May 2015

Shaheed Elhafed, May 10, 2015 (SPS)  - The drug seizures in the region countries have reached alarming proportions in recent months, according to press sources of the countries affected by the cannabis trafficking.

"The plague is gaining ground and taking dangerous proportions," said the press highlighting that "inquisitors investigations were often revealing and the discoveries confirm the transformations in the matter" in reference to changes in the methods used by traffickers to route their poison.

 Yerevan (Armenia), May 9, 2015 (SPS) - A delegation of the Sahrawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) participated in the work of the General Council of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) from May 7 -10, in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

 The Council will examine this year the current youth issues, fight against poverty, climate change and economic growth.

 The Council's work will also witness the participation of delegations representing the socialist youth and student organizations from different continents.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), May 9, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic is taking part on Friday and Sunday in the Dedicated Session of Experts and Senior Officials, which will be followed by a Ministers of Trade meeting on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).

Chaired by the Representative of the SADR Ministry of Trade, Ms. Nguia Zarug, a Saharawi delegation is taking part to the meeting including Ms. Maria El IId Saila, and Mr. Waddadi Salek, both from the Saharawi Permanent Mission to the AU and Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Harare (Zimbabwe), May 9, 2015 (SPS) – Ambassador of South Africa to Zimbabwe Mr. Vusi Mavimbela has stressed that the struggle for self determination is not over in Africa as long as right of the Saharawi people to self determination and freedom has not been fulfilled, in speech Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe, on the occasion of South Africa Freedom Day.

Dili (Timor Leste)   09 May 2015 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste H.E. Hernani Coelho has reiterated that support for the Saharawi cause is a constant principle in the foreign policy of his country, during a meeting with the SADR Ambassador, Mr. Mohammed Slama, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Dili.

Copenhagen (Denmark) May 9, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), representing the Red-Green Alliance Party, Mr. Christian Juhl, has recently addressed various questions to Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Martin Lideggard, related to Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

Ljubljana (Slovenia), May 8, 2015 (SPS) - The Fifth International Conference of Solidarity with the people of Western Sahara that took place on May 6, 2015 at the Museum of Ljubljana, has proposed to the Slovenian government to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and work for its recognition in the EU.

 Havana, May 8, 2015 (SPS) - The Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Suelma Beiruk, was received Friday by the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Esteban Lazo Hernández, member of the Politburo, in the framework of her working visit in Cuba, reported the SADR embassy in Cuba.

 During the meetingthat focused on the relations between Cuba and Africa, Suelma warmly thanked Cuba for its assistance to Africa in areas such as health, culture, education and political support to the African peoples.  

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), May 7, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, made public Thursday a decree announcing the set up of a national commission for the supervision of seminars leading to the election of chiefs of municipalities (Dairas).

 The commission is composed of 141 members, including members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the government, the National Council and senior officials of the Polisario Front and the SADR.

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), May 8, 2014 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of Polisario Front has condemned the negative role of France through "its continued support to the Moroccan expansionist and colonial policies in Western Sahara."

Ljubljana, May 7, 2015 (SPS) - An international conference of solidarity with the Saharawi people on Wednesday convened in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, under the theme: “politics as impediments to Saharawi’s right to self-determination.”

Johannesburg, May 7, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Students Union (UESARIO) on Wednesday briefed the African partners of the Danish non-governmental organization Afrika Kontakt, currently meeting in Johannesburg as part of a partnership seminar, about the question of Western Sahara.


Delivering a detailed presentation, UESARIO International Secretary Jalihenna Mohamed highlighted the historical, legal and political aspects of the question of Western Sahara, the last unfinished decolonization matter in Africa.

Castille-León (Spain), May 7, 2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Public Health Mr. Mohamed Lamine Daddi on Wednesday began a three-day working visit in the region of Castille-León, Spain.


Upon his arrival in the region, the Saharawi minister received by Mr. Antonio María Sáez, Castille-León’s Minister of Health.


He also held talks with the mayors of the municipalities of Aranda de Duero and Burgos, in the presence of the associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people.

Havana, May 7, 2015 (SPS) - Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Ms. Sweilma Beiruk, arrived Tuesday in Havana, capital of Cuba, at an invitation by Mr. Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of the People’s Power.


Sweilma Beiruk, from the Saharawi Republic, was received at Havana airport by Ms. Hernández, along with some officials in the National Assembly of Cuba People’s Power, and the Saharawi ambassador in Cuba Mr. Malaanin Tgana.

Chahid Ah Hafed (refugee camps), May 6, 2015 (SPS) - “Polisario Front’s cooperation with the international efforts stems from the idea that dealing with the parties to the conflict must be on an equal footing, a dealing outlined in a clear and unambiguous framework that is to enable the Saharawi people of their right to self-determination and independence,” said the National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario, in a statement concluded its 11th session.

Johannesburg, May 6, 2015 (SPS) - A delegation of the Saharawi Students Union (UESARIO) takes part at a partnership seminar organized by the Danish ONG “Afrika Kontakt” on financial and administrative management of associations, kicked off Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the presence of civil society organizations from various African countries.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), May 6, 2015 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario on Tuesday reiterated thanks and appreciation to the African Union (AU) for its “principled, clear and strict” position on Western Sahara issue, hailing the movement of solidarity with the national cause.

Algiers, May 6, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Cuba reaffirmed Tuesday their support to the United Nations’ efforts aimed at achieving a “fair” and “lasting” political settlement to the Saharawi issue based on the exercise by the Sahrawi people of their right to self-determination, according to a joint statement released at the end of the State visit paid to Algeria by Cuban President Raul Castro.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), May 6, 2015 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front on Tuesday condemned the negative role played by France in the conflict of Western Sahara, through its continued support to Morocco’s expansionist and colonial policies.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), May 5, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi masses in occupied Western Sahara have organized popular demonstrations in protest of the resolution on Western Sahara adopted recently by the UN Security Council,
demanding an immediate end to Morocco’s occupation of the territory.


The protests called for right of the Saharawi people to freedom and self-determination, and for the release of all the Saharawi political prisoners incarcerated in Moroccan jails.