Bir Lahlou, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - The Foreign Minister of the Federal and Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Workneh Gebeyehu, reaffirmed his country's determination to strengthen its "excellent and historic" relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Boujdour, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - The activist and representative of the Palestinian solidarity committee with the Saharawi people, Dr. Moussa Mohamed El-Khazendar, affirmed that the two Saharawi and Palestinian peoples undergo the policy of repression and injustice, during a reception by the Wali of Boujdour, Fatma Balla, in the presence of the former secretary general of the union of Saharawi workers, Mohamed Chaik Lehbib.
Brussels, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) – Polisario Front Representative to the European Union Mohamed Sidati has urged the European Union to “take immediate steps to rectify Morocco’s use of EU funding in contravention of EU law, by immediately ceasing all funding for projects taking place in Western Sahara.”
Algiers, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - "Ledjouad" documentary film broaching culture and Sahraw people's link to their homeland through famous poets from this country colonized by Morocco was screened Sunday as a part of the International Cinema Festival of Algiers (FICA).
Lisbon, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation led by the representative of the Polisario Front in Portugal Ahmed Fal Emhamed participated in the 20th Congress of the Portuguese Communist Party, held December 2-4, in the city of Almada, Portugal.
The Congress was attended by delegates from more than 70 countries representing their political parties and organizations.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps)- Kenya's Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed reiterated Sunday, in the Saharawi refugee camp of Boudjedour, her country's support to the Saharawi cause, calling for holding, as quickly as possible, the referendum on Western Sahara people's self-determination.
Shaheed El-Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 4, 2016 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar received Sunday Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Amina Mohammed, who is on an official working visit to the SADR, at the Presidency of the Republic.
The meeting focused on the latest developments related to the question of Western Sahara, regional and international issues of common interest, and ways and means to support the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination at international forums.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Dec 4, 2016 (SPS) - The Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Amina Mohamed, expressed Sunday her country's support for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, after a warm welcome organized in her honor at the headquarters of the National Union of Saharawi Women (UNFS) in Boujdour, Sahrawi refugee camps.
Shaheed El-Hafed, Dec 4, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Salek received Sunday in Shaheed El-Hafed, Sahrawi refugee camps, his Kenyan counterpart, Ms Amina Mohamed, on an official working visit to the Saharawi republic.
The meeting dealt with the bilateral relations between SADR and Kenya and the ways and means of developing them.
Bir Lehlou, 4 December 2016 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent Sunday a message of congratulations to H.E. Mr. Adama Barrow, on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Gambia.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), Dec 4, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Gali, sent a message of condolence to the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Michel Temer, following the plane crash near Medellin, Colombia, causing the death of 71 people including most players of Brazilian national team.
The Saharawi president expressed his sincere condolences and solidarity with the families and friends of the victims on behalf of the Sahrawi Government and people. (SPS)
Shaheed El-Hafed, Dec. 4, 2016 (SPS) - Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Amina Mohamed arrived Sunday in the Sahrawi refugee camps on an official working visit to the Sahrawi Republic.
The Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs was greeted at Tindouf airport by Minister of Water Resources and Environment, Ibrahim Mokhtar, and she is expected to be received in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Sahrawi refugee camps, by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed-Salem Ould Salek, and members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and the SADR government.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Dec. 3, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar said Saturday in the refugee camp of Boujdour that "the Kingdom of Morocco must understand that the African people are not subjects of the king and that the African Union is not an organization under the makhzen."
Boujdour, Dec. 3, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stressed that the continent has given a historical lesson to the world during the Malabo Summit where African countries reiterated their commitment to the constitutive act of the AU and its principles.
Boujdour, Dec. 3, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, called on the UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities in the protection of peace and security through the exercise of all the necessary pressure on Morocco to comply with legitimacy and respect its international commitments, in a speech read on his behalf by Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, at the opening of the 8th Congress of Saharawi workers (UGTSARIO).
Boujdour (refugee camps), Dec 3, 2016 (SPS) The work of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Union of saguia Hamra and rio de oro (UGTSARIO) opened on Saturday in the wilaya of Boujdour under the theme "mobilization of the labour force to impose total sovereignty," bearing the name of martyr Brahim Saika.
Brussels, Dec. 2, 2016 (SPS) - The Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid denied the information spread by Morocco on an alleged embezzlement of a part of the European humanitarian aid destined to the Sahrawi refugees in the camps of Tindouf, said Friday Algeria’s ambassador to Brussels Amar Belani.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), Dec. 2, 2016 (SPS) – The investigating judge of the court of appeal in the occupied city of El Aaiun referred Tuesday young Sahrawi Saeed Ayoub, 18, to the local prison in the city, after he was arrested on Sunday along with other young Sahrawi Mohamed Bouamoud, who was released hours after the arbitrary arrest.
Stockholm, Dec. 2, 2016 (SPS) - Swedish Socialist Women's Union organised Thursday a conference on the issue of Western Sahara to raise public awareness about the fight of the Sahrawi people for freedom and independence.
The conference addressed the sacrifices and the leading role played by the Sahrawi women in the struggle for freedom and emancipation.
The representative of the Polisario Front in Sweden, Alien Habib Kentawi, and the Director of Olof Palem School in the Wilaya of El Aaiun, Mumna Lebsir, attended the conference.
Madrid, Dec. 2, 2016 (SPS) - The right to self-determination is a "fundamental human right," said the Spanish Coordination of Associations Supporting Sahrawi People (CEAS-Sahara) in a statement to mark the Human Rights Day, observed every year on 10 December.
"Spain, which will hold the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council in December, will work for the organization of a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara," the CEAS-Sahara said in the statement.