Bursins (Vaud, Switzerland), March 23, 2019 (SPS) - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra hoped on Friday in Bursins that "more concrete" measures and "more significant" progress will support the effort of UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler.
Geneva, March 23, 2019 (SPS) - UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler affirmed Friday, in Geneva, that Western Sahara’s people “need and deserve that this conflict ends,” insisting on reaching a “compromise.”
Paris, March 23, 2019 (SPS) - Representative of the Polisario Front to France Oubi Boucheraya Bachir affirmed that the progress of the negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front, which started Thursday in Geneva, under the aegis of the United Nations on the settlement of the Sahrawi conflict, depends on the willingness of the Moroccan occupation regime to respect the United Nations’ resolutions guaranteeing the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
Geneva, March 23, 2019 (SPS) - The second round table on Western Sahara, scheduled for Thursday and Friday near Geneva, is an “additional” step in the conflict resolution process, said the United Nations on Wednesday.
Bir lehlu (liberated territories), March 21, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to his counterpart of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Mr. Hage Geingob, during the celebration of his country's 29th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Namibia.
Geneva (Switzerland) March 21, 2019 (SPS) – the negotiating team of the Frente POLISARIO has met with the UN envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, to finalize the preparations for the second round table with Morocco in Geneva, Switzerland.
Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Territories), March 14, 2019 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali, conveyed Tuesday his condolences to HE, Mr. Brahim Boubacar Keita, President of the Republic of Mali following the military victims of the terrorist attack on Diouram military base
The Saharawi leader conveyed in the name of the People and the Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and in his own, his sincere and deep condolences and his total solidarity with the Malian Government and people.
Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Territories), March 14, 2019 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali, sent Tuesday messages to the presidents of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, SSEE Filipe Nyussi and Emmerson Mnangagwa, in which he expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of cyclone Idai that hit those African nations.
The Saharawi leader transmitted on behalf of the Government and the Saharawi people their support and fraternal and unconditional solidarity to the victims and the relatives of the victims.
Tiflet (Morocco), March 18, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoner of Gdeim Izik group, Mohamed Bourial, has announced at Tiflet 2 prison, east of Rabat, that he will initiated an unlimited hunger as from Wednesday.
According to the Association for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners, the hunger strike comes in protest against the harsh conditions of detention
Boujdour (Occupied Territories), March 17, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi student Brahim Babiet was brutally attacked on Saturday by Moroccan forces in front of the so-called Omar Bin Al-Khattab Preparatory School in the occupied city of Boujdour, on the background of his activism in the school movement, leaving him with injured elbow.
Geneva, March 16, 2018 (SPS) - Hundreds of Saharawi community in Europe on Friday held demonstration in Swiss capital Geneva, denouncing the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and the lack of progress in the UN-sponsored settlement process.
La Coruña (Galicia), March 14, 2019 (SPS) -The Peace and Freedom Intergroup for the Sahrawi People in the Galician Parliament met with the delegate of the Frente POLISARIO, Jira Bulahi, to evaluate the current situation and present the plan action for 2019.
Panama, March 12, 2019 (SPS) -.The Saharawi Embassy in Panama organized this March 9 in Colon, the second most important city in the country, a series of activities marking the 43rd Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
El Aaiún (Occupied capital of Western Sahara), March 12, 2019 (SPS) - The political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group have announced on Monday that they will begin a simultaneous alarming hunger strike in several Moroccan prisons in protest of their continued arbitrary detention and the miserable and inhumane conditions.
According to sources close to the families of these prisoners, the hunger strike is the beginning of a series of battles to demand an end to the suffering of their families with the unconditional release of Saharawi prisoners.
Bir-Lahlou, March 11, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a message of condolences to President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the airlines tragic crash.
“On behalf of the people and government of Sahrawi Republic, I would like to express my deepest and most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this tragic crash, and the Kenyan people as a whole,” said the president of the Republic.
New York, March 10, 2019 (SPS) - UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler will invite the parties to the conflict and neighboring countries for a new round table in Geneva, scheduled for 21-22 March, said Saturday sources close to the issue.
Like the previous round table, held in December in the same Swiss city, the second meeting will also last two days.
The parties haven’t received yet the invitations confirming officially the date and place of this meeting, according to the sources.
El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), March 9, 2019 (SPS) - Moroccan forces on Friday intervened violently against Sahrawi women who went out to demonstrate in the occupied capital of Western Sahara, El-Aaiun, on International Women's Day.
The occupation forces have besieged Sahrawi women in the area of the so-called Colomina before they intervened violently, which led to many casualties among some of them with serious injuries.
Morocco has a black record in targeting Sahrawi women and violating their rights. (SPS)
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March 8, 2019 Written by Adalauk
The 8th March is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day, recognising the important role women play in the development of our societies.
The Saharawi woman celebrates this day under the constant threat of attacks on her physical integrity, insults, sexual assault, kidnap, ridicule, beatings and other forms of humiliation, committed against her by the Moroccan state, as a result of her participation in peaceable demonstrations to demand respect for human rights in Western Sahara.
Shaheed Al Hafed, March 9, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali, said on Thursday that the policies adopted by the Moroccan occupier against the Sahrawis in the occupied territories "will not deter the Sahrawi struggle for freedom and independence".
Stockholm, Sweden, March 07, 2019 (SPS) - Minister of Cooperation of the Sahrawi Government, Mr. Bulahi Saiid, started on Thursday a working visit to Sweden. He is expected to meet representatives of the government, parties and the Swedish civil society according of diplomatic source from Frente POLISARIO’s representative in Sweden
Minister of Cooperation was received in the beginning of his visit by the Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament and Swedish Left Party MP Lotta Johansen