Shaheed El Hafed, October 29, 2016 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar received Thursday a delegation composed of Ander Gil Vega and Laura Berja from Spanish Socialist Party.
The meeting addressed aspects of cooperation and solidarity with the Saharawi people and means of improving them.
The Spanish position on the question of Western Sahara was also analyzed in the meeting. (SPS)
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Shaheed El-Hafed, October 28, 2016 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent Thursday a congratulatory message to the President of the Commonwealth of Dominica, H.E, Charles Angelo Savarin, on the 38th Anniversary the Independence Day of his country.
Shaheed El-Hafed, October 28, 2016 (SPS) – The national committee in charge of the organization of the 10th edition of the cultural event ARTifariti held Thursday a meeting chaired by Minister of Culture, Khadija Hamdi, at the ministry.
Madrid (Spain), October 27, 2016 (SPS) - The 41st European Conference for Support and Solidarity with Saharawi People (EUCOCO) is to be held on November 18-19 in the Spanish city of Vilanova, Barcelona, organizers said on Thursday.
"This annual event organized every year, since 1975, in different European cities (like Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Brussels, Valence and Madrid) is undoubtedly the most important international movement for solidarity with the Saharawi people, as it brings together participants from every parts of the world," organizers stressed.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), October 27, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) affirmed that the expulsion of members of the United Nations Mission for the self-determination referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) "is an approach that threatens regional peace, hinders regional and international efforts, and freezes the peace process."
London, October 26, 2016 (SPS) - The British organization for human rights defence in Western Sahara, Adala UK, has denounced Wednesday Morocco's continuing strategy for the isolation of Sahrawi people by denying entry to international observers, journalists and pro-Sahrawi activists.
Adala UK said that dozens of activists, journalists and international observers who attempted to enter the occupied city of Al Ayun in response to calls from the Sahrawi NGO community to lift the blockade imposed by Morocco on the region "were expelled."
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), October 26, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, congratulated Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the independence of his country.
Windhoek (Namibia) October 26, 2016 (SPS) Saharawi Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Angola and Namibia, Bah Deih Sheikh Mohamed, wad received Monday by Namibia’s Founding President Sam Nujoma, in the Namibian capital, Windhoek.
Algiers, October 25, 2016 (SPS) The Algerian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramtane Lamamra, called Monday in Algiers on the United Nations (UN) to increase its efforts to find a just and lasting solution to the issues of Palestine and Western Sahara.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), October 25, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to his Zambian counterpart, Edgar Lungu Chagwa, on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the independence of his country.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), October 24, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to the new Secretary General of the Algeria National Liberation Front party (FLN), Djamel Ould Abbes.
In this message, the President expressed, on behalf of the Polisario Front, to Mr. Ould Abbes, warm congratulations and sincere wishes, following his election as the Secretary General of Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN).
Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps) - The Polisario Front condemned Morocco's hindrances to UN-sponsored negotiation process between the two conflicting parties, to find a permanent solution allowing Saharawi people to exert their right to self-determination.
Shaheed El-Hafed (refugee camps), October 24, 2016 (SPS) The Under Secretary-General of the United for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, met with Minister of National Defence, Abdellah Lehbib, and Secretary of State for Documentation and Security, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud, in Shaheed El-Hafed, Sahrawi refugee camps.
Shaheed El Hafed, October 23, 2016 (SPS) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous arrived Sunday in Sahrawi refugee camps in the framework of a working visit that led him to the parties to the conflict, the Polisario Front and Morocco.
The UN official who was received by Saharawi coordinator with MINURSO, M'hamed Khadad, held meetings with the Minister of National Defence, Abdelah Lahbib and Secretary of State for Documentation and Security, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud.
Shaheed El Hafed, October 22, 2016 (SPS) The Saharawi Red Crescent (SRC) expressed "profound" concern about the reduction of the basic food basket for the Saharawi refugees as result of the delay of the Spanish government’s contribution for 2016.
"We are concerned about the decline in the food basket of the Sahrawi refugees since the beginning of this month, causing a 50% reduction in the monthly quota for the month of November," said a statement of the Saharawi Red Crescent.
Madrid, October 20, 2016 (SPS) - Frente Polisario representative in Spain, Ms. Jira Bulahi said Wednesday that "the solution to the conflict in Western Sahara is to organize the referendum on self-determination" to put an end to fourth decades of occupation and suffering of the people of Western Sahara.
New York, October 20, 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front's Representative to the United Nations Ahmed Boukhari has denounced, once again, Wednesday in New York, Morocco's hindrances to process for the resolution of Western Sahara conflict, which requires the resumption of negotiations.
Boukhari underlined Rabat's repeated "delaying tactics" to undermine the efforts of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross and delay his trip to the region.
New York (United Nations), October 20, 2016 (SPS) - The United States proposed Tuesday at the UN Security Council to send a mission to Western Sahara to speed up UN process for the settlement the conflict between Polisario Front and Morocco.
The American proposal, made at a Security Council meeting on Western Sahara Tuesday, has been approved by all the member states of the UN body, Ahmed Boukhari, the representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations, told APS.
Brussels, October 18, 2016 (SPS) -The European Union (EU) should ensure human rights' militants supporting Sahrawi people access to occupied territories in Western Sahara, Euro-MP Paloma Lopez, who questioned High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini about the measures taken in this regard.
New York, October 18, 2016 (SPS) - The UN Security Council will hold today evening it half yearly session over the Western Sahara, in the presence of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary General to Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, the head of United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, Kim Bolduc.