Liliana (Slovenia), April 8, 2015 (SPS) - Responsible of Slovenian Africa and the Middle East, Asia Department, Mr. Robert Kocaeli received on Tuesday a Sahrawi delegation headed by the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, Mr. Mohamed sidati at the Slovenian Foreign ministry.
Copenhagen, April 7, 2015 (SPS) - Afrika Kontakt, Danish MEP Rina Ronja Kari and other Danish organizations have stressed the urgent need to give the UN Mission for the Referendum (MINURSO) a mandate to monitor human rights situation and protect natural resources in Western Sahara, being illegally exploited by Morocco and some foreign companies.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 7, 2015 (SPS) -Member of the National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario and Minister of Culture Mrs. Khadija Hamdi expressed on Monday her “heartfelt condolences” to her Algerian counterpart Ms. Nadia Labidi and to the brotherly people of Algeria, following the death of Algerian actor Sid Ali Kouiret.
“The deceased had brilliantly served the seventh art in Algeria,” said Mrs. Khadija Hamdi, adding that Algeria has lost one of the most prominent cinema stars. (SPS)
Smara (refugee camps), April 7, 2015 (SPS) - Saharawi women called Monday, in Smara, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to “impose the international law, speed up the decolonization process in Western Sahara and extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include the protection of human rights.”
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 7, 2015 (SPS) - The Frente Polisario on Monday applauded, through its National Secretariat’s Bureau, the historic decision on Western Sahara adopted by the African Union Peace and Security Council on 27 March 2015, welcoming the concrete steps came up with.
Auserd (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - Saharawi Student Union (UESARIO) on Sunday concluded several workshops on how to build civil society for tomorrow, organized in collaboration with the Finnish ONG for International Solidarity Action.
During five days of deliberations, participants took the advantage of many topics such as youth and woman political participation, human rights, natural resources and refuge, among others.
Auserd (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - Saharawi and foreign women on Sunday staged a demonstration in protest to illegal plunder of Western Sahara natural resources by Moroccan occupying state and some foreign companies.
The participants denounced the illegal and unethical activities carried out in occupied Western Sahara by some multinational companies in collusion with Moroccan occupation, urging them to halt such operations and to immediately and unconditionally withdraw from the Territory.
Smara (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - The Chair of the U.S. -Western Sahara Foundation, Suzanne Scholte, called upon the U.S. President Barack Obama and UN Chief Ban KI-moon to ensure that Western Sahara referendum is held this year, in statements to SPS in the margins of the 7th congress of Saharawi women, held on 3-5 April 2015.
Beirut, April 6, 2015 (SPS) - The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) reiterated Sunday its support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, demanding an urgent action to end the suffering of Saharawi people.
WFDY urged, at the end of a general gathering held in Beirut, the UN Secretary General and ambassadors of the Security Council members to accelerate the conduct of a free and just referendum so to put an end to the suffering of the Saharawi people.
Auserd (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - President of the National Union of Algerian Women (UNFA), Ms. Nouria Hafsi, on Sunday stressed the need to establish an international network of solidarity with Saharawi woman, in a solidarity act with Saharawi woman resistance organized on the sidelines of the 7th congress of Saharawi Women Union (UMNS).
The Algerian official said the network will make heard the struggle of Saharawi woman against Moroccan occupation, adding it will strengthen solidarity action with them.
Smara (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - The 7th congress of Saharawi women, concluded its work Sunday night, warned of the continuation of the state of impasse in the peace process in Western Sahara, deploring the international community’s failure to put into action UN resolutions calling for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.
Smara (refugee camps), April 6, 2015 (SPS) - Delegates at the 7th congress of Saharawi Women Union (UNMS) on Sunday evening reelected Ms. Fatma Mehdi as the Secretary General of the Union.
Ms. Fatma Mehdi obtained 284 votes out of 366 votes cast in the election process that took place Sunday in the Smara province, Saharawi refugee camps.
In relevant context, the congress elected to the executive bureau of the Union the following women:
Paris, April 5, 2015 (SPS) - The Platform for Solidarity with the Saharawi People in France on Thursday organized a mass demonstration outside Morocco’s embassy calling for an end the occupation of Western Sahara, and asking France to stop blocking the implementation of UN resolutions on Western Sahara.
The rally started from Trocadéro Square in Paris towards the Moroccan embassy.
Liberated zones (Western Sahara), April 5, 2015 (SPS) - World March of Women on Saturday staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Moroccan-built wall of shame that separates the people and territory of Western Sahara.
Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the participants deplored world silence over such heinous separation wall by Morocco.
Washington, April 4, 2015 (SPS) - Activist and President of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) Ms. Aminatou Haidar on Thursday called upon the international community to find a “conclusive solution” to the conflict of Western Sahara, calling for more necessary steps to guarantee the rights and freedoms of the Saharawi people.
Addis Ababa, April 4, 2015 (SPS) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Dr. Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, has drew attention of the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon of several issues of particular concern to the AU related to the question of Western Sahara, of which the need to provide MINURSO with a human rights mandate and to stop the illegal exploitation of Saharawi natural resources by Morocco.
London, April 4, 2015 (SPS) - A new book under the title “Settled Wanderers” has been published by UK poet Sam Berkson, which sheds some light on the forgotten oral culture of the Saharawi people, especially poetic heritage.
Settled Wanderers is a collection of poems interpreted from Hassaniya, local dialect of the Saharawi people, to English thanks to the help of the Saharawi translator Mohamed Sulaiman Labat.
Smara (refugee camps), April 4, 2015 (SPS) - The Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC) has voiced, through the voice of Ms. Abeer Zakarneh, its support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.
Addressing the 7th congress of Saharawi Women Union (UNMS), Ms. Zakarneh saluted the legitimate struggle of Saharawi woman, praising her prominent role in the fight for liberation and independence of Western Sahara.
Brussels, April 4, 2015 (SPS) - The Belgian parliamentary intergroup, bringing together the country’s seven parliaments, affirmed its support to the cause of the Sahrawi people, notably their right to self-determination guaranteed by the United Nations, said Friday a communiqué of the Belgian Committee of Support to Sahrawi People.
Smara (refugee camps), April 4, 2015 (SPS) - The South African delegation to the 7th congress of Saharawi women, underway in the Saharawi refugee camps, on Friday called for the acceleration of the Western Sahara decolonization, demanding immediate halt to Morocco’s plunder of Saharawi natural resources.