March 2014

Algiers, March 19, 2014 (SPS) - Ghana supports the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination, in accordance with UN resolutions, said Tuesday in Algiers, its Foreign Minister, Hannah Swentah Tettah on an official visit in Algeria.


"We support the Saharawi people right to self-determination and call for the implementation of the United Nations resolution in this regard," Ghanaian Minister stressed at the end of her discussions with his Algerian counterpart, Ramtane Lamamra.

Algiers, March 19, 2014 (SPS) - The African Union High Commissioner to Social and Cultural Affairs, Mustapha Sidiki Koloko, bemoaned, Tuesday in Algiers, the “desperate” situation of the Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf camps, he visited during a couple of days.


“The Humanitarian situation of the Sahrawi refugees is desperate, it is related to several aspects” both political and social, he affirmed after his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, underscoring the “need for improving it.”

Johannesburg, March 18, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has hailed the work done by the Pan-African Parliament during the past decade, highlighting that it has contributed effectively to the process of building the African Union.

Johannesburg, March 18, 2014 (SPS) - The Pan-African Parliament celebrates today, Tuesday, its 10 years of existence in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.


Inaugurated on 18 March 2004, the Pan-African Parliament is the African Union’s legislative organ, to which each member state contributes five MPs.


It aims at ensuring full participation of the peoples of Africa and their grassroots organizations in governance and economic integration.

Johannesburg, March 18, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz participates at the celebrations marking 10 years of the existence of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), taking place in Johannesburg.


Ceremonies kicked off today, Tuesday, Johannesburg in the presence of heads of several state and government from Africa and around the world, in addition to parliamentary figures and the diplomatic corps accredited to South Africa.

Shaheed Hafed (Refugee Camps), March 17, 2014 (SPS) - African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs Dr. Aisha Abdullahi confirmed that her visit, along with Commissioner for Social Affairs Dr. Mustapha Kalokoh, commissioned by Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, is to view the reality of the Saharawi people in the framework of Solidarity and support between the African Union and the Saharawi people.

Shaheed Hafed (Refugee Camps), March 17, 2014 (SPS) - African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs Dr. Aisha Abdullahi continues her visit to the Sahrawi Wilayas and Institutions, where was received Monday by the Minister of Culture, Khadija Hamdi, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture.

Dr. Aisha Abdullahi described the visit as “very important” through which she could view the “tangible” reality of the struggle of the Sahrawi people, who she called the "miracle people."

Algiers, March 17, 2014 (SPS) - Minister of Culture, Khalida Toumi, paid respect Saturday in Algiers to the leading role played by her Sahrawi counterpart, Khadidja Hamdi, on the “cultural resistance front” of her people, who are fighting for their right to self-determination.

Madrid (Spain), March 17, 2014 (SPS) - Demonstrations showing support to Western Sahara people were organized Saturday in Spain to call for the extension of the prerogative of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) to monitoring of human rights in occupied Saharawi territories.

Demonstrations supporting Saharawi people, to be staged on the 1st and 15th of each month will continue until next United Nations Security Council meeting about Western Sahara issue, late April 2014. (SPS)

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Shaheed Hafed, March 16, 2014 (SPS) - AU delegation led by the Commissioner for Political Affairs will begin Sunday a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

The African delegation will visit the Wilaya of Boujdour, schools, kindergartens and hospitals and will be received by members of the Saharawi Women Union (NUSW).

It will be recieved by the Minister of Justice, Hamada Salma, visit the headquarters of the Advisory Council and the national Museum of Resistance, according to the visit agenda of the delegation.

London, March 16, 2014 (SPS) - Western Sahara Action Forum (WSAF) Published a report entitled "crimes without a witness" on its Web site addressing violations of human rights against Saharawis Committed by the Moroccan occupation since April 2013.

 The report focuses on cases of torture and denial of freedom of assembly and expression reported recently and summarizes other human rights violations that continued for a long time such as banning of cultural freedom and the right to work and to benefit from the natural resources.

 Settat (Morocco), March 16, 2014 (SPS) - A Moroccan attack against Sahrawi students at the university campus of Settat (Morocco) on Tuesday and Wednesday left several wounded, according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.

Several Sahrawi students were transferred to hospital after an attack by Moroccan bands with batons and pointed weapons while other Sahrawis were taken to the police station for investigation.

Le Mans (France), March 15, 2014 (SPS) - A convoy of solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people will launch from Le Mans, France, on May 3, to mark the 41th anniversary of the Polisario Front on May 10th.   

The humanitarian convoy consists of vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles. (SPS)

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Oslo, March 14, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front has confirmed that any operation carried out by international firms in Western Sahara can only entrench Morocco’s occupation, adding that the Sahrawi people’s wishes “cannot be ascertained except via a referendum on self-determination.”

Oslo, March 14, 2014 (SPS) - Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is examining the operations of the French oil firm Total in Western Sahara to ascertain whether its activities there are unethical, reported Wednesday Reuters.


The fund, responsible to grow revenue from the exploitation of Norwegian oil and gas reserves, manages a portfolio of more than 600 billion euros, making it one of the largest investors in the world.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), March 14, 2014 (SPS ) - After failing to subjugating the Saharawi people, Morocco is pursuing a policy of brutality against young Saharawi people who demonstrate peacefully to demand the right of their people to self-determination and to live in dignity.


In this context, Moroccan occupying authorities arrested Wednesday afternoon the 19-year-old Saharawi student Mohamed Lamine Alboudani in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara.