Wilaya of Awsard (Refugee Camps), 12 October 2019 (SPS) - The Sahrawi people on Saturday celebrated the 44th anniversary of the declaration of National Unity on 12 October 1975, in the wilaya of Awsard, Sahrawi refugee camps, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Front, Mr. Ibrahim Ghali.
New York, 12 October 2019 (SPS) - Petitioners on Western Sahara reaffirmed Thursday before the Fourth UN Commission on Decolonization the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to independence, calling on the United Nations to speed up the holding of a referendum of self-determination in the last colony of Africa.
New York (UN), 12 October 2019 (SPS)-Representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations, Sidi Mohamed Omar, said Thursday in New York that the United Nations must not " allow the rule of might makes right to prevail in the case of Western Sahara, adding that the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination "can never be supplanted by colonial realities."
New York, Oct 10, 2019 (SPS) - Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the United Nations Luis Bermudez reiterated Tuesday, in New York, his country’s support to the Sahrawi people’s inalienable right to self-determination as s solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.
Maseru (Kingdom of Lesotho) 09 October 2019 (SPS)- The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho called on Morocco, in a Press Release issued Wednesday, to end its illegal occupation of parts of the territories of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Gaborone (Botswana) 09 October 2019 (SPS)- The Russian Embassy in Botswana, indicated in a news story on its website that Russian Ambassador to Botswana, Dr. Victor Ivanovich Sibilev, received the Sahrawi ambassador accredited to Botswana, Malainin Mohamed, early September and was debriefed on several issues related to the situation in Western Sahara.
Kigali (Rwanda), Oct 09, 2019 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic participated in the joint meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the African Union and the Advisory Council of the AU for the fight against corruption that was held on the 7th and October 8, 2019, in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali.
New York, Oct 09, 2019 (SPS) - The Deputy Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, Mr. Philippe Oshin Odeda, during the session of the Committee on Political Affairs and Decolonization (Fourth Committee), underlined his country's commitment to support decolonization in the African continent, in particular with respect to the last colony of Africa, Western Sahara, as well as support for internationally recognized principles of the right to self-determination of its people.
Maseru (Lesotho) 09 October 2019 (SPS)- The Kingdom of Lesotho expressed its attachment to its historic and distinguished relations with the Sahrawi Republic, affirming its support for the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence, and demanding the implementation of the UN Mission’s mandate consisting in the organization of a self-determination referendum.
New York, Oct 08, 2019 (SPS) - Frente POLISARIO representative to the UN, Sidi Mohamed Omar, met in New York on Monday with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Africa in charge of security operations. peacekeeping, Bintou Keita.
The Saharawi diplomat informed Bintou Keita of the Frente POLISARIO 's position on several issues related to the UN peace process and to the mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
Pamplona (Navarra), Oct 08, 2019 (SPS) - The new representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the Community of Navarra, Lehbib Braika, has begun his work by meeting with local authorities and thanking the constant commitment of all Navarre institutions with the Saharawi people.
Braika has been received in the Navarre parliament by the president of the legislature, Unai Hualde, with whom he addressed the current relations and the situation of the Saharawi people, both in the occupied areas and in the refugee camps.
For 40 years, the Saharawi people have been exiled from their homeland, cast out into what is known as the “desert of deserts”, where they live in hope of one day experiencing a long-awaited return to their promised land: their homeland of Western Sahara.
Their wait has been so long that entire generations have lived and died hoping for a return. One young Saharawi woman, Tecber Ahmed Saleh, tells me: “My grandmother, she died holding the radio, thinking that tomorrow they would call a referendum.”
Bir Lahlou, 5 October 2019 (SPS)- President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghlai, affirmed Thursday in a letter sent to the United Nations Secretary General that Morocco is delaying UN process to strengthen the brutal occupation of some Sahrawi territories.
“Moroccan officeals’ recent statements leave no room for doubt about Morocco’s intention, which is to hinder and delay the political process to strengthen the brutal and illegal occupation of some parties of our territory,” he said in this letter.
Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) 02 October 2019 (SPS)- The President of the Saharawi Republic, Mr. Brahim Ghali, congratulated President Mokgweetsi Masisi, on the occasion of the 53rd Anniversary pf the Independence of Botswana, in a letter he sent to his Motswana counterpart on Sunday.
New York, Oct. 1 (SPS) - A conference on Western Sahara was organized yesterday by the International Students Committee of Columbia University in New York, attended by a group of university students, community members and the Sahrawi Association of the United States.
Chahed El Hafed, October 01, 2019 (SPS) - The Ministry of Social Affairs and the promotion of women celebrated the International Day of Older Persons, which coincide with the 1st of October every year.