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President of Republic receives message of thanks from Zimbabwean counterpart

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Bir Lehlou, September 9, 2018 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has received a message of thanks from Zimbabwean counterpart, H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa, for attending his inauguration as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Zimbabwe, and indeed on my own behalf, I have the honour to sincerely thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to grace my inauguration as the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe,” said President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Moroccan authorities subject Sahrawi political prisoners to strict inspection

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Tiflet (Morocco), September 8, 2018 (SPS) - The local prison administration of Tiflet 2 on Wednesday raided and searched the cells of Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group, Bashir Khada and Mohamed Lamine Heddi, in a provocative and humiliating manner, according to a Sahrawi human rights source.
According to the same source, the inspection was carried out by a group of the prison staff led by the deputy head of the prison who deliberately tampering with their belongings. (SPS)
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Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs reiterates support for UN efforts to find lasting solution to Western Sahara conflict

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Madrid, September 7, 2018 (SPS) - Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Fernando Martín Valenzuela Marzo, reiterated the position of his country in support of the efforts of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy for Western Sahara to find a lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, during a meeting with the Delegate of the Polisario Front in Spain, Jira Bulahi.

Permanent Bureau reiterates willingness to cooperate with UN for solution ensuring right of Saharawi self-determination

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Shaheed Al-Hafed, September 7, 2018 (SPS) - The Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front reiterated Thursday readiness of the Saharawi party to cooperate with the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to reach a solution that guarantees the right of self-determination for the Saharawi people, as called for by the Security Council resolution of last April.

Moroccan occupation authorities issues unjust sentences against two Saharawi activists and journalists

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El Aaiún (occupied capital of SADR), Sept 06, 2018 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities issued Wednesday unfair sentences against two Saharawi activists, the journalists Mohamed Salem Mayara and Mohamed al-Ghali, sentencing from six months to 18 months of suspension.
The two Saharawi journalists were condemned by the so-called Moroccan Court of First Instance in occupied El Aaiún.

CONASADH condemns Moroccan authority repression against Sahrawi citizens in OOTT

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Chahid El Hafed, Sept 06, 2018 (SPS) -The Saharawi National Human Rights Commission (CONASADH) has condemned all forms of repression and torture by Moroccan occupation forces against Saharawi citizens in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, according to statement a copy obtained by SPS

OOTT Ministry strongly condemns EU's ongoing efforts to illegally include Western Sahara in trade agreements with Morocco

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Chahid El Hafed, Sept 05, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Abroad Community has strongly condemned the European Union's efforts to include the Western Sahara illegally in trade agreements with Morocco pointing out the agendas of  the meeting of the human rights components in the occupied areas with the European Commission's fact-finding mission on agricultural and fisheries products in Western Sahara, in a statement a copy reached SPS

Saharawi participation in "Toledo Culture of Peace"1st international forum

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Toledo, Sept 05, 2018 (SPS) -.The delegate of the Frente POLISARIO to Spain, Jira Bulahi, has attended as guest speaker the first International Forum on Migrations and Citizen Coexistence: "Toledo Culture of Peace".
 “The situation of the Saharawi people due to an unsolved conflict in which the international community does not get involved in order to put an end to colonialism in Africa”  Jira Bulahe highlights  in a plenary session

Sahrawi Peace ambassadors return from their summer holidays to refugee camps

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Madrid, Sept, 05, 2018 (SPS) - Dozens of Saharawi children left Sunday the international airport of Barajas in Madrid, Spain, to the Sahrawi refugee camps after spending two month away from the harsh weather condition that the Sahrawi people suffers during the summer season due to the occupation of their homeland by the Moroccan kingdom according to source from Frente POLISARIO representative in Madrid

Sahrawi political prisoner Mohamed Lamin Abidin Haddi begins hunger strike

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Local prison Tevelt 2 (Morocco) Sept 05, 2018 (SPS) - The Sahrawi political prisoner,  Mohamed Lamin Abidin Haddi of Gdeim Izik Group has started an alarming hunger strike for 48 hours to protest against  prison administration, requesting his fundamental rights  as well as the announcement of the files of cassation appeal submitted by him within their legal deadlines.

Saharawi Embassy in Mexico gives lectures on current situation of Saharawi people struggle of the

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City of Mexico, September 04, 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi Embassy in Mexico carried out different activities last week, including presentations of Saharawi-themed books and lectures on the current situation of the struggle of the Saharawi people, in particular the situation of human rights in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara. .
In the first Book Fair Tláhuac 2018, the book presented: "Journey to the wisdom of the desert", by the writer Ahmed Mulay Ali Hamadi, Representative of the Saharawi Republic in the Aztec nation.

Moroccan institutions have no right to speak for Western Sahara people, says Sidati

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Brussels, September 3, 2018 (SPS) - Saharawi Deputy Minister for Europe Mohamed Sidati on Sunday warned the institutions under Moroccan law against speaking on behalf of Western Sahara people, as the occupied towns of Al-Ayun and Dakhla are bracing to welcome a European Parliament delegation.
"A European parliament delegation will pay a two-day visit to the occupied territory of Western Sahara, from Monday, for a better understanding of the situation," Sidati said in a press statement.

Dozens of children return from their summer holidays to refugee camps and liberated territories

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Madrid (Spain), September 2, 2018 (SPS) - Dozens of children on Sunday left Barajas International Airport in Madrid, Spain, towards the refugee camps and liberated territories of Western Sahara.
The children left on two direct flights to Tindouf, where they were paid farewell representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Madrid, along with representatives of the associations of friendship and solidarity with the Sahrawi people.

SA and Algeria ink 33 agreements, reaffirm support for Western Sahara

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Devdiscourse News Desk 29 Aug 2018, 05:25 PM Algeria, South Africa
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and her Algerian counterpart exchanged views on the political, security and development on the African continent. (Image Credit: Twitter)
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says South Africa and Algeria remain firm in their support for the independence of Western Sahara.

Sahrawi Scouts Movement kicks off its annual training course

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ChahId Ahmed Abdel-Fattah Paramedical School, August 30, 2018 (SPS) – the Paramedical School of ChahId Ahmed Abdel-Fattah has witnessed Wednesday the opening of the annual training course of Sahrawi Scouts Movement with the presence of a number of members of the National Secretariat and seniors officials of government.

Moroccan police prevent two Aragonese lawyers from entering El Aaiún

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Zaragoza, August 31, 2018 (SPS) -The Moroccan police has prevented on Thursday the entrance in El Aaiún of the lawyers Ana Sebastián and Pablo Jiménez, has informed to EFE a spokesman of the Aragonese Observatory for the Western Sahara, to which the lawyers belong.
they left for El Aaiún to participate in a trial against the Saharawi activist El Fak Khalihenna, something that is usual for this Aragonese entity, dedicated to the defense of human rights in the area.

Mohamed Sidati is received by European Parliament International Trade Committee

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Brussels, August 31, 2018 (SPS) - the Minister Delegate to Europe, Mr. Mohamed Sidati, was received Thursday by  the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament in the presence of several members of the European Parliament from different political spectrum and various actors of interested experts.

Algeria and South Africa reaffirm their support to Saharawi people

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Cape Town (South Africa), August 31, 2018 (SPS) - Algeria and South Africa reaffirmed their support for the cause of the Saharawi people at a press conference jointly hosted by Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel, and his South African counterpart, Ms. Lindiwe Sisulu.
At the press conference following talks between Messahel and his South African counterpart, Sisulu, said that "South Africa and Algeria remain firm in their support for people of Western Sahara ".