May 2015

Abuja (Nigeria), 31 May 2015 (SPS) - Nigeria will spare no effort to ensure respect of Western Sahara people's right to self-determination and liberty," President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria said while receiving Sunday Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar in Abuja.

 The Nigerian president said "Nigeria, through its history of support to peoples and liberation movements in Africa, will spare no effort to ensure respect for Saharawi people's right to self-determination and liberty."

Lima (Peru), 31 May 2015 (SPS) - Participants in a recent seminar organized by the Federation of Journalists of the Peruvian province of Ica, condemned the policy of "genocide" undertaken by Morocco against the Saharawi people, calling for the completion of the decolonization process in Western Sahara through the holding of a free referendum for the Saharawi people to allow them freely exercise their right to self-determination.

 Shaheed Elhafed, May 31, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Saharawi Red Crescent Bouhoubeini Yahya received Sunday at the headquarters of his organization a delegation of International Handicap, on a working visit for some days in the Saharawi refugee camps.

During the meeting, both sides exchanged views on the humanitarian needs of the Sahrawi refugees, in particular the disabled and mines victims.

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), 31 May 2015 (SPS) - President of Sahrawi Red Crescent Bouhabeini Yahya confirmed Sunday the break in the arrival of humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugee camps from the donor agencies, in reply to the national media on the results of the recent visit by a delegation of the embassies of the donor countries to the Sahrawi refugee camps, and what has been reported by the Spanish media that the government will increase its humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi refugees.

Dodoma (Tanzania)- Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bernard Membe reaffirmed his country’s “strong opposition and condemnation” to the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, reiterating Tanzania’s support to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.

 Abuja (Nigeria), 31 May 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader taleb Omar participated Friday in the inauguration ceremony of the new Nigerian President Mouhamado Buhari, which took place in the main square in the capital, Abuja, and attended by more than 35 heads of state and government.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), 30 May 2014 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, reiterated Thursday in a letter to the delegates of the 10th Congress of the Algerian National Liberation Front  that the Saharawi people is determined to continue fighting to achieve their goals in freedom and independence.

He also praised the role of Algeria in the battle for the liberation and decolonization of Algeria, Africa and the world.

Chahid El Hafed, May 29, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Wednesday sent a letter to the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, concerning the violations of human rights committed by Morocco against the Saharawi people and the visit conducted on April 2015 by a UNHCHR’s technical mission to the occupied Saharawi cities of El Aaiun and Dajla.

Paris, May 29, 2015 (SPS) - The Committee Against Torture (CAT) declared “admissible” the complaint filed by Naama Asfari, Saharawi human rights defender, against Morocco, urging Rabat to respond to the victim’s accusations, informed Thursday the Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT) in a dispatch published on its website.


Arrested on 7 November 2011 in occupied Saharawi city of El Aaiun, Naama Asfari accused Moroccan authorities of having tortured and convicted him on the basis of forced confessions, extracted with impunity.

Abuja, May 29, 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar represents the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz at the inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, scheduled to take place today.


Saharawi Premier participates in the event at the official invitation of the outgoing Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck.

Midrand (South Africa), May 29, 2015 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative to the AU and Ambassador in Ethiopia, Mr. Lamine Baali, has called on the Member States of the African Union to make every effort to address the plight of victims of forced displacement in Africa, highlighting the need for governments to build their capacity to respond to natural disasters.

Algiers, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Lesotho reaffirmed Thursday their support for the UN in its efforts to find a solution to the conflict of Western Sahara based on the exercise by the Saharawi people of their “inalienable” right to self-determination, according to a joint statement released Thursday after the state visit paid by King of Lesotho Lestie III, at the invitation of President of the Algerian Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Algiers, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - At an official invitation by FLN, a Saharawi delegation, led by the Head of Polisario Front Organization Secretariat Mr. Salem Lbsir, on Wednesday took part at the opening ceremony of the 10th congress of the National Liberation Front of Algeria (FLN), kicked off Thursday in Algiers.


Mr. Salem Lbsir said the delegation delivered a letter from the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz to the participants of the Congress.

Johannesburg, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Pan-African Parliament Ms. Suelma Beiruk of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) has been re-elected to a second term as vice-president of the continental parliament, during the elections held Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa.


The election of Saharawi female MP to the post reflects a clear interest shown by the African Union (AU) to the conflict of Western Sahara, illegally occupied by Morocco.

Tenerife (Canary Islands) May 28, 2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Public Health Mr. Mohamed Lamin Dadi has started a working visit to the Canary Islands, Spain, to hold meetings with the its authorities.


Upon his arrival, the minister has talks with council of the professional association of doctors (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), where he informed them about the latest development on the Saharawi issue

Rome, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Italy reaffirmed Wednesday in Rome, in a final joint statement culminating the works of the 3rd Algerian-Italian high level meeting, their support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.

Khartoum, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - The Secretary General of Saharawi Women Union (UNMS), Ms. Fatma El Mahdi, has participated in a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African (ECOSOC), kicked off Wednesday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.


The meeting assessed ECOSOC’s work in the past year and the forthcoming stages, especially the action plan to complete the representation of others countries yet to be members of the ECOSOC.

São Paulo (Brazil), May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Executive Bureau of Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA), Mohamed Hallab, has met the representatives of some international associations and human rights organizations, in the margin of the International Conference on Human Rights, underway in São Paulo, Brazil.

Algiers, May 27, 2015 (SPS) - World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it has delivered a food aid shipment containing 252 tons of dates as part of an annual donation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of Saharawi refugees currently living in the Algerian province of Tindouf.


“A shipment of 252 tons of dates has been cleared at the port of Oran as part of the annual donation by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Algeria,” stated WFP said in a statement.

Rio de Janeiro, 27/05/2015 (SPS) - Moara Crivelente, political expert, journalist and member of the Brazilian Center of Solidarity with the Peoples and Struggle for Peace (Cebrapaz), advising the president of the World Peace Council , published today on the russian website of Pravda an article under the title "Decolonization of Western Sahara, the world's debt to the Saharawi people".