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Berlin, 22/01/16 (SPS) - Parliamentarians in Bundestag Kerstin Tack (SPD) and Katja Keul (Alliance 90/ The Greens) have called on the international community to assume its responsibility in the conflict in Western Sahara, according to a press release issued following the four-day visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

After analyzing the situation of conflict and conditions of the Saharawi refugees, the German parliamentarians declare:

Vishakhapatnam (India), January 23, 2016 (SPS) - A delegation of the National Union of Sahrawi women (UNMS) headed by its General Secretariat, Ms. Fatma El Mehdi, took part Friday in the XX Congress of the Federation of Indian women (IMF), in Vishakhapatnam city, Indian.

The Congress was attended by more than 800 delegates representing different communities of India and more than 17 delegations representing Asia Europe, United States, Latin America and Africa, reported sources of the UNMS.

Boujdour (occupied territories), Jan 23, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan forces brutally oppressed several demonstrations in the occupied city of Boujdour, according to sources of the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.

Moroccan forces attacked Sahrawi protesters for more than two weeks, who demanded their legitimate rights, particularly the right of the Saharawi people to freedom and self-determination, the source added.

Paris (France), January 23, 2016 (SPS) - French Group of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic's Friends (AFA-RASD) joined Wednesday the international petition calling the UN to organize a referendum on Saharawi people's self-determination before the end of 2017.

"AFA-RASD joins forces with the international campaign Western Sahara Referendum NOW, launched by Swiss Committees of Support to Saharawi people, through a petition to be sent to the Security Council and UN headquarters in Geneva and New York in September 2016," said the French group.

Strasbourg, January 21, 2016 (SPS) - The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, refused Thursday to European Parliament in Strasbourg that the question of occupied Western Sahara, a "political" issue, to be discussed outside plenary and thus aborting an attempt to get it out of its legal framework.

ALGIERS, January 21, 2016 (SPS) - United Nations efforts for the resolution of the Western Sahara issue have been undermined by Moroccan hindrances, said Thursday in Algiers Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Paris, January 21, 2016 (SPS) - The Association Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in France (AARASD) said Wednesday its joining to the international petition calling on the UN to organize the self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people by the end of 2017.

Occupied El Aaiun, January 21,2016 (SPS) - The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) condemned the Moroccan occupation prevention of more than 67 foreign observers of various nationalities between Sunday and Tuesday from entering the occupied Western Sahara.

Chahid Hafed, January 20, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Youth Union (UJESARIO) denounced today the Moroccan authorities prevention of  youth groups from different countries to enter and visit the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

“Sahrawi Youth Union denounced this inhumane action especially the ongoing Human Rights violations in the Occupied Territories.” said a statement of the Union, a copy of which obtained by SPS.

Chahid El Hafed, January 20, 2016 (SPS) .- The Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received Tuesday a parliamentary delegation from Germany which finished a working visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

Abdelkader Taleb Omar asserted the importance of this visit by the German role in world policy to exert pressure on the Moroccan government to respect and comply with international law.

Tanzania, January 20, 2016 (SPS) - Tanzania Sahrawi Solidarity Committee (TASSC) has denounced on Monday the decision of the Board of Grans Montana to hold for the second time its annual session in the city of Dakhla from 17^thto 22^nd March 2016, in a letter a copy of which obtained by SPS.

El Aaiun (Occupied Western Sahara), January 19, 2016 (SPS) .- 63 foreign visitors expelled from Western Sahara and South Morocco last 2 days., reported the website of Norwegian Support Commitee for Western Sahara.

The expulsion of 63 foreigners happened in 20 different incidents. They were from Norway (56 people), Sweden, the Netherlands, Lithuania, US, Canada and Poland.

London, January 19, 2016 (SPS) .- The British NGO Adala on Tuesday urged the European Parliament to include the situation of human rights in Western Sahara between the priorities of the report which EU will submitted to the Human rights Council of the United Nations and will be subject to vote tomorrow, Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Chahed el Hafed, (Saharawi refugee camps), January 19, 2016 (continued) - A delegation from the German parliament consist of Mrs. Tack Kerstia of the Social Democratic Party, and Mrs. Katja Kuel for the Green Party., on Saturday started a working visit to Sahrawi refugee camps, scheduled for three days

The visit aims to enable the delegation to review the situation of the Sahrawi refugee camps.

 
The delegation will visit the Sahrawi Wilayas and institutions and hold meetings with SADR authorities and senior officials. (SPS)  

Chahid El Hafed, January 18, 16 (SPS) .- The member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Monday oversaw the transfer of functions to the new Minister of Water and Environment, Mr. Brahim Mokhtar under the provisions of the decree issued by the Presidency of the Republic to form the new government.

 
it should be recalled that along with the Prime Minister officers and directors of the Ministry of Water and Environment took part in the ceremony. (SPS)

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Algiers, January 18, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), Francine Mymbuya, reiterated the position of her organization with regard to the question of Western Sahara, which is in line with position of the African Union, calling for the decolonization of the last colony in Africa.

Shaheed El-Hafed, January 2016 (SPS) - The Ministry of Public Health held Sunday the first meeting of coordination and consultation ground for the year 2016.

The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Public Health, Mohamed Lamine Deddi, and the President of the Sahrawi Red Crescent, Bouhebeini Yahya, in the presence of representatives of supporting organizations in the health field. 

Shaheed El-Hafed, January 16, 2016 (SPS) The preparatory committee of the 40th anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) held Saturday its first meeting at the headquarters of the Prime Ministry.

The Chairperson of the Committee, Khatri Addouh, recalled the importance of this event and its role in the unification of the Sahrawi people under the name of SADR, adding that this step is an opportunity to discover the gains achieved during the last forty years."

Brussels (Belgium), January 17, 2016 (SPS) - Members of the European Union (MEP) reaffirmed that the Western Sahara conflict is “a decolonization issue,” to settle in accordance with international law, which grants the Sahrawi people the right to self-determination, reiterating their call to provide the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) with a mandate to monitor Human Rights.

Algiers, January 17, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi youth delegation took part in African Youth Dialogue Conference held Saturday in the Algerian capital, Algiers.

The event which will last two days and in which a Sahrawi youth delegation will take part, addresses the challenges that face youth in the continent.