December 2015

Dakhla, December 17, 2015 (SPS) The member of the Namibian parliament and representative of the SWAPO movement, Mr Nicky Tumusand, called for completion in the shortest possible time of the decolonization of the last colony in Africa, Western Sahara.

 In a message to the 14th Congress of the Polisario Front from the Namibian party, Mr Nicky has reiterated the support and solidarity of his country for the just struggle of the Saharawi people and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.

Dakhla (refugee camps), December 17, 2015 (SPS) The Director for African Affairs at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rabiu Aikawa, reiterated the support of his country to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence .

Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camps), December 16, 2015 (SPS) - The representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Algiers, Mohamed Salah, affirmed Wednesday in the Sahrawi refugee camps of Dakhla that the Palestinians fully aware of the suffering of the Saharawi people from their own experience and suffering as a result of the Israeli occupation.

Dakhla (refugee camps), December 16, 2015 (SPS) The Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC - South Africa), Gwede Mantashe, announced Wednesday at Dakhla (refugee camps), that his political movement will initiate soon a campaign of boycott of all foreign companies that exploit the natural resources of Western Sahara.

Dakhla (refugee camps), December 16, 2015 (SPS) The President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, called on the Saharawi people to preserve and strengthen their national unity, the mother of all these achievements and guarantor of victory, in his address before the 14 th Congress of the POLISARIO Front held in the Wilaya of Dakhla, the refugee camps, from 16 to 20 December, 2015.

Following is the full Address by Mr Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the SADR and Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO:

Brussels, December 16, 2015 (SPS) - European United Left / Nordic Green left (GUE/NGL) group at the European Parliament urged the United Nations, on Wednesday, to expand the prerogatives of its Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include monitoring of human rights.

Dakhla (Sahrawi refugee camps), December 16, 2015 (SPS) - Sahrawi people are in a "position of strength" and "close to victory," said Wednesday Secretary General of Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz.

"We are in a position of strength, not only because law and justice are with our cause, but also because we have gone through important stages," said Abdelaziz in his opening address at the 14th Polisario Front Congress, adding that the Sahrawi people "are close to victory."

Dakhla (Saharawi Refugee Camps), December 16, 2015 (SPS) - The works of the fourteenth Congress of the Polisario Front is to open Wednesday in the Saharawi refugee camp of Dahkla, under the slogan "Strength, Planning Willpower to impose national independence and sovereignty," with the participation of 2472 Saharawi delegates and a large number of foreign guests.

Algiers, December 14, 2015 (SPS) - Some 2,475 delegates will take part in the 14th Congress of the Polisario Front (December 16-20) in the province of Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camp), according to the Saharawi ambassador to Algiers, Brahim Ghali.

The congress will be held under the slogan, "Strength, Planning and Willpower to Impose National Independence and Sovereignty."

"The congress is due to draw a large number of Sahrawi people from the refugee camps, the occupied territories and the diaspora," Ghali told APS.

Algiers, December 14, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz, said Sunday in Algiers that “Morocco is increasingly isolated on the international diplomatic scene,” following the briefing of UN Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross before UN Security Council.

Ross has recently completed a tour in the region.

Algiers, December 13, 2015 (SPS) - The price of the National Advisory Commission for the Promotion and the Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH) was awarded Sunday, in Algiers, to the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, in recognition of his fight and activism for the liberation of occupied Western Sahara and the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination for more than 40 years.

 Awserd (Refugee Camps), December 13, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Preparatory Commission of the 14th National Congress of the Polisario Front, Mr. Khatri Addouh,  has emphasized that "The conference is an important stage in the fight against the Moroccan occupier" for liberation and the independence of Western Sahara.

Bir Lehlou, December 13, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Sevretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent Saturday a message of congratulations to his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the occasion marking the 52nd anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kenya.

Awserd (refugee camps), December 13, 2015 (SPS) The work of the Preparatory National Conference of the 14th Congress of the Polisario Front began Saturday in the wilaya Awserd, the refugee camps, in the presence of delegates representing all the national organization.

Algiers, December 12, 2015 (SPS) - The Algerian position with regard to Western Sahara question fits its respect to the principle of self-determination, said Saturday Speaker of the People's National Assembly (Lower House-APN), Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa.

Brussels (Belgium), December 11, 2015 (SPS) - The decision taken by European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidating the trade agreement on agricultural produce signed, in 2012, between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European union, is "historic" and poses the "basic" question on the future of Western Sahara territories, according to Lawyer Gilles Devers, the principal lawyer of the Polisario Front who brought the case before the court.

"Today's basic question is about the future of the territory and the people (of Western Sahara)," he told APS.

Paris,December 10, 2015 (SPS) - Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra said Wednesday in Paris that Algeria and the United States are "determined" to help (UN Envoy) Christopher Ross in his mission on Western Sahara, last colony of Africa.

Washington,December 09, 2015 (SPS) - The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will undertake support actions to the mediation efforts for the settlement of the conflict in occupied Western Sahara, by paying a visit to the region as from January, announced Tuesday in New York his Special Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross.

Ban Ki-moon tasked me to step up my efforts, said Ross in his briefing to the UN Security Council, adding that to support the process of peace in Western Sahara, Ban Ki-moon plans to visit the region as from January.

Washington, December 09, 2015 (SPS)- Personal Envoy of UN Secretary General for Western Sahara Christopher Ross reiterated Tuesday, in New York, Ban Ki-moon’s position for a political solution guaranteeing the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.

Algiers, (Algeria) December 09, 2015 (SPS) - the ambassador of South Africa in Algeria, Mr. Denis Tokozana Dlomo on Wednesday, reiterated his country's support for the struggle of the Saharawi people to freedom and self-determination, during a meeting with Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Mr. Brahim Ghali in the headquarter of  Sahrawi embassy.

” South Africa attached to defend the right of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence.” Said SouthAfrican Ambassador