April 2016

New York, April 27, 2016 (SPS) - The Special Envoy of African Union for Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano, yesterday condemned the Moroccan expel of 84 staff from the civilian component of UN mission (MINURSO), during a meeting of UN Security Council at the request of Angola and Venezuela.
 
Joaquim Chissano dubbed the Moroccan decision disrespect to the UN and the UN Secretary General as well as the UN Security Council.
 

New York, April 27, 2016 (SPS) - The Special Envoy of African Union for Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano, said that Africa should play crucial role in the efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara in his meeting with UN Security Council.
¨Africa should play a leading role in the efforts to find a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara and should provide much needed guidance to the international efforts to solve the conflict in Western Sahara¨. Joaquim Chissano says
 

New York, April 27,2016 (SPS) - The Special Envoy of African Union for Western Sahara, Joaquim Chissano, yesterday urged the UN to urgently resolve the conflict of Western Sahara and criticized the measures taken by Rabat against UN mission (MINURSO).
 
Joaquim Chissano met yesterday with the Security Council in an informal meeting at the request of Angola and Venezuela, on the eve of the Security Council renewal of the mandate of MINURSO before the end of this month.
 

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), ), April 27,2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent a congratulatory message to South African President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the Freedom Day of his country.
President of Republic expressed on behalf of the people and government of the SADR "his warmest congratulations and best wishes for success and prosperity to the dear brother people of the Republic of South Africa which commemorate the Day of Freedom of your great country."

Aghouinit, (Liberated Saharawi Territories), April 27,2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (ALPS) is ready to any Moroccan escalation, said Saturday Sahrawi Minister of Defence Abdelah Lehbib.
In his address at the end of the military manoeuvres carried out last Saturday in the region of Aghouinit, in the Sahrawi liberated territories, Lehbib said that the "Army has the necessary human and material resources to counter any escalation."

Aghouinit (Liberated Saharawi Territories), April 27,2016 (SPS) - Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar said Western Sahara people are "proponents of peace not warmongers," calling on the UN to assume its responsibilities towards the Saharawi cause by organizing a referendum on self-determination. 

Copenhagen (Denmark), April 26, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Euro-Mediteranean network of Human Rights (EuroMed Rights), Michel Tubiana called on, in a letter addressed to the Member States of the United Nations Security Council, to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and to extend this mission to include  a review of the human rights situation.

Algiers, April 26, 2016 (SPS) - The Speaker of the People’s National Assembly Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa reiterated Monday Algeria’s unchanging position about the conflict in Western Sahara and its “conviction about the fairness of this cause which benefits from an ongoing support following the diplomatic successes recognized by several European Parliaments.”

Washington, April 26, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations Security Council will receive the Special Envoy of the African Union Commission's Chairperson for Western Sahara, Joakim Alberto Chissano, to discuss the recent developments in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
The meeting, which will be held at the request of the AU Peace and Security Council, will be devoted to the examination of the status quo prevailing in Western Sahara.

Bir Lehlou, 25 April 2016, the President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz sent Tuesday a letter of congratulation to the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. John Pombe Josehp Magufuli on The happy occasion of the 52nd Anniversary of the United Republic of Tanzania.
 

Algiers, April 25, 2016 (SPS) - the irresponsible positions recently adopted by Morocco “put the region in a situation with unknown consequences,” underlined Monday, in Algiers, the Speaker of the Sahrawi National Council, Khatri Addouh.

Occupied Smara,  April 25, 2016 (SPS) - the Coordination of Unemployed Saharawi in occupied Smara has organized  peaceful sit-in to condemn the assassination of the martyr Brahim Sikka, reported source from the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Demonstrators demanded, during the vigil, which was met with violent repression by the Moroccan forces in various formations, to bring the perpetrators to justice.

 Algeria, April 25, 2016 (SPS) – the Collective of Algerian journalists in Solidarity with the Saharawi people condemned  "strongly" Moroccan colonial practices in Western Sahara,  denouncing Morocco Media attempts aimed at obstructing the process of the settlement of the conflict, according to a statement, a copy of which obtained by SPS.
 

Algeria, April 25, 2016 (SPS) – the Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament), Mr. Abdelkader Bensalah reiterated on Sunday his country unconditional support to Saharawi people, during his meeting with Sahrawi delegation headed by Speaker of the Sahrawi National Council Khatri Addouh accompanied with Sahrawi ambassador to Algeria, Mr. Bacharaya Hamudi Bayun.
From his part, Khatri Addouh hailed the Algerian firm position towards the just issue of the Sahrawi people.

Algiers, April 24, 2016 (SPS) - Speaker of the Sahrawi National Council Khatri Addouh will pay a three-day visit to Algeria as from Sunday, at the invitation of Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament) Abdelkader Bensalah, said the Upper house in a statement Saturday.
During his visit, Addouh will hold discussion with members of the Parliament and the Government, added the statement.SPS
 
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Banjul (Gambia), April 24, 2016 (SPS) - The African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) called on the UN to set a date for holding the referendum on self-determination for the people of Western Sahara and to find an appropriate response to issues related to respect for human rights and the illegal exploitation of natural resources of the territory, in accordance with the decision of the AU conference of June 2014.
 

El Aaiun (occupied territories),  April 24, 2016. (SPS)  - Four human rights activists were arrested on Friday by Moroccan police at the entrance of the city of Guelemin, and forced to return to the occupied city of El Aaiun.
 
Activists are Sidi Mohamed Dadach, president of CODAPSO, Hmad Hamad, vice president of the same association, Bomba Lefkir and Feku Ibaihim, were detained to prevent from visiting the family of Brahim Saika, the young unionist and Saharawi activist who died on April 15 under police custody.

Brusels, April 24, 2014 (SPS) -  the Vice President of the Western Sahara Intergroup of the European Parliament, Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, said yesterday  that "We are facing a situation where a country like Morocco is challenging the international law by illegally occupying another country", during a press conference with Saharawi Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.

Aghouinit, april 23, 2016 (SPS) - Military manoeuvres have been carried out Saturday by the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army in the region of Aghouinit, in the liberated territories of Western Sahara, in presence of Sahrawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar and Minister of Defence Abdallah Lehbib.

Strasburg, April 23, 2016 (SPS) -The members of European Parliament has urged has urged the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the United Nationes, H.E. Oyarzun Marchesi Ramon, the renewal of the mandate of the peace-keeping mission to Western Sahara in letter sent, a copy of which obtained by SPS.
¨We, as Members of European Parliament, are writing to urge a renewal of the mandate of the peace-keeping mission to Western Sahara¨ EU MPs said