Awserd (Refugee Camps), August 23, 2014 (SPS) – The Wilaya of Awserd is hosting the Second Congress of the Students Union of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (UESARIO) on August 23-25, according to the organizers.
More than 500 delegates and 200 representing students and youth organizations from countries around the world are invited to attend this event, as well as delegations from some Arab and African regional organizations.
Casablanca (Morocco), August 22, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of the occupied Sahrawi territories was blocked by the Moroccan police upon its arrival at the airport in Casablanca, upon its return from Algeria, according to official sources.
The delegation took part in the work of the summer university of the Polisario Front and SADR officials, held in Boumerdes, Algeria, from 3 to 23 August 2014, under the name of Gdeim Izik.
Birlehlou (liberated territories), August 23, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz has expressed his concern over the state of alert of the Moroccan army in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, warning against the dangerous consequences of a possible Moroccan aggression.
Birlehlou (Liberated Territories) August 22, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, confirmed that "Morocco calls into question the credibility of the United Nations and alludes to terminating the MINURSO’s mission in Western Sahara, in a letter Thursday to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
Birlehlou (Occupied Territories), August 22, 2014 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed “deep” concern regarding the alert of the Moroccan army in the Saharawi occupied territories, in a letter Thursday to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
The President of the Republic warned against “blatant and dangerous aggression not only on the Sahrawi people but on the United Nations and the entire international community as well”.
Boumerdes (Algeria) August 21, 2014 (SPS) – The Summer University of Sahrawi officials, University of Gdeim Izik, held under the theme “Moroccan policy of expansion and export of drugs, an obstacle to realizing the dream of the Maghreb peoples” concluded Thursday in the presence of the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar.
Algiers, August 21, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Mr. Ibrahim Ghali, affirmed Wednesday that Morocco "exercises pressure" and attempts in various ways to influence the UN envoy to Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, who will visit the occupied territories of Western Sahara in October.
In a statement to Algerian newspaper Al Bilad , the Sahrawi diplomat highlighted that the Moroccan regime is trying to "involveAlgeria" in its conflict with the Polisario Front, through its repeated attempts to influence the expected visit of the UN.
Birlehlou (Liberated Territories), August 21, 2014 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, congratulated his Mauritanian counterpart, Yahia Ould Hamidin, on the occasion of his appointment as the Prime minister, in a letter Wednesday.
Algiers, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 (SPS) - Morocco’s sovereignty in Western Sahara is recognized by no state, said Tuesday in Algiers the Secretary General of the Union of Saharawi Workers Mohamed Cheikh Lahbib.
“Morocco’s sovereignty on Western Sahara is recognized by no state. Morocco seeks to get a foothold in the Sahel and borders in the region,” the Sahrawi official said at El-Moudjahid forum, underlining Morocco’s “expansionist” policy.
Shaheed Hafed, August 20, 2014 (SPS) - The Secretary General of the Union of Students of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro, Ahmed Abdi Lehbib, confirmed Tuesday the participation of Arab and African countries delegations in the II Congress, held August 23-25, in the wilaya of Awserd under the theme: " the Saharawi Student Movement is in the service of the National goals".
Speaking to SPS, Lehbib Ahmed indicated the congress will feature prominent participation of students from Algeria, Mauritania, Palestine and Jordan, as well as African countries.
Birlehlou (liberated territories), August 20, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz has expressed to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon concerns over Moroccan authorities' obstinacy in denying access to international observers and the blockade imposed on the occupied Sahrawi regions.
Birlehlou, August 19, 2014 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has expressed its deepest concern over the campaign launched by the Moroccan authorities against international observers continuously expelled from Western Sahara.
MIRLAND (South Africa), August 18, 2014 (SPS)- The conference of African Union (AU) Parliaments on Wednesday stressed the importance of cooperation with the United Nations to reach a settlement for Western Sahara conflict, reiterating support to the African envoy to Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano.
New York (United Nations), August 17, 2014 (SPS) - UN's main mission of the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) was the holding of a referendum on Saharawi people's self-determination, Polisario Front's representative at the UN, Ahmed Boukhari, reiterated in New York.
The Saharawi diplomat made the comment in reply to "strange statements" by Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN, in which he requested the UN Secretary-General not to alter the MINURSO’s mission.
Midrand (South Africa), August 16, 2014 (SPS) - President of the National Council Jatri Aduh arrived Tuesday in South Africa to participate in the VI Congress of Presidents of African Parliaments, held Tuesday and Wednesday in Midrand.
The opening day was attended by the presidents of the parliaments of the African Union member countries, the Pan African Parliament and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in South Africa as well as experts and prominent African personalities.
New York, August 15, 2014 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations, Ahmed Bukhari, reminded Thursday the Moroccan party that the main mission of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is the holding of the referendum on self-determination of the Saharawi people.
London, August 15, 2014 (SPS) - Adala UK, Justice & Human Rights for Western Sahara, has demanded “urgent action on the issue of freedom of press and denounced the Moroccan government for only allowing journalists in favour of the regime’s official line to freely practice their profession whilst independent or foreign journalists are often denied access to the Occupied Territories and Saharawi journalists are subject to threats and arbitrary arrests.”
Birlehlou, August 14, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of Frente POLISARIO Mohamed Abdelaziz congratulated Wednesday President of the Republic of Ecuador Rafael Correa on occasion of the 205th anniversary of independence.
Birlehlou, August 14,2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz, addressed Wednesday a letter of condolence to Prime vice President of the Brazilian Socialist Party Roberto Amaral on the occasion of the tragic death of the president of the party, governor of Pernambuco, and presidential candidate Eduardo Campos.