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Polisario Front denounces sand plundering of Western Sahara by a Spanish company

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Canary Islqnd, May 18, 2016 (SPS) - The Polisario Front delegation to the Canary Islands on Tuesday denounced the import of beaches sand of El Aaiun, the occupied capital of Western Sahara by Spanish society Anfi Tauro SA for the establishment of an artificial beach in the municipality of Mogan.
 

Canary Island delegation in a visit to Sahrawi Refugee Camps

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Chahid El Hafed, May 18, 2016 (SPS) - Delegation from Canary Island began on Wednesday an official visit to the Saharawi refugee camps in the framework of solidarity with the Saharawi people and their just cause.
 
The delegation consists of 60 members from various Canarian institutions, they will participate in the celebrations commemorating 43th anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle scheduled to be on May 20 in the wilaya of Auserd.

Moroccan occupation forces crack down an unemployed Saharawi peaceful sit-in in Occupied Aaiun

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El Aaiun (occupied capital of Western Sahara), May 18, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan repression forces have brutally dispersed a peaceful sit-in organized Monday by unemployed Saharawi in Occupied Aaiun.
The brutal intervention leaving injured among the protesters, including Mohamed Salem Alouat and Mohamed Molud Mansur were evacuated to hospital, according to a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.

Education Minister oversees Pedagogical National Institute of formation batch graduation

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June 9 School, 17 May 2016 (SPS) - the Minister of Education, Mr. Mohamed Mouloud Mohamed Fadel oversaw Monday  the graduation of batch from National Institute of Pedagogical formation in the specialization  of Arabic and Spanish language and professors in various areas in the presence of some members of the Saharawi National Council and cadres of  education Ministry.
 

Galicia Parliament Joint Group of peace and freedom for Saharawi people expresses its deep concern on siege imposed in occupied Western Sahara

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Galicia (Spain), May 17, 2016 (SPS) - Joint Group of Peace and freedom for the Sahrawi people in the Parliament of Galicia, which prevented from entering the Occupied Territories by the Moroccan occupation authorities, expressed its deep concern on the siege imposed on the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a letter of condemnation to the Security Council, the Spanish government and the European parliament.

POLISARIO participates in the Congress of the Danish Red-Green Alliance Party

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Copenhagen (Denmark) 16 May, 2016 (SPS) - Upon official invitation, the POLISARIO Front representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin has participated in the annual Congress of the Red-Green Alliance Party convened in the capital, Copenhagen from 14 to 16 May 2016.
The Danish party has traditional stand supporting the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination, independence, the respect of human rights in Western Sahara and defends the right of the Saharawi people for sovereignty over their natural resources. (SPS)

Belgium: Sahrawi Diaspora celebrates 43rd anniversary of Polisario Front’s creation

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Anvers (Belgium), May 15, 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi community in Belgium celebrated, Saturday, the 43rd anniversary of the creation of the Front Polisario (10 May 1973), and the triggering of the armed fight for the liberation of Western Sahara, ten days later.
Enumerating the many achievements made in various fields since the creation of the Polisario Front, its representative in Belgium, Jamal Zakari, reaffirmed the Sahrawi people’s determination to continue their fight until independence.

Minister of National Defense receives NARC Deputy Executive Secretary

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Shaheed El Hafed, May 15, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of National Defense, Lehbib Abdellahi met, on Saturday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, with Deputy Executive Secretary of the North African Regional Capacity (NARC), Ali Mohamed Niab.
The meeting was attended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Sahrawi National Liberation Army and NARC.
The two sides discussed ways to strengthen the African force and the potential role of the Sahrawi Republic in its capacity as a founding member of the African Union.

German deputies call for organization of referendum in Western Sahara

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Berlin (Germany), May 14, 2016 (SPS) - Members of the Bundestag (German Parliament) and representatives of the association “Freedom for Western Sahara” called for the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, according to a communiqué made public.

Morocco continues to hamper negotiations between parties to conflict in Western Sahara, says Saharawi diplomat

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Managua (Nicaragua) May 14, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi ambassador to Nicaragua, Sulaiman Al-Tayeb, said in a statement to Cuban News Agency, Prensa Latina, that Morocco continues to impede negotiations with the Polisario Front in order to find a just solution that ensures the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination. 
The Sahrawi diplomat indicated that following its crisis with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Morocco expelled the civil contingence of the United Nations Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO). 

Bundestag MPs demand the organization of a referendum in Western Sahara

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Berlin, May 13, 2016 (SPS) - Members of Parliament Bundestag, Frank Heinrich (CDU), Kerstin Tack (SPD), Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke) and Katja Keul (Alliance '90 / The Greens) and members of the board of the Association "Freedom for Western Sahara have demanded the organization of a referendum of self-determination in Western Sahara.
 

Persistence of human rights violations in Morocco, occupied Western Sahara

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Brussels (Belgium), May 13, 2016 (SPS) - Human rights violations in Morocco and occupied Western Sahara remain frequent said Thursday, in Brussels (Belgium), human rights activists who deplored the persistence of arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment, torture and condemnation of activists, particularly Sahrawis, to lengthy sentences at the end of inequitable trials.

Danish Social Democratic Youth supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to Self-determination and will continue to work for a free Western Sahara

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Copenhagen (Denmark) 12 May 2016  (SPS) – The new President of the Danish Social Democratic Youth (DSU), Mr. Lasse Quvang Rasmussen said: “The Danish Social Democratic Youth supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to Self-determination and will continue our work for a free Western Sahara”
 
DSU International Committee convened a meeting with POLISARIO Representative to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, who exposed the different aspects of Morocco’s illegal occupation to Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

Pierre Galand: Recent months "essential" for Sahrawi cause

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Brussels, May 12, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Conference for Support and Solidarity with Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) Pierre Galand stressed Wednesday in Brussels that the recent months have been "essential" for the Sahrawi cause, regretting that the UN Security Council has not already set a schedule for the self-determination referendum.

Mohamed Salem Uld Salek to represent President of the Republic at inauguration ceremony of re-elected Ugandan president

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Kampala,  May 11, 2016 (SPS) -. In representation of the President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek arrived Wednesday to kampala to attend the ceremony of inauguration of re-elected Ugandan President, Mr. yuweri Museveni,
Several heads of state and government, foreign ministers and other senior officials will attend Thursday May 12th at this event.
To be noted, SADR and Uganda maintain strong bilateral relations at ambassadorial level.SPS
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Coordinator with MINURSO received by International Red Cross head

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Geneva, May 11, 2016 (SPS) – the Saharawi coordinator with the MINURSO, Mr. M'Hamed Khadad accompanied by Polisario Font representative in Switzerland, Ms. Maima Mahmud Abdsalem was received by the President of the International Red Cross, Mr. Ptirmoreir, and Geneva.
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Sahrawi diplomat discussed historic relations between the Polisario Front and the International Red Cross over the past years.
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I wish to thank you for the warm hospitality for Frente Polisario support to MINURSO says Ban Ki-moon to President of the Republic

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New York, May 11, 2016 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has received a letter of thanks by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
 
´I wish to thank you for the warm hospitality extended to me during my visit on 5 March  2016. This visit allowed me to witness in person the dire humanitarian situation in the refugee camps. It was an experience which moved me profoundly.¨ UNSG said in his letter