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Addis Ababa, Jan 30, 2018 (SPS) - The works of the Thirtieth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) wrapped up on Monday with the commitment of African leaders to seek institutional reforms and strengthen the unity of the continent.
At the end of the summit, on the theme "Win the fight against corruption: a sustainable path for the transformation of Africa", the current president of the AU, Paul Kagame, reaffirmed his commitment to continue the process of institutional reforms of the continental organization.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Jan 30, 2018 (SPS) - The final statment that closed the Thirtieth Summit of the African Union (AU), held on the 28th and 29th of January in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, specifically called for the resumption of direct negotiations between its two member states, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and the Kingdom of Morocco.

Paris, Jan 30,2018 (SPS) - The General Assembly of the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in France (AARSD) expressed on Sunday its willingness to continue its cooperation with the Sahrawi refugee camps and to undertake new initiatives in favor of respect for human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Addis Ababa, Jan 29, 2017 (SPS) -The African Union Executive Council (AUC), which met on the occasion of the 30th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, on Monday urged Morocco to facilitate the conduct of the Fact Finding Mission in Western Sahara Territory under the implementation of the decision 689 adopted in 2012 by the 20th CUA session.
The AU also called on Morocco “to sign and ratify the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights and the relevant mechanisms for the defence of human rights.”

Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandy), January 27, 2018 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISAARIO in France, Ubbi Bashraya aA-Bashir, affirmed on Friday that the Saharawi people will continue fighting for freedom and national independence, during a meeting with the mayor of Gonfreville l'Orcher, which welcomes the work of the General Assembly of the Friends of the Saharawi Republic in France.

Paris, Jan 27, 2017 (SPS) - The Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) awarded Saturday, in Paris, its 2017 human rights prize to Naama Asfari, a Sahrawi activist imprisoned in Morocco since November 2010.
The prize was given to his wife Claude Mangin who read movingly a letter from Naama, in a ceremony to which participated more than one hundred people.
“We shouldn’t give up. The struggle continues,” said the Sahrawi activist who was a victim of torture and violent acts when he was arrested by the Moroccan authorities.

Berlin, Jan 27, 2017 (SPS) - The meeting between the Sahrawi President and Secretary General of Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, and the United Nations Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler, was "frank" and "positive," said Friday in Berlin M'hamed Kheddad, member of the Polisario Front Secretariat General and Sahrawi Coordinator with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), January 26, 2018 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces intervened Thursday violently against the funeral tent of deceased father Deida Ould Yazid in the occupied city of El-Aaiun, reported SPS correspondent on the scene.

London, Jan 26, 2018 (SPS) - The Swiss multinational Glencore has ended all its illegal oil exploration activities in the territorial waters of Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco, said the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) in a statement.
Glencore, one of the world's largest companies present in the occupied territory since 2013, has left the Boujdour Offshore Shallow oil exploration block, said the source.

London, Jan 26, 2017 (SPS) - In its annual report of 2018, published on Wednesday, Western Sahara Action Forum (WSAF) called to “immediately” extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring in this occupied territory.
MINURSO must be able to make reports on the situation of human rights and in the Western Saharan zones occupied by Morocco and send its findings to the UN Security Council, recommended WSAF.

Berlin (Germany), Jan 25, 2018 (SPS) -The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, was received today by Mr. Horst Koehler, Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations, in Mr. Koehler's office in Berlin.

Chahid El Hafed, Jan 25, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of the occupied territories and Abroad Communities learnt with deep sorrow the news of the death of the fighter Dida Ould Yazid, after suffering a health problem at his home in the occupied Aaiun on the morning of January 25, 2018.

Havana, Jan 25, 2018 (SPS) - A delegation from the Saharawi embassy in Cuba, composed of the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of the SADR in Cuba, Mohamed Ali Ali Salem and the Cultural Attaché, Abdel Mayid Ahmed Nayi, has visited, during the last two days, the Sahrawi students in the universities in the provinces of Cienfuegos and Villa Clara.

Occupied Aaiun, Jan 24, 2018 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces intervened violently against Sahrawi demonstrators, most of them Unemployed, on Monday, 22 January 2018, near the neighborhood of Maatal in the occupied capital Aaiun.
 

Shaheed El-Hafed, January 22, 2018 (SPS) - The Council of Sahrawi Doctors held Monday a meeting to renovate its structures, following the last congress of the Polisario Front, in the presence of members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front , the SADR Government and Sahrawi doctors.
In his speech, the Minister of Public Health, Mohamed Lamine Deddi, highlighted the importance of holding this gathering, praising the spirit of patriotism, perseverance and discipline that characterize the work of the doctors.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) January 22, 2018 (SPS) – The 35th Ordinary Session of the AU Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) has officially opened Monday at the African Union Headquarters with the participation of a Sahrawi delegation led by Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Lamine Baali, in preparation for the next session of the AU Executive Council.

Brussels, Jan 21, 2018 (SPS) - MEPs Bodil Valero and Florent Marcellesi urged the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) to correct a world map on its database on intra and extra-community trade (Comext) that limits the borders of Western Sahara to the territories liberated by the Polisario Front.
On this database (Comext), there is also a map of Morocco that presents a single territory ranging from the north of this country to the south of Western Sahara, relegated to the status of province of southern Morocco.

Paris, Jan 20, 2018 (SPS) - The political process for self-determination of Western Sahara has remained at a standstill with little international attention, noted Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its new report in Paris on Thursday.
"The political process for self-determination of Western Sahara, a territory under Moroccan control, remained stalled with little international mediation or attention," said the HRW in its World Report 2018 on human rights.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Jan 17, 2018 (SPS) -The Minister of National Defense, Abdallahe Lehbib Albalalal, presided over Tuesday a meeting of the General Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense.

Pretoria, Jan 16, 2018 (SPS) - The African National Congress (ANC) has reaffirmed its support for the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence.