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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.

Harare, August 20, 2015 (SPS) - Speaker of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe, Mr. Jacob Mudenda, has renewed his country’s endless support to the legitimate struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence, in a meeting with Saharawi ambassador Deich Mohamed Saleh.


Mr. Jacob reaffirmed the principled position to Saharawi cause has long shown by the Republic of Zimbabwe in the international forums.

Casablanca, August 20, 2015 (SPS) - Moroccan police forces on Tuesday severely tortured the Sahrawi activist, Leila Lili, at Casablanca airport on her return from Algiers, where she took part in the 6th edition of the Summer University of Polisario Front and SADR cadres, said a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.


Moroccan police officers subjected the activist Leila Lili to inspection and degrading harassment of human dignity.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Feb 10, 2015 (SPS) - Chair of the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW), Mr. Erik Hagen of Norway, will begin Wednesday a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

Addis Ababa, August 18, 2015 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative to the AU and Ambassador in Ethiopia, Mr. Lamine Baali, has indicated that there are complex humanitarian concerns which require attention and support, praising, in the same regard, decline of poverty rates in many countries of the continent.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), August 18, 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Tuesday reiterated the commitment of the Saharawi Republic (SADR), a founding member of the African Union, to promptly implement the Union’s resolutions on the revitalization of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC).

Shaheed el Hafed, 17 August 2015 (SPS) - The Sahrawi liberation movement, the Polisario Front, called on the UN to end the state of "inertia" that characterizes the UN peace process in Western Sahara.

Shaheed el Hafed, August 17, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed El Aziz, chaired Sunday a meeting of the Council of Ministers, addressed a number of topics related to developments of the national cause.

June 9th School, August 16, 2015 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, inaugurated Sunday at the headquarters of the National Council in June 9th School the National Preparatory Committee of the 14th Conference of the Polisario Front.