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June 2016

Algeria will always back just Saharawi cause, says Bensalah

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Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), June 4, 2016 (SPS) - Algeria will always support Western Sahara cause until Saharawi people fulfill their objectives, the speaker of the Council of the Nation (upper house of Parliament), Abdelkader Bensalah, said Friday in Chahid El Hafed.
"We will never stop backing the just Saharawi cause until the achievement of Saharawi people's expectations," Bensalah told reporters following discussions with the acting Saharawi president, Khatri Addouh.

Sahrawi people pay last homage to late leader

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Shahid El Hafid (Refugee Camps), June 4, 2016 (SPS) – The Sahrawi people paid, on Friday in Shahid El Hafid a last homage to their late president Mohamed Abdelaziz, died last Tuesday following a long illness.
The body of the deceased was welcomed by thousands of Sahrawi refugees expressing rejecting to "all alternatives but self-determination to the Sahrawi people."
The body was presented at the headquarters of the Sahrawi Presidency to allow the local population and the foreign personalities to pay final tribute to the late Front Polisario leader.

Tribute to fallen POLISARIO Leader Mohamed Abdul-Aziz

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Makwaia Wa Kuhenga/ 03 June 2016/ Daily News-Tanzania
BREAKING news: “The leader of Western Sahara Independence Movement has died after a long illness. Mohamed Abdul-Aziz (68) was Secretary General of the Polisario Front, which fights for an end of Moroccan rule in Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony annexed by Morocco in 1975.”

Mohammed Abdelaziz will be remembered for his unalloyed dedication and strenuous efforts towards the self determination and liberation of the Sahrawi people (President of the republic of Ghana)

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Accra, June 02, 2016 (SPS) – the President of the republic of Ghana H. E. Mr. John Dramani Manama, has expressed his deepest condolences to the Saharawi people on the passing away of President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.
¨I have learnt with deep sadness and sorrow, the demise of H. E. Mohammed Abdelaziz, President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic and Secretary-General of the POLISARIO Front, on Tuesday, 31st May.¨ said the President of the republic of Ghana

Death of Sahrawi president: Bensalah signs condolence book

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Algiers, June 02, 2016 (SPS) - Speaker of the Council of the Nation Abdelkader Messahel signed Wednesday at the headquarters of the embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Algiers the condolence book, following the death of Sahrawi president Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Mohamed Abdelaziz, great activist for sovereign Sahrawi Republic

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Algiers, June 02, 2016 (SPS) - The Speaker of the People’s National Assembly Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa sent a message of condolences to the Speaker of the Sahrawi National Assembly Khatri Addouh, following the death of Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz in which he affirmed that the deceased was a great activist for a sovereign Sahrawi Republic.
“It is with deep sadness that I learnt of the news of the death of President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mujaheed Mohamed Abdelaziz,” wrote Ould Khelifa in his message.

Political parties, national organizations pay tribute to late Sahrawi president

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Algiers, June 02, 2016 (SPS) - Several political parties and national organizations on Wednesday have paid tribute to Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, who died Tuesday, at the age of 68, after a long illness.
In messages of condolence to the family of the deceased and to the Sahrawi people, political parties and national organizations expressed deep sadness at the loss of the Sahrawi leader.

Danish Social Democratic Youth (DSU) calls on its Government to recognize Western Sahara as independent state

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Copenhagen (Denmark, June 02, 2016 (SPS) - The main board of Danish Social Democratic Youth (DSU) adopted  a  resolution in solidarity with the just struggle of the Saharawi people  stating that DSU support for the Saharawi cause, urging Denmark to recognize Western Sahara, urging the international community to grant Western Sahara an observant seat at UN and pushing for referendum. 
On the occasion of Danish constitution day, DSU will launch an online campaign to support a referendum and recognition of Western Sahara as an independent state.

Sahrawi President's death: EUCOCO pays tribute to memory of great African leader

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Brussels,  June 02, 2016 (SPS) - The European Coordination Conference for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) paid Wednesday tribute to the memory of Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, died on Tuesday, hailing “a great African leader who knew how to lead his people towards the path of freedom and independence.”

South Africa expresses its condolences to the people of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on the passing of President Mohamed Abdelaziz

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South Africa, June 01, 2016  - President Jacob Zuma, on behalf of the Government and People of the Republic of South Africa, expresses his deepest condolences to the Saharawi people on the passing away of President Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front.<

The President of the National Council receives condolences of the Mauritanian President

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Nouakchott, June 01, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the National Council, Khatri Addouh Wednesday received a message of condolence Mauritanian  President, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz folowing death of President of the Republic, SG of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.
"We have learned with deep sadness the news of the death of the late, His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Abdel Aziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Party of the Democratic Revolution expresses its condolences to Polisario Front

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Mexico City, June 01, 2016 - The Department of International Relations of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), Tuesday expressed its sincere condolences for the untimely death of the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz in a message sent to the Sahrawi authorities.SPS
 
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