Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 12, 2014 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers approved, in a meeting held Wednesday, government programme for the year 2014, ahead of being submitted to the Saharawi National Council (Parliament) next Saturday, 15th March 2014.
Geneva, March 12, 2014 (SPS) - The UN refugee agency announced Thursday that the visit flights programme of Saharawi families living in refugee camps and their relatives in the occupied Western Sahara under the Confidence Building Measures programme will be resumed next April 17th.
In a press release today, the UN agency said that the first series of flights scheduled for 17 April includes four flights suspended in August 2013.
Chahid El Hafed (refugee camps), March 12, 2014 (SPS) - Moroccan army forces has fired lived bullets on herds of Saharawi camels, as a blatant breach to the ceasefire agreed upon by the Polisario Front and Morocco in 1991, said AFAPREDESA.
According to the Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA), this is part of a giant sweep campaign aimed at eliminating Saharawi livestock.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 12, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz hailed Tuesday Algeria’s continuous support to the Saharawi cause.
"Algeria has always supported the Sahrawi cause since the invasion of Western Sahara by Morocco in 1975," Abdelaziz said after a meeting with Algerian parliamentarian delegation which paid a solidarity visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 12, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz called yesterday, Tuesday, on the United Nations (UN) to exert pressure on Morocco to comply with international legitimacy and thus allows self-determination referendum to take place in Western Sahara.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 11, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz held today, Tuesday, a luncheon in honour of the Algerian women parliamentary delegation, at the end of a 3-day visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories in solidarity with Saharawi women.
The luncheon was attended by members of the Polisario Front’s National Secretariat and Saharawi government, in addition to members of the Saharawi National Council (parliament).
June 9th School (refugee camps), March 11, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Council (parliament) will receive next Saturday the government programme for the year 2014, said a Saharawi official source.
The government programme will be presented by the Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, before being discussed and approved by members of the Council in the period between March 15th to April 1st.
This is the first session the Saharawi Parliament holds since its election last February. (SPS)
Algiers, March 11, 2014 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation representing Workers Union (UGTSARIO), led by General-Secretary Mr. Mohamed Cheichk Lehbib, takes part at the 37th session of the General Council of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU), held in Algiers on March 9-12, 2014.
The opening of the session was attended by the Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, along with ministers and senior officials in the Algerian state.
Lima, March 9, 2014 (SPS) - The President of the Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP), Mr. Ángel Sánchez Dueñas,demanded Friday an end to intimidation conducted by the Ambassador of Morocco in Lima against the Peruvian journalist Ricardo Sanchez-Serra, reported FPP in a statement.
Shaheed Hafed, March 9, 2014 (SPS) - President of Republic Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz signed Saturday a decree of the creation of the National Commission for Human Rights.
Madrid, March 8, 2014 (SPS) - Spain is for a just political solution guaranteeing the right of Sahrawi people to self-determination, indicated a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the meeting Friday in Madrid between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. José Manuel García-Margall an the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross.
Montevideo (Uruguay), March 8, 2014 (SPS) – Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Luis Almagro received Friday in Montevideo Saharawi Ambassador to Uruguay Mr. Sheibani, according to a of the Embassy.
During the meeting, the ambassador briefed his host on the developments related to the issue of the Western Sahara in the light of a recent visit by a delegation from Uruguay to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories.
Harare (Zimbabwe) March 7, 2014 (SPS) - The Defense Minister of Zimbabwe, Dr. Sedney Tigere Sekeramayi, praised Wednesday the strength of relations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Sahrawi Republic, During a meeting with SADR ambassador to Zimbabwe Mohammed Saleh Daish, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in the capital, Harare.
Geneva, March 7, 2014 (SPS) – Algeria on Friday seized the UN Human Rights Council over the Human Rights situation in the Palestinian territory and Western Sahara, overshadowed by the annual report 2013 presented in the 25th session of the Council.
Shaheed Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), March 7 , 2014 (SPS) - The international community and the United Nations (UN) “are called to assume all their responsibilities towards the Sahrawi people,” said Wednesday, in Chahid El Hafed, Khatri Addouh, head of the Sahrawi delegation for negotiations with Morocco.
Maputo, March 6, 2014 (SPS) - Former President of the Republic of Mozambique Mr. Joaquim Alberto Chissano has called for the need to speed up the settlement of Saharawi issue, through a free, just and imapartial referendum ensuring the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.
In a meeting with the Saharawi Ambassador in Mozambique Mr. Wadadi Cheick Ahmed Lheiba, Mr. Chissano voiced "unconditional" solidarity and support to the Saharawi people’s fight for total sovereignty.