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Dajla (occupied territories), May 12, 2015 (SPS) - A Moroccan court in the occupied city of Dajla on Monday postponed until 18 May 2015 the trial of the Saharawi political prisoner and human rights defender, Atigo Baray, along with 4 young Saharawis, said the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).


Family of Atigo Baray said they do not know the reasons surrounding such move, after they were prevented entry into the court’s sessions.

Chahid El Hafed (refugee camps), May 12, 2015 (SPS) - “The presence of Africa at the UN Security Council will contribute to hasten the decolonization of Western Sahara, the continent’s last colony,” said Monday in Chahid El Hafed, Saharawi Refugee Camps, Polisario Front Coordinator with the MINURSO, Mhamed Khaddad.

Algiers, May 12, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Tanzania have called on the UN Security Council to “take all necessary measures” to make progress towards a solution to Western Sahara conflict, based on the right of the Saharawi people to exercise their unalienable right to self-determination.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), May 12,2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek called on the United Nations to set a date for the referendum on the self-determination of Saharawi people in order to definitively end the Moroccan colonization.

M'hamid el Ghizlane (southern Morocco) May 11, 2015 (SPS) – Sahrawi masses celebrated Sunday in the city of M'hamid el Ghizlane, south of Morocco, the 42th Anniversary of the founding of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Seguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, May 10, 1973.

Shaheed Elhafed (refugee camps) May 11, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi people celebrated Sunday 42th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Front of Seguia al Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario Front) May 10, 1973.

The Polisario Front is a political movement whose objective is the independence of Western Sahara, then under Spanish control. The occupation of the territory by Morocco in 1975, triggered a liberation war that lasted 16 years.

Libreville, May 10, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) participated in the Third Congress of the Africa Constitutional Jurisdictions Conference (CJCA) held from May 8-10, in Libreville, Gabon.

The SADR was presented by the President of the Constitutional Council, Mohamed Bouzid, who had meetings with the participating delegations to inform them of the Saharawi Constitutional experience and the latest developments of the question of Western Sahara.

Boujdour (Saharawi Refugee Camps), May 10, 2015 (SPS) - Saharawi Red Crescent (SRC) called Sunday, in Boudjdour, for an emergency aid of USD10 million for Saharawi refugees "to prevent an unprecedented humanitarian disaster."

"We have launched an appeal to the international community in general, and donors in particular, to take action and provide an emergency aid to Saharawi refugees, estimated by the World Food Programme (WFP) at USD10 million, to prevent an unprecedented humanitarian disaster," declared the chairman of the SRC, Yahya Bouhobeini.

Algiers, May 10, 2015 (SPS) - In occupied Western Sahara, the plunder of this non autonomous territory’s natural resources reached an alarming stage in the last two years, say some 243 NGOs, including "Western Sahara Resource Watch" (WSRW) in a warning sent to the UN Secretary General.

In a letter sent on 15 April to President of the UN Security Council, Dina Kawar, Jordan's ambassador to the United Nations, the NGO WSRW warned against the plundering of Western Sahara's natural resources, particularly its mineral wealth.

Lima (Peru), May 10, 2015 (SPS) - France and Morocco are accomplices to the barbaric acts occurring in Western Sahara, the chairman of the Peruvian Council for Solidarity with Saharawi People (COPESA), Ricardo Sanchez Serra, told local media.

Shaheed Elhafed, May 10, 2015 (SPS) - Mhamed Khaddad, in charge of coordination with the MINURSO,  received on Friday the Special Envoy of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Kim Bolduc.

 Madrid, May 10, 2015 (SPS) - The Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) hosted May 8-9, the IX Days on Western Sahara with the participation of Madrid's public universities to sensitize the society on social, cultural, political and human realities of the Saharawi people.

Shaheed Elhafed, May 10, 2015 (SPS)  - The drug seizures in the region countries have reached alarming proportions in recent months, according to press sources of the countries affected by the cannabis trafficking.

"The plague is gaining ground and taking dangerous proportions," said the press highlighting that "inquisitors investigations were often revealing and the discoveries confirm the transformations in the matter" in reference to changes in the methods used by traffickers to route their poison.

 Yerevan (Armenia), May 9, 2015 (SPS) - A delegation of the Sahrawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) participated in the work of the General Council of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) from May 7 -10, in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

 The Council will examine this year the current youth issues, fight against poverty, climate change and economic growth.

 The Council's work will also witness the participation of delegations representing the socialist youth and student organizations from different continents.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), May 9, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic is taking part on Friday and Sunday in the Dedicated Session of Experts and Senior Officials, which will be followed by a Ministers of Trade meeting on the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA).

Chaired by the Representative of the SADR Ministry of Trade, Ms. Nguia Zarug, a Saharawi delegation is taking part to the meeting including Ms. Maria El IId Saila, and Mr. Waddadi Salek, both from the Saharawi Permanent Mission to the AU and Embassy in Addis Ababa.

Harare (Zimbabwe), May 9, 2015 (SPS) – Ambassador of South Africa to Zimbabwe Mr. Vusi Mavimbela has stressed that the struggle for self determination is not over in Africa as long as right of the Saharawi people to self determination and freedom has not been fulfilled, in speech Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe, on the occasion of South Africa Freedom Day.

Dili (Timor Leste)   09 May 2015 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor Leste H.E. Hernani Coelho has reiterated that support for the Saharawi cause is a constant principle in the foreign policy of his country, during a meeting with the SADR Ambassador, Mr. Mohammed Slama, at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry in Dili.

Copenhagen (Denmark) May 9, 2015 (SPS) - Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), representing the Red-Green Alliance Party, Mr. Christian Juhl, has recently addressed various questions to Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Martin Lideggard, related to Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

Ljubljana (Slovenia), May 8, 2015 (SPS) - The Fifth International Conference of Solidarity with the people of Western Sahara that took place on May 6, 2015 at the Museum of Ljubljana, has proposed to the Slovenian government to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and work for its recognition in the EU.

 Havana, May 8, 2015 (SPS) - The Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Suelma Beiruk, was received Friday by the President of the National Assembly of People's Power, Esteban Lazo Hernández, member of the Politburo, in the framework of her working visit in Cuba, reported the SADR embassy in Cuba.

 During the meetingthat focused on the relations between Cuba and Africa, Suelma warmly thanked Cuba for its assistance to Africa in areas such as health, culture, education and political support to the African peoples.