August 2015

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 31 August, 2015 (SPS) - Minister of Defense Mohamed Lamine Buhali is participating in the regional meeting of AU ministers of defense on the strengthening of the capabilities of rapid deployment of AU peacekeeping forces, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 31 August to 1 September 2015.

The minister of defense is participating in this meeting at an official invitation from his Ethiopian counterpart Siraj Fegeta as his country is the host of the event.

 Para-Medical School (Refugee Camps), August 31, 2015 (SPS) - Minister of Information Mr. Mohamed Mami Tamek presented a lecture Sunday under the theme "the importance of investment in information technology to raise awareness on our just cause to encounter Moroccan media propaganda apparatus."

El Aaiun (Saharawi refugee camps), August 28 2015 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, attended Thursday evening the funeral service of Ahmed Kaid Saleh, in the cemetery of the Wilaya of El Aaiun, Sahrawi refugee camps.

The deceased was a counselor to the Presidency, a founding member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO), and had been a member of the political bureau of the Polisario Front.

June 9th School (refugee camps), August 26, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Council (parliament) has decided to form a Saharawi-Mauritanian parliamentary committee for friendship and brotherhood, said a statement issued on Wednesday.

Salé (Morocco), August 26, 2015 (SPS) - A delegation of the Basque organization “Askapena” held Tuesday a meeting with families of the Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik, informed the Committee of the above-mentioned families.


The 4-hour meeting examined the situation of Saharawi political prisoners inside Moroccan jails, especially of which the group of Gdeim Izik.


It also focused on the difficulties faced by these families to have the chance to visit their imprisoned sons.

Geneva, August 26, 2015 (SPS) - By being recognized by Geneva Convention, the Frente Polisario gets better arguments to advocate for the need to conduct a referendum, said Dr. Anne Peters, Professor of International Law at the Swiss University of Basel.


For the international lawyer, the Polisario Front has now better arguments to advocate for the need to organize a vote on Western Sahara’s future.

Semi medical school (refugee camps), August 27, 2015 (SPS) - The 4th edition of the Summer University of Saharawi Student Cadres kicked off Tuesday in the semi-medical school of martyr Ahmed Abdelfatah under the title: “youth and students……betting on the present to build the future.”

This annual university aims to strengthen capacity and knowledge of members of the Saharawi Students Union (UESARIO).

Harare, August 26, 2015 (SPS) - Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi on Tuesday reaffirmed his country’s firm support to the legitimate struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence, said a statement of the Saharawi embassy in Harare.


In a meeting with Saharawi Ambassador Deich Mohamed Saleh, the minister indicated that Zimbabwe is clear that Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara is illegal and contradicts the resolutions of the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU).

 Harare (Zimbabwe) August 24 2015 (SPS) - President of the Senate of Zimbabwe Mrs. Edna Madzongwe reiterated Monday her country’s firm position in favour of the just struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence.

 Algeria, August 24, 2015 (SPS) - The Algerian Minister of Culture, Azzedine Mihoubi, confirmed Sunday in Algiers the willingness of his ministry to support the Saharawi cultural sector through training in various art fields.

 Algeria 23 August 2015 (SPS) – Minister of Culture of Khadija Hamdi was received Sunday by her Algerian counterpart Azzedine Mihoubi, at the headquarters of the Algerian Ministry of Culture.

The visit comes within the framework of the bilateral relations between the two ministries and the means to further reinforce the strong relations that exist between the two brotherly countries and peoples.

El Aiun (Occupied Territories), 24 August, 2015 (SPS) - European searchers and human rights activists have been driven out of the occupied town of El Aiun, Western Sahara, by Moroccan occupation forces, to prevent them from enquiring about the situation of human rights in the occupied territories.

A Spanish and a French activists, who were due to meet with the Coordination of Saharawi Human Rights Groups, have been forced to leave the territories by Moroccan occupation authorities.

9 June School, August 23 2015 (SPS) - The Preparatory Committee of the 14th Congress of the Polisario Front held Saturday its second meeting which was devoted to the establishment of the bureau of the committee including its Chairman Khatri Adouh, Vice-Chairman al-Bashir Mustafa, Secretary Hamada Selma.

Smara (sahrawi refugee camps), 23 Aug, 2015 (SPS)- the Sahrawi singer Mariem Hassan, has died aged 57 ,Saturday morning, after along struggle with cancer.


Mariem has buried in the cemetery of Smara. Her funeral was attended by the Prime Minister Mr. Abd-el-Kader Taleb Omar, in addition to civil and military cadres and artists. 


She was a singer with a noble message, through which she struggled to spread the voice of the Sahrawi people who struggle for freedom and independence.

New York (UN), August 22, 2015 (SPS) -The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the umpteenth time for a rapid settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, in a report on the development of the Saharawi question submitted to the General Assembly which should begin its work on 15 September.

Copenhagen, August 21, 2015 (SPS) - Former head of MINURSO troops, Major General Kurt Mosgaard, stressed the need to give the United  Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara a mandate to monitor human rights in the territory, adding that there is currently no impartial bodies on the ground to handle with the task.

Algiers, August 20, 2015 (SPS) - Algerian Journalists Committee in solidarity with Takbar Haddi has invited journalists across the world to act so to break the silence and siege imposed on the struggle of Saharawi people, in a petition addressed to the United Nations.


In a press conference held in the Saharawi media center in Algiers on Thursday, the Committee called for action to ensure the respect for international legitimacy in Western Sahara and the right of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), August 20, 2015 (SPS) - The Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA) on Thursday called on the Moroccan state to unveil the whereabouts of the Saharawi missing persons and release immediately all the Saharawi political prisoners incarcerated in Moroccan jails.

New York, August 20, 2015 (SPS) -The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has called for an early settlement to the question of Western Sahara given the volatility in the region, the proximity of extremist and terrorist groups, increasing frustration of the young people and of tens of thousands of refugees losing faith in the political solution.