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Tantan (Southern Morocco) August 16, 2015 (SPS) – Small size land mine detonated Friday in Lemsaid region, 70 km east to Tantan city in southern Morocco, injuring Sahrawi minor Amin Haiba, according to Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).

The source indicated that the victim was taken to the regional hospital in Tantan, and then transferred to a hospital in Guelmim city in southern Morocco as some fragments could not be removed from his left leg.

Copenhagen, (Denmark) August 15th, 2015 – The documentary about Saharawi struggle "Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara" was screened yesterday at the World Culture Center in Copenhagen.

The movie Chronicles the situation of the Saharawi people under 40 years of Morocco’s occupation; arrests, torture and disappearances for demanding their independence and the forms of the Saharawi nonviolent resistance

Shaheed el Hafed (Refugee Camps), August 15, 2015 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front announced Thursday the formation of the National Preparatory Committee for XIV Cnference of the Polisario Front scheduled to be held at the end of this year.

The Committee, which will commence its work within the time limits specified by law, includes members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the SADR government, as well as executives from various sectors of the state.

Shaheed el Hafed (Refugee Camps), August 15, 2015 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has called on the UN Security Council to put an end the current stalemate, carry on the settlement process and set a date for the holding of the self-determination referendum of the Saharawi people.

Chahid El Hafed, August 14, 2015 (SPS) .- Polisario Front calls on UN to end inertia state that characterizes UN peace process and to set a date for the organization of self-determination referendum.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), August 11, 2015 (SPS) - The Ministry of Vocational Training, Employees and Public Function on Monday created a national council concerned with the affairs of vocational training .


According to the Ministerial Decree No. 02/2015 of 9 August 2015 on its establishment, the Council is an advisory body that coordinates and implements vocational training plans for various sectors of the Saharawi state.

Västerås (Sweden), August 11, 2015 (SPS) - Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said his government is launching an in-depth study to identify ways to be followed to find an accelerated peaceful and lasting solution to Western Sahara conflict, reiterating his country’s position of support to the right of the Saharawi people to free self-determination, in a speech delivered at the closing ceremony of the 38th congress of the Swedish Democratic Party Youth League.

Algiers, 10 August 2015 (SPS) - The Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) has decided to send humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi refugees consisting of a large quantity of foodstuffs and medicines, said Sunday CRA’s President Saida Benhabyles.

CRA will grant humanitarian aid of 316 tonnes of foodstuffs and a large quantity of medicines, said Benhabyles in a press conference held jointly with her Sahrawi counterpart Buhobeini Yahia.

Algiers, 10 August 2015 (SPS) - The Representative of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Algeria Romain Sirois refuted Sunday, in Algiers, the Moroccan allegations reporting alleged misappropriation of humanitarian aid destined to Sahrawi refugees.

Boumerdes (Algeria), 10 Augast 2015 (SPS) –Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, in Charge of the Political Branches, Salem Lebsir, Saturday urged the United Nations to take on its responsibility for the rapid implementation of the UN 1514 resolution on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, particularly Western Sahara as the last colony in Africa.

Algiers, August 9, 2015 (SPS) .- Morocco is accused of being behind the latest terrorist attacks executed in Mali by the jihadist group MUJWA in order to wreck the good offices of Algeria in the neighboring country.

The attacks resumption in Mali just some months after the signing of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Algiers is more than enough proof of the aims of this movement whose finances come mainly from trafficking hashish and cocaine.

Boumerdes (Algeria), 9 June 2015 (SPS) - Several Algerian political forces reiterated on Saturday their support for the just struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence during speeches at the closing ceremony of the work of the VI edition of the Summer University, in Boumerdes, Algeria.

The presidents of the political parties have unanimously expressed Algeria's support for the just struggle of the Saharawi people.

Johannesburg (South Africa), 9 July 2015 (SPS) – Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, President of the National Council, Mr. Khatri said Aduh, affirmed that the international efforts to find a solution to the Western Sahara dispute have not reached desired results due to the lack of pressure from the international community on Morocco.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 08, 2015 (SPS) – Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front in charge of the Political Branches, Mr. Salem Basir, stressed that the only way to peace and stability in the region is through finding a democratic solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 8, 2015 (SPS) – The 6th Edition of the Summer University of the executives of the Sahrawi Republic (SADR) and Polisario Front concluded Saturday in Boumerdes, Algeria.

The conclusion ceremony was attended by members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the SADR government and the National Council, Algerian prominent personalities and parliamentarians, and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Algeria.

Rome, August 7, 2015 (SPS) - The Italian Parliamentary Group for Western Sahara reaffirmed Friday its attachment to continue defending the rights of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence.


In a letter to Polisario Front’s Representative in Italy Mr. Amih Omar, the Group said that all kinds of injustice and repression experienced by the Saharawi people “will only make us, both within parliament and the senate, more determined to defend the legitimate rights of the Saharawi people.”

Madrid, August 7, 2015 (SPS) - MEP Jordi Sebastià, from Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, began Friday a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with the Saharawi citizen Takbar Hadi, on hunger strike outside the Moroccan consulate in Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain, since a month and six days to protest the killing of her son Mohamed Lamine Haidala by Moroccan settlers.

Abuja, August 7, 2015 (SPS) - Ambassador in Nigeria and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Abuja, Mr. Ubbi Bachraya Bachir, on Thursday led a delegation of African ambassadors in a courtesy visit to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, following the successful democratic elections took place in the country.

Pretoria, August 7, 2015 (SPS) - Vice-president of the Pan-African Parliament, Ms. Sweilma Beiruk, has hailed the solidarity of the African National Congress women with the struggle of Saharawi woman for the liberation of Africa’s last colony, Western Sahara.

Johannesburg, August 7, 2015 (SPS) - Speaker of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament) Mr. Jatri Addouh takes part at 7th Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments, held by the Pan-African Parliament on August 6-7 under the theme: “2015: Year of Women’s Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063”.