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The Saharawi people celebrate Eid El Adha

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Smara (Saharawi refugee camps),  Sept 13, 2016 (SPS).- This Monday Saharawi people as all Muslim communities celebrated the First Day of Eid El Adha.
Thousands of Sahrawi refugees prayed and listened to the religious speech for Eid El Adha ,which called for national unity, and the struggle to regain the territory.
The President of the Republic, Brahim Gali along with members of the Government and the National Secretariat of the POLISARIO attended this ceremony.

Special envoy of President of Republic received by Togolese President

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Lome, September 11, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, received Saturday Hamdi Khalil Mayara, Minister for African Affairs, Special Envoy of the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali.
During the meeting, the Deputy Minister in charge of Africa handed the Togolese President a letter from his counterpart, Brahim Ghali.

Moroccan escalation in El Guergarat : Polisario Front refers issue to Security Council

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New York (United Nations)- Polisario Front called Friday the UN Security Council to intervene to prevent Morocco from building a road crossing the Saharawi territories, condemning UN breaking of its previous commitments about the project.
In a letter to the chairman of the Security Council, just before a crisis meeting on Western Sahara, the Polisario Front expressed surprise over the position of the UN, which seems to "ignore its own decisions" about the project.

Polisario Front informs UN Security Council on rejection of any proposal outside 1991 ceasefire agreements

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New York, September 10, 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front called Friday on the UN Security Council to intervene to prevent the construction of a road passing through Sahrawi territories, condemning the evasion by the United Nations of its previous commitments on the project, in a letter from the representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Mr. Ahmed Bukhari, to President of the UN Security Council, His Excellency Mr. Gerard Jacobus van Bohemen, before a meeting on the Western Sahara crisis.
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President receives congratulatory message from his Angolan counterpart

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Luanda (Angola), Sept 09, 2016 (SPS) - the president of Republic, Secretary-General of Polisario Front, Mr.Brahim Gali, on Thursday received a message from his Angolan counterpart, Mr. Jose Eduardo dos Santos, congratulating him on his election as President of the Saharawi Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front.

Polisario representative to UN meets with Security Council President to address the Guergarat situation

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New York, September 08, 2016 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the UN, Ahmed Boukhari was received Wednesday in New York by the President of the Security Council of the UN, Mr. Gerard Van Boheman with whom he discussed the situation in the area of El Guergarat.
 
During the meeting, Mr. Bukhari informed the President of the Security Council on the situation in the El Guergarat after the violation by Morocco to the ceasefire agreement agreed by the Polisario Front and Morocco, under the auspices of Nations Nation.

Children and Women Sahrawi Observatory condemns Moroccan occupation kidnapping of Sahrawi minor

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Occupied Aaiun, September 08, 2016 (SPS) - the Sahrawi Observatory for Children and Women has strongly condemned the kidnapping and arrest of Sahrawi minor Jihad Abu Abed inside his family's home after besieged it from all sides on Tuesday by Moroccan police.
Observatory said in a statement that the police headed Jihad to an unknown destination without informing his family about his place and condition’s arrest, which constitutes a flagrant violation of regional and international conventions that protect the rights of the child.

Zimbabwe renews its support to people’s right to freedom and independence

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Harare (Zimbabwe), September 08, 2016 (SPS) - Ambassador Jonathan Otonachi, Africa, Asia-Pacific director at the Zimbabwean Foreign Ministry has reiterated his country supporting position to Saharawi people struggle who fight for the liberation of occupied parts by the Moroccan kingdom, during a farewell ceremony organized by the Algerian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Nasreddin in honor of the Saharawi ambassador in Zimbabwe Mr. Mohammed Saleh Daich who his duties is ended.

Western Sahara: UN voices concerns over security situation

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NewYork, September 08, 2016 (SPS)  - United Nations expressed concerns about the situation prevailing in the region of Guerguerat, in the south of occupied Western Sahara, where Morocco's occupation army units face, from a distance of 120 metres, Polisario Front positions, at the risk of confrontation, the UN said Wednesday.

School year 2016/17 starts in all Saharawi provinces

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Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), September  06, 2016 (SPS) - The academic year 2016-2017 has  started Tuesday  morning in all schools in the provinces of the Saharawi Republic (SADR).

During this week, the ministry of education organized local conferences in all provinces to prepare for the start of this year’s school year.
These conferences highlighted the best ways to achieve the academic performance, in collaboration between family and school. (SPS)
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Moroccan escalation in Alguergarat: EUCOCO denounces "new aggressions, serious violations"

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Brussels,  September 06, 2016 (SPS) - The Conference for Support and Solidarity with Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) denounced Monday "the new aggressions" against the Sahrawi people, dubbing Moroccan military incursions in the area of Alguergarat, located northwest of Western Sahara, "serious violations" of the ceasefire agreement inked on 6 September 1991 under the auspices of the United Nations.

Ministry of Cooperation organizes workshop on twinning, its role in solidarity with Saharawi people

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Boujdour (refugee camps), September 5, 2016 (SPS) The Wilaya of Boujdour on Sunday hosted a workshop on twinning and its role in solidarity with the Saharawi people organized by the Ministry of Cooperation.
The day was marked by the presence of the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, government and stakeholders in this field.

National Secretariat : only way to avoid worst in region goes through self-determination referendum of Saharawi people

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Shaheed El Hafed, September 4, 2016 (SPS) The Permanent  Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front  reiterated Saturday that "the only way to defuse tension and instability and avoid skidding in the region towards the worst goes through a democratic and transparent solution guaranteeing the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence. "

Transfer of Gdeim Izik Saharawi political prisoners Group outside Sellá

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Rabat (Morocco), September 01, 2016 (SPS)  - The Moroccan administration of Sellá prison, has transferred twenty (21) Saharawi political prisoners "Gdeim Izik Group " to Al-Arragat jail  , on the outskirts of the city of Sellá, after submitting his case to the Court of Appeals in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on July 27, 2016, reported source of the Commission of Relatives of Saharawis Political Prisoners of Group Gdeim Izik.

EU voices concern over Moroccan escalation in Alguergarat

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Brussels, September , 01 2016 (SPS)  - The European Union (EU) expressed Thursday its concern over the tense situation in the zone of Alguergarat in the south-west of Western Sahara, underlining that EU supports the United Nations’ efforts to reach a fair, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, enabling the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
The recent tensions in the narrow buffer zone in the south-west of Western Sahara are worrying, the spokesperson of the European Commission told APS.

Polisario Front calls UN to put pressure on Morocco to withdraw its forces and to install a permanent control point in Guergarat area

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Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), September , 01 2016 (SPS) – POLISARIO Front  appealed the  United Nations "to put pressure on Morocco to withdraw its forces from the area of El Guergarat, south of the Saharawi Republic, inviting its mission in the territory to install a point of permanent control in place to avoid any Moroccan incursion in the future, stressing that this dangerous escalation comes in the framework of the policy of the Moroccan regime to provoke tension, every time feeling a progress in resolving the conflict in Western Sahara, "according to