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New York, Oct 1, 2017 (SPS) - The United Nations Security Council will receive a briefing on Western Sahara in October to discuss the situation in this non-self-governing territory, while the UN intends to relaunch mediation efforts from next month with a view to resuming talks between Polisario Front and Morocco.
The semi-annual briefing is expected to be conducted by the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler.

El-Aaiun, Sep 30, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces intervened violently on Wednesday and Thursday against Saharawi demonstrators in the occupied cities of El-Aaiun and Boujdour.
According to Saharawi human rights sources, the Moroccan forces brutally repressed the demonstrations. The police intervention caused many injuries, several of them were serious.
The peaceful demonstrations were organised to express support and solidarity with Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons and to demand their release. (SPS)
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Bir-Lehlu, Sep 30, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a message of congratulations to the President of the Republic of Botswana, H.E. Ian Khama, on the 51st Anniversary of Independence Day.
"On behalf of the Sahrawi people and Government, I would like to express my sincere congratulations on the anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Botswana. I wish the brotherly people of Botswana success and prosperity," said the President of the Republic.

Shaheed El-Hafed, Sep 30, 2017 (SPS) - Baba Mustapha Ould Sayed, one of the Polisario Front's founding members, has died at the age of 61 following a long illness.
Ould Sayed started his career as a political activist in a young age, within the Youth Union of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio del Oro (Polisario), in which he was responsible for external relations.
He was mainly the Polisario front's representative in France, Switzerland (Geneva) and Canada.

Copenhagen,  Sept 28, 2017 (SPS) - “The Sahrawi people are awaiting” is the theme of a photo exhibition held in Copenhagen (Denmark) on the situation of the Sahrawi people in refugee camps and their political activism for self-determination and independence for more than four decades.
Inaugurated Monday, the exhibition is organized by the Danish association for African solidarity “Afrika kontakt”, in collaboration with the Cultural Centre Verdenskulturcentret, said the Frente POLISARIO representation in Copenhagen.

Aaiun (Occupied Territories), Sept 27, 2017 (SPS) - Several Moroccan police units intervened on Tuesday against the peaceful protest carried out by the Saharawi activist, Fatimetu Chahid, in front of one of the administrations of the Moroccan occupation in the Aaiun.
 
The human rights activist was surprised by the intervention of plainclothes policemen led by the torturer Kaia, to interrupt her protests and forcibly driving her out of the building, as well as insulting and intimidating her.
 

Cairo, Egypt Sept 27, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) is represented by a delegation of the Ministry of Health at the expert-level consultative meeting of North African countries, with a view to discussing mechanisms to promote the activities of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
 

San Salvador (El Salvador), Sept 27, 2017 (SPS) - Mr. Sulaiman Al-Tayeb Hanan, the Saharawi Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, was received on Tuesday by the Salvadoran President Sanchez Serene to present his credentials as an Extraordinary Ambassador to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to El Salvador.
 

Smara (Occupied Territories), Sept 27, 2017 (SPS) - Saharawi students Abba Cheij Abba Haj and Ali Salem Bumehdi were arrested by Moroccan repression forces in the occupied city of Smara on the ground of f their participation in a peaceful rally, before the Islamic Science Center in Smara, Occupied Territories.
 
The Saharawi students were cruelly treated and later transferred in a car belonging to the Moroccan Police, to investigate their participation in the peaceful concentration.
 

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 26,  2017 (SPS) - A debate on "human rights defenders" was facilitated by the Saharawi delegation participating in the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council from which an appeal was made to the international community to protect Saharawi human rights defenders in occupied Western Sahara.

Brussels (Belgium), Sept 26, 2017 (SPS) - The Greens parliamentary group in the European Union Parliament denounced yesterday the renegotiation of the EU-Morocco association agreement, considering that it is contrary to the ruling of the European Court of Justice and a violation of international law.

Marrakech (Morocco), Sept 26, 2017 (SPS) - the health status of Saharawi student and political prisoner Uafi El Uakari has gravely deteriorated, who is imprisoned in the Moroccan prison of Ludaia in Marrakesh, According to sources of human rights activists.
The worsening health of the political prisoner is a consequence of the open hunger strikes that he began with his colleagues, to protest against his arbitrary detention and the terrible conditions inside the prison.

Brussels, Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) - The Green Group in the European Parliament denounced Monday the continuation of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco aimed at circumventing the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union, underlining that this bargaining infringes the decision of the Court and the international law.

New York, Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) - East Timor called Monday on the United Nations to urgently organise the self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.
In his address to the United Nations General Assembly, The new Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations, Ms. Maria Helena Pires, called for the exercise by of the people of Western Sahara to their right to self-determination.
She also called for dialogue between the Kingdom of Morocco and the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people, the Polisario Front. (SPS)

New York, Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) - Angola has called for ensuring the application of the United Nations and African Union resolution on the issue of Western Sahara.
During the General Debate of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Angola's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, called for the effective implementation of the resolutions of the Security Council and the African Union concerning the Saharawi question.

New York (UN), Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) - Mozambique lamented Monday in the General Assembly the lack of progress in the decolonization of Western Sahara.
During the General Debate of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, António Gumende, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations, emphasized that the lack of progress in the decolonization of Western Sahara remains a serious concern for Mozambique.

Brussels, Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) -The European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) agreed upon "renaming" their summit between Europeans and Africans scheduled for 29-30 November in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), the EU-AU summit, Algeria's ambassador Amar Belani said Sunday in Brussels.
"The AU and the EU agreed upon renaming their next meeting +EU-AU Summit+," which is expected to take place on 29-30 November 2017 in Abidjan, named in the previous editions EU-Africa Summit," Belani told APS. 

Bir-Lehlou, Sep 25, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has called on the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to protect the Saharawi citizens in the occupied zones of Western Sahara from the daily violence of the Moroccan repression apparatus.

Bir-Lehlou, Sep 24, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, congratulated his counterpart of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, M. José Mario Vaz, on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the independence of this sisterly country.
On behalf of the Saharawi Government and people, the President of the Republic expressed his sincere congratulations to his Guinean-Bissau counterpart, José Mario, while wishing his people more happiness, success and prosperity.

New York, Sep 24,  2017 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga, hoped that Morocco's accession to the African Union, could pave the way for the resumption of negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco on solid bases.