June 2020

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), June 17, 2020 (SPS) - The wilaya of Boujdour hosted Wednesday the celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the historic Zemala Uprising and the National Day of the Disappeared, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, Members of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO, the Government and many participants.

Chahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps) June 17, 202 June 17, 2020 (SPS) - The Saharawi people  commemorate Wednesday the 50st anniversary of the popular uprising of Zemla against Spanish colonialism, in attempt to recover its inalienable rights to freedom and independence, three years before the outbreak of the armed struggle led by the Polisario Front.

Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Zones), June 17, 2020 (SPS) - The News Agency of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sahara Press Service, has congratulated the Latin American Information Agency, Prensa Latina, on the occasion of its 61 anniversary at the service of the third world and the just struggles in different parts of the world.

Algeria, 16 June 2020 (Was) - The Sahrawi Human Rights Committee (CONASADH) renewed its call to provide protection for Sahrawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails who suffer negligence of their humanitarian conditions amid the outbreak of the Corona, which The President of the Sahrawi Red Crescent, Bouhbini Yahya, made clear Monday to APS.

Algiers, 15 June 2020 (SPS) - President of the Saharawi Red Crescent (CRS), Yahia Bouhabini said Monday that the prevention measures taken by the Saharawi authorities against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic "have yielded positive results without recording any cases of contamination in the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories," welcoming the contribution of the Algerian Red Crescent (CRA), having allowed the delivery of international humanitarian aid to the Saharawi in this exceptional situation.

Wellington, 13 June 2020 (SPS)-  The organization specializing in the protection of Saharawi natural resources, "Western Sahara Campaign-NZ," demanded from New Zealand government to stop its illegal import of phosphate extracted from occupied Western Sahara.
In a statement made public Saturday by the local press, the organization regretted that "once again, New Zealand fertilizer companies Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-Nutrients continue to participate in the plunder of Western Sahara natural resources."

Madrid (Spain) 11 June 2020 (SPS)- Saharawi human rights activists and Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate, Ms. Aminatou Haidar, called on the Spanish government to put an end to the severe hemorrhagic loss of its dignity and its total submission in front of the Moroccan regime of occupation, in an article she published yesterday in Spanish media outlet, “Lamarea.com”.

Chahid El Hafed,  June 10, 2020 (SPS) -The current Secretary General of the Presidency, Brahim Mohamed Mahmud, has taken, Wednesday, an oath before the President of the Republic, as a new member of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO, after the death of the diplomat, Emhamed Khadad, last April.

Chahid El-Hafed, June 10, 2020 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali has confirmed, Tuesday on the occasion of Martyrs' Day, the commitment to fight the occupation and fidelity to the martyrs of the revolution.

Chahid El-hafed, June 9, 2020 (SPS) - As one of the most important figures in the contemporary history of Western Sahara, the Saharawi people have commemorated, today, the 44th anniversary of the death of El Uali Mustafa Sayed founder of the Frente POLISARIO, with political-cultural acts to remember his legacy and renew the commitment to fight and take the oath with the martyrs of the revolution
The Uali was born in 1948. He was a young man ahead of his time and had a vision of the future, he was a man who was convinced.

Pretoria (South Africa) 09 June 2020 (SPS)- The President of the African National Congress (ANC), President Cyril Ramaphosa, considered that Western Sahara’s achievement of independence is hindered because of Chauvinism, arrogance and racism by Morocco.

Madrid, June 8, 2020 (SPS) - The Communist Party of Spain has rejected the decision of the Spanish Supreme Court "because it means a further degree in the escalation of the issue of decolonization of the Territory of Western Sahara and represents a grievance to the Saharawi people and a disgrace to all of us."

Brussels, 8 May 2020 (SPS) - Speeding up the implementation of the United Nations resolutions linked in particular to the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara is the sole guarantor of the respect of the Sahrawi people rights, said legal international experts.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, 8 May 2020 (SPS) -The Sahrawi National Committee for the prevention and monitoring of the novel coronavirus pandemic said Saturday that “no confirmed case” has been reported in the Sahrawi refugee camps or in the liberated territories.  
In a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Public Health, the Committee called on citizens to respect the measures already taken to prevent the spread of the epidemic in the Saharawi refugee camps.

Smara (Refugee Camps) - Late leader and diplomat M'hamed Kheddad, who passed away in early April, was buried in a cemetery in the wilaya of Smara, refugee camps.
The funeral ceremony took place in the presence of President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Government, the Sahrawi National Council, Advisory Council, as well as members of friendly foreign delegations and a large crowd.

Brussels, 6 May 2020 (SPS) - European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic, has reiterated the commitment of the European Union (EU) to support the Saharawi refugees, particularly in these exceptional circumstances related to Covid-19.
The EU's commitment was reaffirmed in a written response to a letter sent by the President of the European Free Alliance (EFA), Ms Lorena Lopez, on "the EU's efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in the Sahrawi refugee camps".

By Deich Mohamed Saleh

Maseru (Kngdom of Lesotho) 03 June 2020 (SPS)- The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho reiterated in an official statement by its Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Relations, the Hon 'Matšepo Ramakoae, “principled position on Western Sahara”, denying previous unilateral misrepresentations of that position last year.

Chahid El Hafed,  June 02, 2020 - The Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Mr.

Algiers, 1 June 2020 (SPS) - Algerian Foreign Minister, Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, has reiterated Algeria's support for the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence.
Speaking on Monday to Algerian media ahead of the opening of his first hearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Algerian National People's Assembly, Mr. Sabri Boukadum, reaffirmed that Algeria supports the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and calls for the appointment of a new UN envoy for Western Sahara.