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Bir Lehlu, July 14, 2017 (SPS)  - The government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (the SADR) and the Saharawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front, has welcomed an announcement today that there would be no further defence of a case by Morocco’s state company OCP SA over a cargo of phosphate mineral rock detained under court order in South Africa.

Chahid El Hafidh (Refugee camps), July 13 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Brahim Gali denounced Tuesday the iniquitous sentences against a group of Sahrawi students as well as the malicious intention to impose severe penalties on the prisoners of Gdeim Izik, adding the Sahrawi cause is on the right track towards the unity of the Sahrawi people.

Paris, July 13 2017 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO in France, Ubbi Buchraya, considered that the Moroccan bill, approved on 6 July, which includes the Saharawi maritime territory in Morocco, is a step in the vacuum and without legal sense "stating that it is a reflection of" the spontaneity of the occupying state in the management of its colonial presence in Western Sahara, which is a fact repudiated by the whole world. "

Naples, Italy, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The mayor of the Italian city of Naples and the Speaker of his local parliament reiterated Tuesday, in a joint act at the city hall, his unconditional support for the struggle of the Saharawi people for their self-determination and independence.
The event organized to welcome the Saharawi children of the Vocation in Peace program was attended by the local authorities of the Naples region, headed by the mayor of the city and the Speaker of his parliament.

Bilbao, July 12, 2017 (SPS) – the Sahrawi Abroad Community in The Basque city of Bilbao has Tuesday organized sit-in in support for Saharawi political prisoners before the Moroccan consulate in that said city.
The solidarity sit-in witnessed the participation of associations, trade unions, political parties, Saharawi children from the Vocation in Peace Program and the Saharawi community in the city has condemned the harsh sentences of the Sahrawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group and their miserable situation in prisons Moroccans.

Chahid El  Hafed, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers warned on Tuesday about the danger of the spread of the Moroccan drug and its consequence in the region.
Morocco is according to the Council of Ministers, the largest producer and exporter of cannabis in the world and does not hesitate to use it in a dirty war to encourage organized crime gangs and terrorist groups, thus; threaten peace and stability in the region and the world.
 

Rabat, July 12, 2017. (SPS) - The trial of the Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group has been postponed Tuesday to July 18 for the sixth consecutive time, media reported.
The sixth and final phase of the trial of the twenty-four Saharawi political prisoners started in the morning at the Criminal Chamber attached to annexe of the Court of Appeal in Sale (Morocco).

Agadir (Morocco), July 11, 2017 (SPS) – Sahrawi students at the Moroccan university site "Agadir" organized a march,  largest of its kind in five years. It included more than 140 Sahrawi students who gathered on Sunday evening in the university district, according to a media source from the occupied territories.

Bir-Lehlu, July 10, 2017 (SPS) -  President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of South Sudan Independence Day.
“On behalf of the Saharawi People and on my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulations on your 6th anniversary South Sudan Independence Day. I wish you and the people of South Sudan happiness, continued success and prosperity,” said the President of the Republic.

Algiers, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - Saharawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Essalek hailed the decision taken by the African Union (AU) to revive African mechanisms aiming to help resolve the conflict between Morocco and the Saharawi Republic, stressing that the recent positions of the organization taken last week during the summit in Addis Ababa were "judicious and logical.
He advocated the respect of the legitimate rights of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.

Bir-Lehlu, July 10, 2017 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has affirmed that the unfair rulings issued by the Moroccan court against the Sahrawi students, known as the students group, were in retaliation of their political positions for the rights of the Sahrawi people.

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - The Republic of Cuba has awarded the opportunity to study at the university to the 2017 baccalaureate students of national school Simon Bolivar in Sahrawi refugee camps.
“This step comes as a fruitful result following the visit of the President of the Republic Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, to the friendly Republic of Cuba in order to expand cooperation between the two countries in the field of education,” indicated the Ministry of Education in a statement.

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, supervised Sunday the conclusion of the training days for the heads of municipalities in the liberated zones of Western Sahara, which were organized by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Development, July 4-9, under the theme "model municipalities are symbols of national sovereignty".

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 9, 2017 (SPS) -  Swedish delegation of World Education started Saturday a visit in Sahrawi refugee camps that will last for 10 days.
The delegation will visit the wilayas and institutions of the Sahrawi Republic and meet with members of National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and SADR government, in order to find out about the situation of the Sahrawi refugees to raise awareness about their plight.

Boujdour (Occupied Territories), July 8, 2017 (SPS) -  The Moroccan forces intervened violently to disperse peaceful Sahrawi demonstrators, who took to the streets in the occupied city of Boujdour, to express their solidarity with Sahrawi students detainees and condemn their mock trial and the harsh sentences issued against them.
The violent intervention of the Moroccan forces resulted in many injuries among the peaceful Sahrawi demonstrators. 

Bir Lahlou, July 8, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi government and the Polisario Front denounced a Moroccan bill on delimitation of territorial waters between occupied Western Sahara and Canary Islands (Spain), and considered the bill "null and void," said Friday a statement of the Saharawi Ministry of Information.

Bir Lehlu, July 06, 2017 (SPS) - the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and the Frente POLISARIO has strongly condemned in a statement the decision of the Moroccan government to decide to include Saharawi territorial waters in its territory.
"The government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the Frente POLISARIO consider that the bill adopted today by the Moroccan government, which delimits the border between Western Sahara and the Canaries, is null," stresses the statement from the Ministry of Saharawi Information.

Chahid El Hafed, July  05, 2017. (SPS) - The Secretary General of the Union of Students of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (UESARIO), Mulay Mhamed Brahim, revealed today the great lines that will include the Summer Program 2017 for Youth and Students.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 05 July 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek dubbed Tuesday, in Addis Ababa, “victorious” the firm commitment of the Africa Union’s heads of State and government, who met at the 29th AU Summit, in favour of the Sahrawi cause.

Asturias (Spain) 03 July 2017 (SPS) - A cooperation agreement was signed yestarday in the Spanish city of Oviedo between the Union of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro and the Asturias Youth Council in various fields exchange, training, awareness raising,  political action, international relations and gender work