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Paris, May 29, 2015 (SPS) - The Committee Against Torture (CAT) declared “admissible” the complaint filed by Naama Asfari, Saharawi human rights defender, against Morocco, urging Rabat to respond to the victim’s accusations, informed Thursday the Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT) in a dispatch published on its website.


Arrested on 7 November 2011 in occupied Saharawi city of El Aaiun, Naama Asfari accused Moroccan authorities of having tortured and convicted him on the basis of forced confessions, extracted with impunity.

Abuja, May 29, 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar represents the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz at the inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammadu Buhari, scheduled to take place today.


Saharawi Premier participates in the event at the official invitation of the outgoing Nigerian President Jonathan Goodluck.

Midrand (South Africa), May 29, 2015 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative to the AU and Ambassador in Ethiopia, Mr. Lamine Baali, has called on the Member States of the African Union to make every effort to address the plight of victims of forced displacement in Africa, highlighting the need for governments to build their capacity to respond to natural disasters.

Algiers, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Lesotho reaffirmed Thursday their support for the UN in its efforts to find a solution to the conflict of Western Sahara based on the exercise by the Saharawi people of their “inalienable” right to self-determination, according to a joint statement released Thursday after the state visit paid by King of Lesotho Lestie III, at the invitation of President of the Algerian Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Algiers, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - At an official invitation by FLN, a Saharawi delegation, led by the Head of Polisario Front Organization Secretariat Mr. Salem Lbsir, on Wednesday took part at the opening ceremony of the 10th congress of the National Liberation Front of Algeria (FLN), kicked off Thursday in Algiers.


Mr. Salem Lbsir said the delegation delivered a letter from the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz to the participants of the Congress.

Johannesburg, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Pan-African Parliament Ms. Suelma Beiruk of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) has been re-elected to a second term as vice-president of the continental parliament, during the elections held Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa.


The election of Saharawi female MP to the post reflects a clear interest shown by the African Union (AU) to the conflict of Western Sahara, illegally occupied by Morocco.

Tenerife (Canary Islands) May 28, 2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Public Health Mr. Mohamed Lamin Dadi has started a working visit to the Canary Islands, Spain, to hold meetings with the its authorities.


Upon his arrival, the minister has talks with council of the professional association of doctors (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), where he informed them about the latest development on the Saharawi issue

Rome, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Italy reaffirmed Wednesday in Rome, in a final joint statement culminating the works of the 3rd Algerian-Italian high level meeting, their support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.

Khartoum, May 28, 2015 (SPS) - The Secretary General of Saharawi Women Union (UNMS), Ms. Fatma El Mahdi, has participated in a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African (ECOSOC), kicked off Wednesday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.


The meeting assessed ECOSOC’s work in the past year and the forthcoming stages, especially the action plan to complete the representation of others countries yet to be members of the ECOSOC.

São Paulo (Brazil), May 28, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Executive Bureau of Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA), Mohamed Hallab, has met the representatives of some international associations and human rights organizations, in the margin of the International Conference on Human Rights, underway in São Paulo, Brazil.

Algiers, May 27, 2015 (SPS) - World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it has delivered a food aid shipment containing 252 tons of dates as part of an annual donation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the benefit of Saharawi refugees currently living in the Algerian province of Tindouf.


“A shipment of 252 tons of dates has been cleared at the port of Oran as part of the annual donation by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Algeria,” stated WFP said in a statement.

Rio de Janeiro, 27/05/2015 (SPS) - Moara Crivelente, political expert, journalist and member of the Brazilian Center of Solidarity with the Peoples and Struggle for Peace (Cebrapaz), advising the president of the World Peace Council , published today on the russian website of Pravda an article under the title "Decolonization of Western Sahara, the world's debt to the Saharawi people".

São Paulo (Brazil), May 27, 2015 (SPS) - The Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA) has organized an exhibition to spread awareness about the Sahrawi issue, during the 4th edition of International Conference on Human Rights, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


The exhibition was an opportunity for the participants to get to know human rights violations taking place in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and in southern Morocco.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), May 26, 2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Youth and Sport, Mr. Mohamed Moulud Mohamed Fadel, said more than 5000 Saharawi children are going to spend summer holiday 2015 with hosting families in Spain and other European countries, as part of the annual programme “Vacaciones en Paz (vacations in peace)” to start next month.

Lagos (Nigeria), May 26, 2015 (SPS) - The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the organization of an international conference on the decolonization of Western Sahara under the motto: “Towards the liberation of the Last Colony in Africa.”

Johannesburg, May 26, 2015(SPS) - Minister of Culture Ms. Jadija Hamdi said “Africa cannot achieve sustainable development while part of it is still pleading, as is the case of the Sahrawi Republic (SADR).”


“A free Africa cannot develop or achieve sustainable development, while part of it still pleading,” stated the Minister, in a speech delivered at the Fourth African Conference on Culture, held from 25 to 27 May 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Harare, May 26, 2015 (SPS) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has renewed his country’s support and solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence, in a statement delivered on his own behalf by FM Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in a ceremony hosted Monday by Zimbabwe Foreign Ministry to mark the 52nd anniversary of Africa Day.

Dakar, May 26, 2015 (SPS) - The visit of Moroccan King, Mohammed VI, to Senegal was marked by two incidents that tarnished the image Moroccan government wanted to promote with regard to the relationship between the two countries.


In addition to the judicial follow-up against Karim Wade, Moroccan King’s close friend and the son of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, two altercations occurred between the personal guards of the Moroccan King and those of Senegalese President Macky Sall.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Zones), May 25, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent Monday a congratulatory message to his counterpart of the Republic of Guyana, Mr. David Granger, on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of independence.