February 2020

New York (UN), 29 February 2020 (SPS) - Representative of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations, Dr Sidi M. Omar, has drawn the attention of the UN Security Council to the expulsion on Friday of a Catalan delegation from Western Sahara by the Moroccan authorities of occupation, expressing a strong condemnation of this unlawful action, in a letter to H.E. Mr Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the United Nations, President of the Security Council.
Below is the full text of the letter:

Sydney (Australia) 29 February 2020 (SPS) - Australian municipalities has raised the Sahrawi national flag at their official headquarters, in commemoration of the 44th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, in solidarity with the Sahrawi cause.

Christchurch (New Zealand) 29 February 2020 (SPS) - The friends of the Sahrawi people in New Zealand has carried out several activities in commemoration of the 44th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Smara (refugee camps), 29 February 2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, reiterated Thursday his call on the United Nations and the Security Council to "assume full responsibility" to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination at a time when the UN has still not appointed a new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara.

Smara (refugee camps), 29 February 2020 (SPS) - President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Gali, stressed Thursday that the Polisario Front cannot participate in any plan to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara "if it does not fully respect the sacred right of Saharawi people to self-determination and independence."

Washington, 29 February 2020 (SPS) -  The African Union (AU) is committed to holding a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, said US Senator Jim Inhofe (Republican of Oklahoma), who led a delegation to Africa to discuss, among other things, the "importance of a constant military cooperation continues" in the region.

Sydney (Australia) 28 February 2020 (SPS)- Polisario Representative to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Kamal Fadel, expressed gratitude on behalf of the Saharawi people and Government to members of the Pacific Islands Forum for rejecting a meeting organised by the Moroccan authorities in the illegally occupied Western Sahara deceitfully using the name of Pacific Islands.

Smara, Feb 27,  2020 (SPS) -  The Secretary General of the Algerian National Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People, Mr. Adel Agbouli, affirmed Algeria's solidarity with the legitimate struggle of the Sahrawi people until the completion of their sovereignty on their national soil.

Smara, Feb 27,  2020 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, praised the principled position of the African Union on the Sahrawi just cause.                               

Smara, February 27, 2020 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, affirmed that the Sahrawi Republic has become a national, regional, and international reality that cannot be overcome.

Wilaya de Smara, Feb 27, 2020 (SPS) - The official celebrations for the 44nd Proclamation of the Saharawi Republic took place today in the wilaya of Samra with the presence of the President of the Republic , General Secretary of the Frente POLISARIO , Mr. Brahim Gali, and all the Sahrawi authorities and foreign delegations representing different countries.

Valladolid (Castilla y León), Feb 27, 2020 (SPS) - Within the framework of the work visit to the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, the Minister of Public Health, Jira Bulahi Bad, has held a meeting with authorities from the region to coordinate action of cooperation in the health sector for the benefit of the population residing in the Saharawi refugee camps.

Geneva, Feb 26, 2020 (SPS) - The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Alvin Botes, expressed on Tuesday his country's concern about the persistence of the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, for almost four decades.

Chahid El Hafed (refugee camps), Feb 26, 2020 (SPS) - The Saharawi State, 44 years after the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), has made big steps in its building and the creation of its political, security and administrative institutions, making of the Frente POLISARIO, the nucleus of the State, an enlightening model among the liberation movements worldwide. 

Chahid El Hafed (refugee camps), Feb 26, 2020 (SPS) - The Saharawi people will celebrate tomorrow, Thursday, the proclamation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), through organizing a range of festivities and celebrations to mark the event.

WINDHOEK (Namibia) 26 February 2020 (SPS)- The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation of Namibia issued a statement rejecting the opening of consulates in the occupied territories of Western Sahara by some African countries, considering it as a flagrant violation of International and African laws.
Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Executive Director in the ministry said that the act is in direct conflict with United Nations and African Union resolutions and is a support of the occupation of Western Sahara and the concomitant suffering of the Saharawi people.

Gaborone (Botswana), 25 February 2020 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic and Permanent Representative to SADC, Mr. Malainin Mohamed, paid a courtesy visit Tuesday morning to Honorable Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Phandu Skelemani, in his office in Botswana Parliament (Gaborone).
The Honorable Speaker was accompanied in the meeting with the Honorable Deputy Speaker, Mr. Mabuse Pule, and members of the Speaker’s bureau and Secretariat of Parliament.

Smara (Sahrawi refugee camps), Feb 25, 2020 (SPS) -The Minister of Youth and Sports Mr. Mussa Selma uderlined that the 20th edition of the Sahara marathon constitutes a message of peace and means of struggle for the Saharawi cause.
According to Minister of Youth and Sports, the 20th edition of the Sahara marathon shows that this marathon "is starting to bear fruit in view of the scale and quality of this participation", noting that this event aims to raise awareness of public opinion for the cause of the Saharawi people and their legitimate struggle.

Smara, Feb 25;  2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi athlete, Lahcen Mohamed Sid Ahmed won first place in the Sahara marathon (42 km) of the 20th edition, which kicked off this morning from the wilaya of 'El Aoun towards the wilaya of Smara.
Mr. Lahcen Mohamed won first place over the same distance during the 18th edition and came in second position during the 19th edition, we recall.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), Feb 25, 2020 (SPS) - The Saharawi Commission for Human Rights considered the death of the political prisoner, Bachraya Uld Hamudi, a loss for the human rights defense movement.
The Saharawi Commission lamented the loss of the Saharawi activist. In that sense, he expressed in a statement released yesterday, his most sincere condolences and his solidarity with the family and friends of the deceased.