Geneva, April 29, 2021 (SPS) - UN human rights experts confirmed the systematic and widespread violations perpetrated by the Moroccan system in occupied Western Sahara, pointing out the hostile environment to the human rights work in this Non-Self-Governing territory.
Madrdi, April 29, 2021 (SPS) - Morocco is leading a campaign of provocation and blackmail against Spain to undermine the Sahrawi cause and push Madrid to rebel against international legitimacy, said on Wednesday the Frente POLISARIO representative in Spain, Abdullah Arabi.
"The campaign led by Morocco against Spain which welcomed the Sahrawi president Brahim Gali for treatment, is part of the policy of provocation which characterizes the bilateral relations between the two countries," Abdullah Arabi added in a statement to APS.
Accra (Ghana), April 29, 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SPSD) took part these days in consultative meetings organized by the African Union (AU), in collaboration with the Specialized Committee on Trade, in order to draw up a continental roadmap for the exchange of goods and products between the countries of the continent.
Bir Lahlou (occupied Sahrawi territories), April 28, 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted, Sunday and Monday, new attacks against the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupying forces in the areas of Haouza and Mehbes along the wall of sand (wall of shame), said the Sahrawi Ministry of Defence in its military statement No. 166.
Moscow- April 28, 2021 (SPS) - Member of the Frente POLISARIO Secretariat, FP representative in Europe and EU, Oubi Bouchraya Bachir, said that Morocco uses the same tactics to gain some advantages from its partners by blackmailing them,” in response to Rabat’s position regarding the hospitalization of Sahrawi President, Brahim Gali, in Spain.
Occupied El Aaiún , April 28, 2021 (SPS) - Agents of the security forces of the Moroccan occupation authorities arrested today the Sahrawi minor Mohamed Buyema As-sabi, in one of the streets of the occupied city of El Aaiun, according to sources from Sahrawi human rights activists to the Saharawi Press Agency. SPS
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Dili (Timor Leste), April 28, 2021 (SPS) - The President of East Timor, Dr. Francisco Guterres, reaffirmed the support of his country and his accompaniment of our people in their struggle for their legitimate rights to freedom and independence.
Galicia, April 28, 2021 (SPS) - In a climate marked by the resumption of the armed struggle in the Western Sahara and the tensions generated by Morocco with neighboring countries, the Galician Parliament supported a motion this Wednesday in which expresses its firm support and solidarity with the Saharawi people and their legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter of Nations and in the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the United Nations Security Council.
Chahid El-Hafed, April 27, 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) took part Tuesday in a virtual meeting on gender organized by the African Union Commission specializing in gender.
During the meeting, in which SADR was represented by Ms. Mameha Chej, issues related to the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender were addressed, as well as the role of statistics in evaluating the effects of the pandemic on gender and the lessons learned, with the corresponding proposals to face the health crisis. SPS
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Algiers, April 27, 2021 (SPS) - The president of the Algerian National Committee for Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CNASPS), Said Ayachi, denounced, on Monday, the "complicity" of France with Morocco in blocking the Saharawi issue at the UN, stating that UN political process has failed since the post of the Secretary-General's personal envoy became vacant.
Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), April 27, 2021 (SPS) - The Foreign Minister, Mr. Mohamed Salek Uld Salek, today sent a letter to his South African counterpart, Ms. Naledi Pandor, to congratulate her on the commemoration of the Freedom Day, celebrated in her country on April 27 of each year.
Bir Lehlou, April 27, 2021 (SPS)- The President of the Pepublic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Ibrahim Ghali, congratulated his counterpart the President of the Republic of South Africa H.E Mr. Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, on the celebrations of Freedom Day.
New York, 25 April 2021 (SPS) -The United Nations are determined to continue their efforts to appoint a new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, said Spokesperson of the UN Secretary General, while referring to the "difficulties" met in filling such a high-profile position.
When asked whether the UN still has no appropriate candidates to fill the two-year vacancy as Western Sahara envoy, Dujarric said finding a good candidate to replace Kohler is not the “easiest job on the UN roster.”
Shaheed El-Hafed, 25 April 2021 (SPS) - The Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, in a statement Saturday concluding the work of its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister, Mr. Bacharaya Hamoudi Beyoun, stressed the need to show more vigilance and prevention in the face of the spread of the Corona pandemic and the collective implementation of health measures with awareness and discipline, including vaccination against KOVD-19 and the continuation of hygiene campaigns.
Ottawa, 23 April 2021 (SPS) - The UN peace process in Western Sahara failed to achieve its goals as Morocco's allies, namely France, Spain and the United States, put their interests ahead of the Sahrawis' right to independence, said Vivan Solana, anthropology professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Bir Lahlou, April 22, 2021 (SPS) - The Presidency of the Republic announced in a communiqué received by "SPS" that the health of the President of the Republic Brahim Ghali, is not a cause for concern and that he is recovering, after he was tested positive for Corona virus.
The communiqué confirmed that president Brahim Ghali, has been under treatment and health monitoring for several days, following his infection with the Covid-19 virus.
It also reassured all citizens that the health condition of the president is not a cause for concern and that he is recovering.
[New York – 22 April 2021] Today the UN Security Council held closed consultations on the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which offered another chance for the Council to demonstrate its effective commitment to the peaceful, just, and lasting solution to the decolonisation of Western Sahara and to translate that commitment into concrete actions. The Security Council however opted for inaction and delivered no substantive outcome.
Algiers, 19 April 2021 (SPS) - Chairman of the European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) Pierre Galland denounced Sunday the campaign of lies waged by the Moroccan system in an attempt to distort the facts in Western Sahara, constitute stances and collect signatures in the European Parliament.
Bir Lahlou, 19 April 2021 (SPS) - Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has carried out new attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces along the sand wall, the Sahrawi ministry of Defence said in the military statement N° 158.
According to the same source, SPLA units on Saturday shelled positions of the Moroccan army, especially Ouedi Ziet area (sector of Farsia) and the Kelb Dhalim area (sector of Techla).
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories) April 18, 2021 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a message of congratulations to his counterpart, President of Zimbabwe, Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa, on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of his country's independence day.