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ALGIERS, July23,2013(SPS) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated USD300,000 in food aid to Saharawi refugees for the holy month of Ramadan, the UN agency announced Tuesday.

"As every year, the UNHCR contributes to improving food aid to Saharawi refugees during the month of Ramadan, with supplies of vegetables and fresh fruits, reaching 437 tonnes of potatoe and 125 tonnes of onion, worth USD300,000," the representative of the UNHCR in Algiers, Ralf H. W. Gruenert, said.

Sao Paulo (Brazil), July 23, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation composed of the Secretary-General of the General Union of Workers of Sakia El Hamra and wadi Dahab, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Sheikh Mohammed Lahbib, and Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to the Federal Republic of Brazil, Mohammed zruq Aljmani, is participating in International preparatory Symposium of 7^th Conference of Brazilian trade union powers Organization, which was launched on Monday evening in Sao Paulo.

TAN TAN (Morocco), July23,2013(SPS)- Moroccan authorities strongly suppressed a peaceful demonstration staged by young jobless Saharawi people in the town of Tan Tan, in the south of Morocco, leaving tens of them injured, according to a Sahrawi human rights source from the city

The young demonstrators claimed their right to work and denounced "their exclusion because of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara," citing a statement by the Saharawi Coordination for Human Rights Defence.

Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), July 22, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Ms. Kerry Kennedy has reiterated solidarity with the Saharawi people, during an event organized on her honor by the POLISARIO Representation and the Association of solidarity with the Saharawi people in the Islands.

Ain Temouchent (Algeria), July 22, 2013 (SPS) - One hundred Saharawi kids are spending their holidays since 18 July at a vacation camp in Beni Saf, 30 km from Ain Temouchent (Algeria), said Sunday the Province’s Social Action director, Mohamed Tayeb Djemai, quoted by Algerian Press Service (APS).


In relevant context, a total of 123 Saharawi children arrived Saturday night at Ain Ashir, a summer-camp site in the coastal city of Annaba, said Sunday the Saharawi Director of Youth and Sports.

Cartagena (Murcia, Spain), July 22, 2013 (SPS) - The Councilor of Social Affairs and Youth at the Municipality of Cartagena Dr. Antonio Calderón Rodríguez has confirmed his support to the cause and rights of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in a meeting with the POLISARIO representative Mr. Mohamed Labàt Mustafà.


During the meeting, the councilor expressed commitment to contribute to the solidarity caravan the Polisario representation plans to organize next October in coordination with the solidarity movement.

Murcia (Spain), July 20, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the University of Murcia Mr. Jose Antonio Cobacho and the University stuff have expressed willingness to fully cooperate with the Saharawi academic institutions, in a meeting with the POLISARO Representative Mr. Mohamed Labat Mustapha.


The Saharawi representative informed his interlocutors about the difficult conditions experienced by the Saharawi refugees, especially with regard to the necessary possibilities in the field of education.

Abuja, July 20, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Nigeria Mr. Abbi Bachraya Al-Bachir said, in a written press release distributed Friday, that the AU Special Summit on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, held on 15-16 July in Abuja, was another opportunity to reinforce the prestigious status enjoyed by the Saharawi Republic (SADR) within the African Union, as a founding member state which is fully and permanently engaged in its activities and programmes.

Abuja, July 19, 2013 (SPS) - Minister of Health in the federal Government of Nigeria, Mr. Woony Boshi Choco has received, on Thursday, the Minister of Health, Mohamed Lamine Daddy, who is on a working visit to Nigeria to participate in the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Office of African ministers of health, as well as in the works of the exceptional summit of the African Union about the Aids, tuberculosis and Malaria diseases hosted by Abuja from 12 to 16 July.

Pretoria, June 19, 2013 (SPS) – The Embassy of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in South Africa, has shared with the people of South Africa, the celebrations of the International Day for Mandela, which marks his 95 birthday, which represented an opportunity for the Sahrawi delegation to provide warmest congratulations and best wishes to the African leader and his family on behalf of the Saharawi people.

Quito, July 18,2013 (SPS) - Ambassador Mohamed Salem Daha has presented Wednesday his credentials as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the Republic of Ecuador.

The event, where the presents heard the national anthems of the two countries, was held at the Presidential Palace where SADR Ambassador Mohamed Salem Daha, was received by the Acting President Jorge Glas Espinel and Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, in the presence of other senior officials of the Presidency and the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry.

Sydney, July 19, 2013 (SPS)- The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) organised on Thursday 18 July 2013 a public screening in Sydney of the documentary Sons of the Clouds by the famous Hollywood actor Javier Bardem

Bardem’s film traces the history of Western Sahara from Spanish occupation until the invasion and occupation by Morocco, and his passionate efforts to shed light on the just cause of  the Saharawi people.

The film was introduced by Mr. Bob Ellis, writer, journalist, film-maker and political commentator.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), July 18, 2013 (SPS)- A Saharawi delegation led by the Minister of Education, Mrs. Mariem Essalek, participated Tuesday in the activities of the Third African Conference on developing the role of teachers of the African continent in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The meeting was attended by the Ministers of Education of African States, officials of the Commission of the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities.

Abuja, July 18, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario FrontMr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has received the leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress headed by Mr. Abdou Wahid Aomaro, head of the union accompanied by its Secretary General, Senior Vice President and in charge of international relations, on the sidelines of the AU exceptional summit on Aids, tuberculosis and malaria diseases, held in the Nigerian capital Abuja between 15 and 16  July.

Boujdour (Saharawi refugee camps), July 18, 2013 (SPS) – the 2013 summer program for youth and students has kicked off Wednesday evening in wilaya of Boujdour, through a camp hosted by the Association of Sahrawi students in Spain which is supervising this summer’s program in cooperation with the Regional Office of the Sahrawi Youth Union.

Chahid Hafid, July 18, 2013 (SPS) - the Union of Saharawi Jurists has condemned on Wednesday, the Moroccan occupation authorities decision which prevented The Sahrawi runner Saladin Amaidanfrom entering the occupied city of Laiun after it has prevented him from leaving the plane that carried him from the airport of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, Spain, and forced him to return back on the same plane, according to a statemen

Sala (Morocco), July 17, 2013 (SPS) – The Moroccan occupation authorities  has transferred on Tuesday, the Sahrawi political detainee and human rights activist, Chairman of the Committee for supportto  the UN plan settlement and the protection of natural resources in Western Sahara, Mr. Sidahmad Lamjaed who is sentenced to life prison, to a Ibn Sina hospital in the capital Rabat, where he was notified of the postponement of the date of the medical examinations indefinitely, as reported statement  by the Ministry of the occupied territories and communities.

Glemim (southern Morocco) July16, 2013 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Media Observatory for documenting human rights violations has strongly condemned the Moroccan strict and repressive measures against  Saharawi citizens in the occupied territories, in a statement issued by the Observatory on Monday

Abuja, July16,2013 (SPS)- The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, delivered on Tuesday the final congratulating speech of the African Union Summit on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria held on 15 and July 16 in Abuja, capital of Nigeria.

The closing session was devoted to the adoption of the Declaration of the Special Summit of the AU on such diseases, in the sense of implementing its findings.

Laiun (occupied territories), July16,2013 (SPS)-the widespread American newspaper “The Washington Post” and the British “Guardian” have published this week an Article on the role of Sahrawi women in their struggle for independence, under the title “Women on frontline in struggle for Western Sahara”

The article confirmed that  “Sahrawi women are leading the disputed territory's fight for independence from Moroccan rule”