August 2019

Dili (Timor Leste) August 31, 2019 (SPS) - President of Timor Leste, Dr. Francisco Guterres, has reiterated the firm support to the Sahrawi people and their right to self-determination in speech on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the referendum of the self-determination of the Timorese people, delivered on Thursday at the reception in honor of the participating foreign delegations and diplomatic corps.

Yokohama (Japan) 31 August 2019 (SPS)- The President of the Saharawi Republic, Mr. Brahim Ghali, regretted Japan’s complicity with Morocco in the illegal exploitation of Saharawi fishing resources, in a statement during a reception he granted on Saturday to members of Sahara-Japan Journalist Association (SJJA) in Yokohama, Japan.

Sidney (Australia) 31 August 2019 (SPS)- Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) announced the prominent organization of a visit and speaking tour to various Australian cities for a young Saharawi activist, Ms. Tecber Ahmed Saleh, which will take place from the 2nd to the 27th September 2019.
The visit will be an opportunity to “talk about the plight of her country, Western Sahara - Africa's last colony”, AWSA declared in a press release issued on the occasion.

Brazil, August 29, 2019 (SPS) - In a meeting with the representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Brazil, Emboirik Ahmed, the Brazilian Center for Health Studies of the Federal District, stands in solidarity with the Saharawi cause and acquires the commitment to cooperate with Saharawi health in refugee camps and in actions to spread the real situation of the health sector in external fields.
CEBES will work for other states to collaborate on a general project that, from Brazil, contributes to the improvement of health in refugee camps.

Yokohama (Japan) 29 August 2019 (SPS)- The President of the Saharawi Republic, Brahim Ghali, participated on Wednesday and Thursday to the 7th TICAD Summit, organized in Yokohama, Japan.
The Summit was co-shared by the current Chairperson of the African Union, Egyptian President, Abdelfattah Sissi, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, under the theme: “Advancing Africa's Development through People, Technology and Innovation”.

Yokohama (Japan), August 27, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali, arrived in Yokohama on Tuesday to participate in the 7th Ordinary Session of the African Union-Japan Partnership Summit, known as the Tokyo International Conference for African Development, which will be held in Yokohama from August 28 to 30, 2019, Under "Promoting the development of Africa through human resources, technology and innovation".

Salt Lake City (USA), August 27, 2019 (SPS) - The European delegate of General Workers Union of Saguia El-Hamra and Rio de Oro, UGTSARIO, Mahmoud Farragi Bouzid took part at the 68th edition of the Civil Society Conference of the UN, held from August 26 to 28 in Salt Lake City.

Yokohama (Japan) 27 August 2019 (SPS)- The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, represented the Sahrawi Republic in the Ministerial Meeting of the 7th African Union-Japan Partnership Summit (TICAD), on Tuesday in Yokohama, Japan, accompanied by the Sahrawi Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Mr. Lamine Baali.

Yokohama (Japan) 26 August 2019 (SPS)- The seventh African Union-Japan Partnership Summit (TICAD) kicked off today in Yokohama, Japan, at the level of Senior Officials, to be followed tomorrow by a meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers, before the holding of the Summit that will be attended by the President of the Sahrawi Republic, Brahim Ghali.

Hawkes Bay (New Zealand) 26 August 2019 (SPS)- Polisario Front's Representative to Australia and New Zealance, Mr. Kamal Fadel, called for the end of New Zealand's companies role in collaborating with Morocco in the plunder of Saharawi phosphate, in an opinion published Today in New Zealand Herald.
Here is the complete text of the article:
By: Kamal Fadel
A vessel named Amoy Dream carrying about 55000 tonnes of phosphate rock from Western Sahara is expected to arrive at Napier Port today.

 Lisbon (Portugal) 25 August 2019 (SPS)- 24 Portuguese trade union and organizations co-signed a joint call addressed to their government last Thursday 22 August, calling for a “clear position against the Kingdom of Morocco’s aggressions against the Saharawi people” and “the end of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.”

Shaheed Al-Hafeed, August 24, 2019 (SPS) -The Polisario Front on Sunday warned against the danger of the deadlock in the peace process led by the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) to decolonize Western Sahara.
Chaired by President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali, the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front held an extraordinary session on 21-23 August, during which the current situation at the national, regional and international levels was discussed.

Shaheed al-Hafeed, August 24, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO’s National Secretariat welcomed the African Union's constant stances on the need to complete the decolonization of the last African colony, calling for resolving the conflict between the two neighboring countries, which are members of the continental organization, the Sahrawi Republic and the Kingdom of Morocco, ensuring compliance with the Constitutive Act of the African Union, in particular respect for the borders inherited in the wake of independence and respect for the sovereignty of the member States.

Bir-Lahlou, August 24, 2019 (SPS) -  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed-Salem Ould Salek, has sent a congratulatory message to his Nigerian counterpart, H.E Geoffrey Jideofor Kwusike Onyeama, on the renewal of his appointment by H.E President Muhammadu Buhari, as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria.
“On this great occasion, I would like to offer you, on my personal name and behalf of the Sahrawi Government, my most sincere congratulations,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Shaheed al-Hafeed, August 24, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO's National Secretariat drew attention to the danger of a return of blockage to the United Nations African settlement process, or the lack of interest on the part of the Security Council and the international community at large, especially after the resignation of Mr. Horst Koehler, the UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, during the special session held on 21, 22 and 23 of August, chaired by President of the Republic, Seretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali. 

Chahid El Hafed, August 21, 2019 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO meets today in an extraordinary session under the supervision of the Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, the President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali.
Following the session, the National Secretariat will issue a statement addressing the various themes to be discussed.

Bir Lahlou, August 21, 2019 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of  Frente POLISARIO,  Brahim Gali on Tuesday congratulated his Uruguayan counterpart, the President, H.E Tabare Vazquez, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day, which was a long and difficult journey for freedom and independence.

Madrid (Spain), August 20, 2019, (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Spain, Jira Bulahi Bad, has expressed her strongest condemnation of the Moroccan regime's policies and the blockade imposed on the occupied areas of the Western Sahara,  preventing access to the territory of journalists and international observers .

Washington D.C. (USA) 20 August 2019 (SPS)- Polisario Front’s Representative to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Kamal Fadel, considered in an opinion published yesterday on the Wall Street Journal, that maintaining the status quo in Western Sahara, as Morocco wishes, is dangerous to the region and costly to the UN and the US and the international community at large.

Washington D.C (USA) 20 August 2019 (SPS)- American Professor Joseph Huddleston published an opinion yesterday on the Wall Street Journal, contradicting Moroccan propaganda that claims Saharawi State is unviable, and calls for enabling the people of Western Sahara to exercise their right to self-determination.