January 2017

Bir Lahlou,  January 9, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent Monday a message of condolence to his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rowhani, following the death of former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
President Ghali presented on behalf of the Saharawi people and on his own behalf,  to the Iranian president, deepest sympathy and condolences to the bereaved family and the brotherly people of Iran.

London, Jan 8, 2017 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) denounced Saturday the transport, by a European ship, of fishing products from the Sahrawi territory to Europe, two weeks after the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) banning the implementation of the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco on Western Sahara.

Accra, 08 Jan 2017 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar met on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, with several presidents and heads of delegations who took part in the inauguration ceremony of Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo .
The Prime Minister met with Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Speaker of the Algerian Council of Nation, Abdelkader Bensalah, Vice President of the Republic of Chad, Mr. Badaki, and Botswana Minister of Foreign Affairs Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi.

El-Aaiún (occupied territories), Jan 8, 2017 (SPS) - Moroccan forces "violently" intervened Saturday to disperse a peaceful manifestation  in the occupied city of El-Aaiún by the Coordination of Unemployed Sahrawi Graduates to denounce the illegal plundering of Western Sahara resources.
The demonstrators chanted slogans and raised banners against the policies of poverty and marginalization carried out by the Moroccan regime against the Sahrawis and its illegal plundering of the wealth of their country.

(Special envoy)Johannesburg, January 8, 2017 (SPS) - The African National Congress (ANC) reiterated Saturday unwavering support for the just cause of the Sahrawi people, during a meeting with the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, and his accompanying delegation, at the party headquarters in Johannesburg.

Shaheed El-Hafed, Jan 8, 2017 (SPS) - A Mauritanian caravan for the support of the Saharawi people in their struggle for freedom and independence has arrived in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
The purpose of the caravan, organized by a group of Mauritanian intellectuals and journalists, is to find out about the situation of the Saharawi people and their just struggle for liberation and independence and to visit SADR institutions.

Accra, 07 Jan 2017 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, representative of the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali,  arrived Friday in Accra to take part in the investiture ceremony of the new President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Pretoria, Jan 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, arrived Friday in Johannesburg, expressed his satisfaction with the "distinguished" relations between Western Sahara and South Africa.
As part of a working visit to South Africa at the invitation of his counterpart Jacob Zuma, Mr. Ghali expressed his "satisfaction with the distinguished relations" between the two countries, at the end of his meeting with the President of the Republic of South Africa.

Pretoria, Jan 7, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic of South Africa Jacob Zuma affirmed that it is unfathomable that Western Sahara still remains colonized, during his reception to President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, on a working visit to South Africa.

Pretoria, Jan 7, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, held Friday a tête-à-tête meeting with his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria, as part of a working visit at the head of a large delegation in South Africa.

Bir Lahlu (SADR Liberated Territories), January 06, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Frente  POLISARIO, Brahim Gali appointed Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar to represent him at the inauguration ceremony of the new President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, which will take place next Saturday.
 
The Saharawi Prime Minister is accompanied by the Saharawi ambassador in Accra, Mahjoub Sidna and presidential adviser, Mustafa Wadadi.
 

Chahid El Hafed, January 06, 2017 (SPS)- The President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has started Friday a three-day working visit to South Africa at the invitation of his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma.
The Head of State is accompanied by Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, Minister of Cooperation Bulahi Sid, Minister of State for Security and Documentation, Brahim Ahmed Mahmud and the SG of the National Union of Saharawi Women, Fatma El Mehdi.

London, January 04, 2017 (SPS) -The British government has reaffirmed its support to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination and to the efforts of the UN Secretary General for finding a just and lasting solution to the Sahrawi question, in compliance with the UN principles and objectives.

Chahed El Hafid,  January 04, 2017 SPS -the President of Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, has oversaw Wednesday  the inauguration of the Supreme Judicial Council in the presence of members of the National Secretariat, the government , General Staff of the army and members of the judiciary.
 
In his speech the President stressed that "to improve the noble tasks of judicial institution's performance depends on the collective cooperation and integration."
 

La Paz, January 03. 2017 (SPS) - Member since Sunday of the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member, Bolivia will be the voice of the peoples of the world and will struggle to build a world without occupation,  the Bolivian President Evo Morales tweeted.
The ambassador of Bolivia to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti, assured on Twitter that his country intended to privilege regional issues such as peace in Colombia and development in Haiti, and international issues such as Western Sahara and Palestine.

Washington, January 03, 2017 (United States)- US Department of State's latest list of independent states, including territories with specific sovereignty, has confirmed once again that the United States administration does not recognize the alleged Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
The Department of State, which introduced in late 2016 some change on the list, has maintained its position over the Saharawi territory, affirming that its sovereignty is yet to be determined.

Chahid El Hafed, January 03. 2017 (SPS) - The National Commission of Support and Follow-up of the unjust trial of the Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik held a meeting yesterday chaired by the Saharawi coordinator with MINURSO, Mr. Frente POLISARIO, Mr M'hamed Khadad to assess the situation of Saharawi prisoners after postponing their unfair trial.
 

Bir-Lehlu (liberated territories), Jan 2, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a message of condolence to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following the terrorist attack that targeted a nightclub in the city of Istanbul on the eve of the New Year.
"We have learned, with great emotion and immense sadness, the horrific terrorist attack that left dozens dead and many wounded," the President of the Republic wrote in his message.

Bir-Lehlu (liberated territories), Jan 2, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, sent a message of congratulations his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro Ruz, on the 58th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban revolution.
"I am pleased to express, on my own behalf, on behalf of the Saharawi Government and people, to Your Excellency and the brotherly people and the Cuban government, my congratulations on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the Cuban revolution," wrote the President of the Republic in his letter. 

Shaheed Heddad Base, Jan 2, 2017 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Brahim Ghali, Shaheed Heddad military base, accompanied by the minister of defence and a number of staff of Sahrawi people's Liberation Army.
The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces inspected the conduct of the military establishment and a batch of trainees specializes in the field of armors, where he noted the outstanding performance and high level of training and proficiency in various specialisations.