Moscow, April 14, 2016 (SPS) -The Saharawi Coordinator with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Mr. Mohamed Khaddad, was received yesterday in Moscow by Mr. Mijail Bogdanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the President for Middle East and African countries, accompanied by several officials of his ministry.
Algiers, April 14, 2016 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to Algiers Bechraya Hammoudi Beyoune called Wednesday to exert more pressure on the Moroccan occupier to lead it to comply with the international law and respect the human rights violated in the occupied Sahrawi territories openly and publicly.
Havana (Cuba), April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The second forum of African students studying in Cuba has seen a strong presence of solidarity with the Saharawi cause in the international camp d’Anonao Julio Mella, under the slogan "Africa we want."
Several political and cultural activities of this event focused on solutions to obstacles facing the development and the establishment of lasting peace for all peoples of African solutions.
ChahId El Hafed, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The International Red Cross -Office Tindouf organized Wednesday an open information day in the Health complex Bachir Saleh, attended by the Minister of Health, Mr. Mohamed Lamin Dadi and members of the CRI as well as health officials and workers.
The information day has focused on explaining the work carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and rehabilitation services, orthopedics, physiotherapy for mine victims of war.
Moscow, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union’s advisory opinion, calling to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and condemning the illegal exploitation by Morocco of Sahrawi natural resources, was examined in Moscow by the Sahrawi coordinator with MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), M’hamed Khadad, and the Russian official Vasily Kuznetsov.
Copenhagen (Denmark), 13 April 2016 (SPS)– Copenhagen post newspaper wrote in article published Tuesday that at least seven banks and 20 pension companies from Denmark are investing in companies which, against international law, are taking part in the extraction of natural resources from Western Sahara.
Algiers, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Bouchraya Hamoudi Bayoune, said Tuesday that the Saharawi people hope that the statements of Secretary General Ban Ki Moon during his last visit to the Saharawi territories will lead to "practical and effective decisions "that allow Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
New York, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - the UN Security Council on Wednesday will examine in a closed meeting the recent developments concerning the question of Western Sahara, at the request of Venezuela.
The meeting comes at a time of waiting the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon to submit his report on the conflict in Western Sahara before the issuance of a new resolution on 28 April on the conflict in Western Sahara.SPS
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Madrid, April 13, 2016 (SPS)- Spanish party Ciudadanos (citizens) called on the government of his country to "support all political initiatives for a just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara through a referendum on self-determination."
Bern (Switzerland), 12 April 2016 (SPS) -A vast program of cultural and historical activities will take place during the solidarity week with the Sahrawi people, held in Bern by the Swiss committee for support to Sahrawi people (SUKS).
Copenhagen (Denmark) 12 April 2016 (SPS)– The member of Danish Parliament, Mr. Christian Juhl from the Red-Green Alliance Party through the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has raised 12 questions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kristian Jensen related to the latest developments in occupied Western Sahara.
Madrid (Spain), April 12, 2016 (SPS) – the Spanish Party Ciudadanos has called the Spanish State to shoulder the historic responsibility towards the Saharawi people, urging it to work hard at the level of the European Union and other international forums to put an end to the conflict and the decolonization of Western Sahara.
National Police School (Saharawi refugee camps), April 12, 2016 (SPS) -The Minister of Interior, Mr. Hamma Salam, oversaw Monday , with the General Director of the National Police, Mr. Mahmud Abdi, the closing of a training course for the Regional Police Directorate of the Wilaya of Smara.
Said training course is part of the training plan of the Interior Ministry aiming at develop the capacities of members of the police in the different fields of their function as well as increasing the level of professionalism of the agents on the ground.
Moscow (Russia) April 12, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi coordinator with MINURSO, member of the National Secretariat Mr. M'hamed Khadad was received Monday by the head of Centre for Islamic and Arabic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mr. Vasily Kuznetsov accompanied by the Deputy Mr. Nicolai Sukov .
Las Palmas (Canaria, Spain), April 12, 2016 (SPS) - Spain Youth Council called on its government to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), assuming it the responsibility of decolonization in Western Sahara, during the conference session in the city of Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
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April 11, 2016
ZIMBABWE has pledged to support the people of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in the fight against its imperial occupier, Morocco, a senior Government official has said. Briefing journalists after a meeting with the outgoing Saharawi ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mohamed Cheij Saleh, at his Munhumutapa Offices in Harare on Friday, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Christopher Mushohwe said Zimbabwe had always been behind the people of Saharawi since independence.
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Algiers, 10 April 2016 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal on Sunday in Algiers reiterated Algeria support to "just and lasting settlement of Western Sahara conflict, based on a political mutually acceptable solution to allow Sahrawi people self-determination."
Washington, 10 April 2016 (SPS) - Members of the American Senate called, on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, to intervene on the danger posed by the dismantling of the United Nations Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to peacekeeping in the occupied Sahrawi territories, Polisario Front representatives in Washington told APS.
In a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, influential American senators, including Republican James Inhofe, warned against Morocco’s attempts to dismantle the MINURSO.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 10 April 2016 (SPS) - African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPCS) called for "activating" the Committee of the Wise on Western Sahara, made up of African leaders, to speed up decolonization process in the territory.
At a meeting Wednesday on Western Sahara, AU Council of Peace and Security has called for the "activation" of Africa's Committee of the Wise on Western Sahara in order to undertake consultations with the concerned parties and reach, as soon as possible, a solution to the Saharawi issue."