El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), April 23, 2018 (SPS) - Two Sahrawi journalists, Mohammed Salem Miyara, RASD Radio and Television correspondent, and Mohammed al-Jumayi, a photography and installation technician, on Monday appeared before the so-called investigating judge at the Court of Appeal in the occupied city of El-Aaiun.
Addis Ababa, April 22, 2018 (SPS) - A delegation of the Ministry of National Defense has taken part in the 8th meeting of North African experts on April 22-24, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian.
The delegation is led by Brahim Moulay Ahmed Al-Laili, accompanied by Mohamed Fadel Didi and Najem Al-Daya, alongside delegations from Algeria, Egypt and Libya.
Bir Lehlou, 21 April 2018 - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the founding of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Oslo, April 22, 2018 (SPS) - Norwegian Foreign Minister Marie Eriksen stressed on Thursday that all the United Nations missions should monitor and report on human rights, including its mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
Bir Lehlou, April 21, 2018 (SPS) President of the Republic; Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Ibrahim Ghali, on Friday congratulated Miguel Diaz-Canel on his election as the new President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba.
In his congratulatory message to the new Cuban president, the President of the Republic confirmed that his election reflected his ability to continue the path set by the leaders of the Cuban Revolution, such as Castro and Raul.
New York (UN), April 21, 2018 (SPS) - The United Nations has emphasized Thursday, in York, that the liberated Sahrawi territories of Bir Lahlou are Tifariti do not fall within the buffer zone of El Guergarat as falsely claimed by Morocco.
"I can say that neither Bir Lahlou nor Tifariti fall within the buffer strip," Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for the UN secretary General, said in his daily press briefing of April 19.
Paris, April 21, 2018 (SPS) - More than 100 international academics and researchers called on President Emmanuel Macron to reconsider France's position regarding Western Sahara conflict, insofar as France has "heavy responsibility" in the non-decolonization of this territory, occupied by Morocco.
Madrid, April 19, 2018 (SPS) - A specialized Spanish medical team has just visited the Sahrawi refugee camps to perform surgeries and treat kidney diseases, the Andalusian health service said.
This 19th Andalusian medical mission from this Spanish region will continue until 24 April.
The mission also includes various drugs and equipment necessary for surgeries, added the source.
Paris, April 18, 2018 (SPS) – Dozens of French demonstrators have condemned on Tuesday their government support to the Moroccan regime occupation of the Saharawi people during a solidarity sit-in with French activist Claude Mangin-Asfari after being prevented from visiting her husband,.
Abuja (Nigeria), April 18, 2018 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali has received a message of condolences from the Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara following the tragic military aircraft crash of the Algerian plane where 257 passengers, among them Sahrawis, lost their lives.
Orly (France), April 18, 2018 (SPS) – Member of SADR Friendship Association in France and wife of one of the Saharawi political prisoners of the group of Gdeim Izik, Claude Mangin-Asfari has declared Tuesday in a statement that she will initiate an unlimited hunger strike starting today, Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Bir Lehlou, April 17, 2018 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO has called on the Security Council to use its authority to urge Morocco to engage seriously and constructively in the political process, to respect the terms of the ceasefire and Military Agreement No. 1, and to desist from taking any action that may increase tension in the region and threaten its stability and security, in information note, a copy of which obtained by SPS
Brussels, April 16, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front condemns the EU Council’s decision on Monday to authorize the European Commission to negotiate an amendment to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement in order to explicitly include Western Sahara, in violation of the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
The condemnation was expressed in a communiqué by Polisario Front representative to Brussels.
BY MAKWAIYA 13 APRIL 2018
IN the intervening period, we have been mourning the passing away of the mother of the South African nation, Winnie Mandela. But not many people know about the family of Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, left behind. More importantly, the mould of those children and grandchildren in terms of political outlook is not much in the limelight. I, for one, had a pleasant surprise the other day when I came across an item online that was actually a formal letter to the King of Morocco.
Bir-Lehlu (Liberated Territories), April 15, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has affirmed that Morocco has undertaken during the last days, an unprecedented frenetic media and diplomatic disinformation campaign in a maneuver that aims to distort the reality of the facts on the ground and create confusion within public opinion.
In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following Memorandum on Moroccan allegations regarding the buffer zone:
Brussels, April 14, 2018 (SPS) - The Sahrawi community in Belgium organized Friday afternoon a rally in Brussels to alert the European Union (EU) to the “critical” situation of the Sahrawi prisoners of Gdeim Izik group, detained in Morocco, and demand their release.
At the European district, headquarters of the European institutions, the demonstrators shouted “freedom of the Sahrawi political prisoners” and “No alternative to referendum on self-determination,” at the call of the association of the Sahrawi community in Belgium.
Moscow, April 13, 2018 (SPS) - Russia expressed support for the mediatory efforts of the UN aiming the settlement of Western Sahara dispute, underlining that “there are no alternatives to a political settlement of the Western Sahara problem in line with corresponding UN Security Council resolutions.”
Australia, April 12, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, has Wednesday received a message of condolences from Australia Western Sahara Association following the military aircraft crash yesterday resulting in 257 people dead, including 10 crew members and thirty Sahrawi patients.
Brussels, April 12, 2018 (SPS) - President of the European Coordinating Conference of Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) Pierre Galand paid Tuesday tribute to the “exemplary struggle” of the Sahrawi people for the respect of their fundamental rights and permanent sovereignty over their natural resources.
Nouakchott, April 12, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, has Wednesday received a message of condolences from the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz following the military aircraft crash yesterday resulting in 257 people dead, including 10 crew members and thirty Sahrawi patients.