Gaborone (Botswana) Jan 19, 2021 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic in Botswana, Mr. Malainin Lakhal, affirmed that “the renewed war in Western Sahara is open to all possibilities after the violation by Morocco of the truce that has prevailed for thirty years and its attempt to attack Sahrawi civilians in the illegal breach of El Guerguerat ”.
Washington, 18 January 2021 (SPS) - Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize the so-called Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and other last-minute changes relating to US foreign policy are still under review, and Joe Biden's administration will deliver a verdict based exclusively on one criterion, that of the country's national interest, reports the Washington Post, citing a senior official in Biden's transition team.
Bir Lahlou, 18 January 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued its attacks against the positions and entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation forces, behind the Wall of Shame, for the 66th consecutive day, a statement from the Sahrawi Ministry of Defence said on Sunday.
Pretoria (South Africa), 18 January 2021 (SPS) - Sahrawi Ambassador to South Africa, Mohamed Yeslem Beissat said that the Joint Declaration of Algeria and South Africa was in line with the requirements of the African Union (AU) regarding the need to meet the minimum conditions, namely Resolution 690 and the organization of the referendum to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara.
London (UK) 18 January 2021 (SPS)- UK Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, James Cleverly, asserted last Friday that his country’s position on Western Sahara status remains unchanged, confirming support to a political solution that provides for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.
Algiers, 18 January 2020 (SPS) – Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabri Boukadoum made last week a tour to Africa in which a great convergence of views and positions was noted with the African leaders concerning the different regional and international issues of common interest, notably on the role of the African Union (AU) in the political settlement of the conflict of Western Sahara.
After South Africa, Lesotho and Angola, Boukadoum visited Kenya as a prelude to the 34th AU Summit that will be held in February.
Berlin, 18 January 2020 (SPS) – Polisario Front representative in Germany Najat Handi said on Saturday that the German government’s position, in line with international law concerning the Sahrawi cause is "constant and unchanging."
In a statement to APS, the Sahrawi diplomat said that Germany’s position with regard to the Sahrawi question was clear, officially expressed by German representative to the UN Christoph Heusgen, during last December’s Security Council consultations on Western Sahara.
Algiers, 18 January 2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi people seek to achieve one target, namely expending their sovereignty over its territories, especially as Morocco keeps secret the war in Western Sahara because “recognition would mean admitting the existence of the opposing party,” said Secretary General of the Ministry of Security and Documentation Sidi Oukal.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated territories), 17 January 2020 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupier is promoting fictitious victories in Western Sahara to absorb the anger of the Moroccan people who reject the normalization with the Zionist entity, and cover the significant losses inflicted on its army, Minister of Information, Spokesman of the Sahrawi Government Hamada Salma Daf affirmed on Saturday.
Brussels, 16 January 2021 (SPS) - President of the European coordination for support and solidarity with the Sahrawi people (EUCOCO), Pierre Galand said that the "trap" of the normalization of relations between the Moroccan regime and the Zionist entity, Israel, in order to imposing Morocco's so-called sovereignty over Western Sahara exposes the region to the risk of a new hotbed of war.
New York, 16 January 2021 (SPS) - The US Dow Jones Index has warned multinationals about the risks and serious fallout that can result from any investment in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Ottawa (Canada) 15 January 2021 (SPS)- Spanish Canadian Assistant Professor in Carleton University, Mrs. Vivian Solana, considered that “anyone who opposes colonialism should oppose Trump’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara”, in a statement to SPS on the initiative by some international Academics who issued a “Letter of Solidarity with Western Sahara” that was signed by some 336 Academic from many countries for the past five days.
Pretoria (South Africa) 14 Jan 2021 (SPS)- Algerian and South African Ministers for Foreign Affairs, expressed their countries’ support for the holding of a referendum on self-determination, in a joint Communiqué culminating a Working Visit by H.E. Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria to South Africa on January 12, 2021.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Republic) Jan 13 2021 (SPS)- Frente POLISARIO National Secretariat’s 3rd Ordinary Session, held on 11th, 12th and 13th January, highly praised Algerian people and government for the principled support to the Saharawi legitimate struggle for freedom, while sending messages to other neighboring countries.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Republic) Jan 13 2021 (SPS)- Polisario Front National Secretariat’s 3rd Ordinary Session, held on 11th, 12th and 13th January, warned against Moroccan policies aiming at involving foreign parties in the war and aggression against the Saharawi people.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Republic) Jan 13 2021 (SPS) - Frente POLISARIO National Secretariat’s 3rd Ordinary Session, held on 11th, 12th and 13th January, denounced UN inaction in front of Moroccan provocations and violation of the ceasefire, considering that this attitude emboldened Morocco and encouraged it to persist in its provocative policies putting the whole region at risk of war.
Chahid El Hafed, Jan 13 2021 (SPS)- (Sahrawi refugee Camps)- Sahrawi President Brahim Gali praised Monday the resistance of the Sahrawi people, who resumed its legitimate struggle two months ago against Moroccan occupation, stressing that the current stage in Western Sahara implies a "great responsibility" for the Sahrawis.
Algiers, 10 January 2021 (SPS) - Minister Counsellor for Public Affairs at the Presidency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Bachir Mustapha Sayed underlined Sunday that the visit paid Saturday by a delegation of the outgoing American administration to occupied al-Aaiun is “a simple propaganda touristic tour.”
Bir Lehlou, 10 January 2021 (SPS) - Sahrawi Liberation Army (SPLA) has continued its attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation Army along the sand wall, the Sahrawi ministry of Defense said Saturday in the military communiqué n° 58.
After targeting numerous positions of Moroccan occupation soldiers over the past week, and which left some of their bases in ruins on Friday, the Saharawi Army’s vanguards launched a "devastating bombardment on positions of the Moroccan royal army entrenched in Miran, in the area of Smara."
Washington, 10 January 2021 (SPS) - Joe Biden can backtrack on the decision of outgoing US President Donald Trump on recognizing so-called Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara without "strategic consequences," said three US academics in an article published in the American magazine Foreign Policy.