

AWSERD (Saharawi refugee camps), December 30, 2013 (SPS) - The fisheries agreement concluded recently between the European Union (EU) and Morocco for the "illegal" exploitation of Western Sahara’s fisheries resources is "scandalous and disgraceful," said Monday in Awserd the representatives of international youth organizations.

Auserd (Saharawi refugee camps) December 29, 2013 (SPS) - The representative of Swedish Social Democratic Party affirmed Sunday in the Wilaya of Auserd, Saharawi refugee camps, that the struggle of the Saharawi people is "struggle for justice, human rights and democracy," in a speech delivered during the opening of the Eighth Sahrawi Youth Conference.  

The representative also affirmed that her organisation attaches great importance to the Sahrawi issue, expressing their solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence.

Auserd (Saharawi refugee camps) December 30, 2013 (SPS) -  The international delegations present at the Eighth Congress of Sahrawi Youth Union has expressed "full" solidarity  and support with the struggle of Saharawi youth for the liberation of the Western Sahara.

In its speech during the opening ceremony of the Conference, the Algerian Youth Organisation reaffirmed its  support to the Saharawi Youth and people, saying that their participation is "an expression of solidarity with the Saharawi Youth and people."

Auserd (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 29, 2013 (SPS ) - A youth delegation from the occupied territories of Western Sahara,  representing various forces of the intifada, is taking part in the Eighth Congress of the Sahrawi Youth Union, held in the Wilaya of Auserd, Sahrawi refugee camps.

The delegation is composed of 10 human rights activists from different regions of Sahrawi  occupied territories, southern Morocco and university sites.

Auserd (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 29, 2013 (SPS) - The works of the 8th Congress of Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) started Sunday in Auserd with the participation of about 180 foreign delegates from Europe, Africa and America and about 800 Saharawis.

This congress is being held under the slogan "rekindle the struggle against the Moroccan colonizer to impose independence."

Luanda, December 28, 2013 (SPS) -  The new SADR ambassador, Malainin Sadik, has been accredited as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to the Republic of Angola, according to a statement of the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, received by SPS Saturday.

ALGEIERS, December 29, 2013 (SPS) - Some 150 young representatives of European, African and American organizations will participate, along with 1,000 young Sahrawis, in the 8th Congress of the Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) scheduled from 29 to 31 December in the province of Aousserd (Saharawi refugee camps).

The meeting is held under the slogan "rekindle the struggle against the Moroccan colonizer to impose independence," UJSARIO’s communication officer Mahfoudh Salama told Algerian Press Service (APS).

Auserd (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 28, 2013 (SPS) -  The Eighth Conference of the Youth Union of Saguia El Hamra and Rio e Oro (UJTSARIO) will be held Sunday in the Wilaya of Auserd, Sahrawi refugee camps,  according to the organising  Committee.

About 200 delegates from more than 30 countries, including heads and members of youth organizations and councils from Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the United States, the source indicated.

Mallorca (Balearic Islands), december 28, 2013 (SPS) -  The Association of Friends of Saharawi People in the Balearic Islands, Spain, organized Wednesday a rally in support of the disappeared Sahrawis and Sahrawi political prisoners.

The friends of Saharawi people gathered to show their support and solidarity with the disappeared Sahrawis, group of 15 young Sahrawis abducted in 2005 by Moroccan state and Sahrawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons.

WASHINGTON, December 26, 2013 (SPS)  - The continuing violation of human rights of the Saharawi people by Morocco sparked in 2013, an unprecedented global mobilization marking more pressure on the Moroccan government which is facing harsh criticism from the international community.

Grasping the magnitude of these violations, several countries including the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations and international Human Rights NGOs severely criticized the Moroccan authorities for serious abuses against Saharawis

El Aaium (Occupied Territories), December 26, 2013 (SPS) - More than 20 Sahrawi civilians were injured Wednesday in the occupied city of El Aaiun following violent intervention of Moroccan forces against a peaceful demonstration, according to a statement of the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.

Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 26, 2013 (SPS) - The National Secretariat demanded the acceleration of the organization of the referendum, renewing the willingness of the POLISARIO Front to cooperate with the United Nations for the decolonization of Western Sahara, in a final communiqué following its seventh ordinary session, held Wednesday, chaired by Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the republic and secretary general of the POLISARIO Front.

Algiers, December 25, 2013 (SPS) - Algeria and Yemen have reaffirmed their commitment to UN resolutions supporting the efforts of the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for "a just and lasting solution accepted by the two parties to the conflict "in Western Sahara, in a joint statement issued Tuesday after the official visit to Algeria by the Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Salem Bassindawa,

CHAHID EL HAFEDH (Sahrawis refugee camps), December 25, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz has recently received two French lawyers, Gilles Perreux and Noureddine Chems, after their visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

The meeting between the Saharawi president and the two lawyers focused on illegitimacy of the fisheries agreement inked between Morocco and the European Union (EU) and the export of Sahrawi agricultural products.