Copenhagen (Denmark) 15 June 2016 (SPS) - The Danish parliament has recently unanimously passed a motion that urges Danish companies and the Danish public sector not to trade with Western Sahara. Danish MPs tell companies to avoid Africa's last colony.
Chahid El Hafed, June 15, 2016 (SPS) - the responsible of the political organization, a member of the National Secretariat Mr. Brahim Gali said on Wednesday that "the UN Security Council must assume its historical responsibility towards the Saharawi people", and work to ensure the solution enabling the Saharawi people to decide their destiny through referendum of self-determination.
Chahid El-Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), June 14, 2016 (SPS) -The Preparatory committee of the Extraordinary Congress of the Polisario Front, "Martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz Congress" today holds a session chaired by the President of the Republic, Mr. Jatri Adduh.
This session is devoted to discuss the reports of commissions and distribution of its regulations and the Internal Regulations to all members of the Commission.
Madrid, June 14, 2016 (SPS) - The conference of Spanish towns supporting Western Sahara, held last week in the Canary Islands, was an opportunity for all the participants to "reiterate their support to the Sahrawi people and their legitimate right to self-determination through a referendum," said the organizers.
Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek revealed Sunday that the first hearing at the appeal trial on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the cancellation of the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement will be held on July 19, adding that the CJEU will face a tough test to affirm its credibility.
Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front will hold its extraordinary congress in early July to elect its Secretary General and new Sahrawi president, announced Sunday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.
Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek on Sunday has warned against the status quo in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Morocco has illegally occupied the former Spanish colony for more than 40 years.
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Stephen Zunes
Professor of Politics and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco
As Morocco continues to defy the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and much of the international community in its continued occupation of Western Sahara, the United States continues supporting that autocratic government.
Luanda, June 11, 2016 (SPS) - New Sahrawi Ambassador Bah Mohamed Sheikh Deih handed Thursday his letters of credentials to the Angolan president, Mr. Eduardo Dos Santos, in his capacity as an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to the Republic of Angola.
On this occasion, the Angolan President expressed "profound" regret for the loss of the late Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, conveying his condolences to the Saharawi people and the family of the deceased.
Maputo (Mozambique) June 10, 2016 (SPS) - The President of Mozambique, Mr. Felipe Jacinto Nyusi said in a message of condolence to interim President of the Republic Khatri Aduh that the memory of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz will remain immortal for his significant role in the struggle to achieve freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
"We learnt with sadness the news of the death of leader Mohamed Abdelaziz, dear friend and great militant for the just cause of his people," the president of Mozambique adds.
Luanda, June 10, 2016 (SPS) - The Angolan President, Mr. Eduardo Dos Santos expressed his condolences to the Saharawi government following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz
In a letter sent to Saharawi Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, the Angolan president regrets the physical loss of President Mohamed Abdelaziz.
Algiers, June 09, 2016 (SPS) – Germany approved € 1 million in humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi refugees so to meet the urgent needs in food and improve health care, said Wednesday Germany Embassy to Algiers in a communiqué.
"Germany has allocated 1 million Euros in humanitarian aid to each of the World Food Program projects (WFP) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," said the embassy in a statement received by APS.
Brussels June 09 2016 (SPS) - Spanish member of the European Parliament Paloma Lopez denounced Thursday the “systematic violations” of human rights that the Moroccan occupying forces are committing in the occupied territories of Western Sahara to repress the Sahrawi citizens claiming their social, economic and political rights.
This member of Parliament expressed her indignation at the “the violent suppression” against Sahrawi demonstrators in search of social justice and condemning the assassination of Sahrawi trade unionist Brahim Saika.
Madrid, June 09 2016 (SPS) - Experts in international law, jurists and Spanish activists supporting the Sahrawi cause will partake Friday in the Canary Islands in a conference entitled "Spanish towns stand by the Sahrawi people," President of the National Federation of Institutions Working in Solidarity with the Saharawi People (FEDISSAH) Carmelo Ramirez announced.
Chahid El Hafed, June 08, 2016 (SPS) - the National Preparatory Committee of the Extraordinary Congress of the Polisario Front holds today its first meeting at the presidential headquarters, in the presence of the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat.
The National Preparatory Committee comprises 84 members of the National Secretariat and the government and executives of the various sectors of the state and movement, headed by Member of the National Secretariat, responsible of the Political Organization of PF, Mr. Brahim Gali.
Kampala (Uganda) June 8, 2016 (SPS) - Ugandan Minister of State for Regional Cooperation, Mr. Philemon Mateki signed Wednesday on the condolence book in the Sahrawi embassy in Kampala – Uganda.
Luanda (Angola) June 07, 2016 (SPS) - The new Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic to Angola, Mr. Bah Dih Chej, has presented his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Angolan Foreign Minister, Mr. George Rebelo chicoti.
Addis Ababa, June 5, 2016 (SPS) - NEPAD Agency Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki has expressed profound condolences over the passing away Tuesday of president of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, considering it a great loss for the Sahrawi people and for the peoples of Africa, in a letter to Speaker of the National Council, the acting President of the Republic, Khatri Adouh.
The full text of the letter:
Nairobi, June 5, 2016 (SPS) – Kenyan Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed has reaffirmed support to the self-determination of the people of Western, in a letter to Minster of Foreign Affairs Mohamed-Salem Ould Salek, over the passing away Tuesday of President of the Republic, Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.
Following is the full text of the letter:
Windhoek, June 5, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic of Namibia, Dr. Hage G. Geingob, reiterated his country’s firm support to the struggle of the Sahrawi people for the independence, sovereignty and integrity of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, in a letter to the Speaker of the National Council, the acting President of the Republic, Khatri Adouh, over the passing on Tuesday of President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.
Here is the full text of the letter: