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Pretoria, 23 May 2021 (SPS) - The signatories to an international Declaration (Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean) expressed their strong support to the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in their fight to recover their sovereignty over the Sahrawi territory, calling to take an active part in the first tri-continental meeting of solidarity with the Sahrawi people, scheduled for December in Algiers.

Paris (France), 22 May 2021 (SPS) - Polisario Front representative in Paris, Mohamed Sidati,, said Saturday that Morocco "has experienced a spectacular failure in its attempt to incite European nations to legitimize the occupation of Western Sahara," warning against Rabat's political blackmail against the countries supporting the decolonization of the last colony in Africa.

Bojador, May 18, 2021 (SPS) - The president of the Saharawi League for the Defense of Human Rights and the Protection of Natural Resources, Sultana Sidi Brahim Jaya, held the international community responsible for the serious violations committed against her by Moroccan occupiers who besiege it by force in the occupied city of Bojador.

Shaheed El-Hafed, 17 May 2021 (SPS) -  Masses of the wilayas and institutions of the Sahrawi state organized Monday a demonstration in solidarity with the family of Sahrawi human rights activist Sultana Khaya, who was subjected to grave violations by the Moroccan occupation forces.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, 16 May 2021 (SPS) - The Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front expressed the solidarity of the Sahrawi people with their Palestinian brothers, who was subjected to a brutal campaign of aggression.

Gaborone (Botswana), 15 May 2021 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador to Botswana, Mr. Malainin Mohamed, called on Botswana Trade Unions, political parties and civil society actor to firmly support the legitimate struggle of the people of Western Sahara and Palestine for freedom and dignity, in a speech he gave today during the Launch by BOFEPUSU of its Workers’ Charter at Oasis Hotel, in Gaborone, Botswana.

NEW YORK (UN) 13 May 2021 (SPS) - In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, the Frente POLISARIO held the United Nations responsible for the brutal violence and state terrorism pursued by the Moroccan occupying authorities against Sahrawi civilians.

Occupied Aaiun, May 11, 2021 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation forces kidnapped and tortured a Sahrawi activist, Hasan Dalil, member of the Sahrawi Initiative against Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM) and of the NGO Environmental Protection in Western Sahara, the organization said on Monday.

Brussels, 10 May 2021 (SPS) - The member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, for Europe and the European Union Oubi Bouchraya, said on Sunday that the Moroccan Foreign Minister's allegations on Iranian military support to the Polisario Front are groundless.

La Rioja (Spain), 10 May  2021 (SPS) -The participants of the 25th anniversary of the European Parliament Intergroup Peace for the Sahrawi People on Saturday called for the organization of a self-determination referendum to end the conflict in Western Sahara.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference took place in one day with in camera working sessions.
Two conferences on the legal and social framework of Western Sahara were held in the morning.

Shaheed El-Hafed, 8 May 2021 (SPS), the Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front held on Saturday a meeting, chaired by Prime Minister, Bacharaya Hamoudi Beyoun, to discuss the current developments of the national cause, internally and externally.
The Permanent Office took note of the positive development and continuous improvement of the health status of President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali.

Panama City (Panama), May 06, 2021 (SPS) - The Embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Panama took Tuesday part, by official invitation, in the celebrations for the commemoration of the Forty-seventh anniversary of the foundation of the Instituto General Tomás Herrera.
During his participation in this important event, the Sidahmed Derbal ambassador in Panama, who was accompanied by the Embassy Counselor, Omar Hassena, took the opportunity to learn about the history of this outstanding Institute with a long tradition..SPS
 

Bogotá (Colombia), May 5, 2021 (SPS) -This Wednesday a conference will be held in the Colombian capital of Bogotá on Western Sahara, in which legal and historical issues related to the conflict in Africa's last colony will be discussed.
The conference, which will be organized under the title "Western Sahara: the last colony of Africa", will be led by experts and academics who will address details about the last vestiges of colonialism on the African continent.

Occupied El Aaiún, May 04, 2021 (SPS) - The so-called Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the occupied city of El Aaiún issued last Thursday, April 29, 2021, unconditional prison sentences between a year and a half, against the Saharawi activists Mohamed Nafeh Azman and Ghali Hamdi Albu, respectively.

Bir Lahlou, 3 May 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued their attacks targeting the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupying forces, along the berm, said the military communiqué No. 172 of the Sahrawi Ministry of Defense.
According to the communiqué, "SPLA units have continued for the 172nd consecutive day their attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces in the sectors of El Beggara and Mahbes.

London, 3 May 2021 (SPS) - British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, James Cleverly, recently reiterated the UK's support for UN-led efforts to achieve a just and lasting political solution that provides for the self-determination of the Sahrawi people.

Washington, 03 May 2021 (SPS) -  The American daily, the Washington Post, has noted that one of the most delicate foreign policy problems inherited by the Biden administration is the reckless recognition by former President Donald Trump in December of Morocco's alleged sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara busy.
According to the newspaper, it was a move that overturned long-standing US policy and put Washington at odds with European allies, African nations and UN resolutions.

 New York (UN) 1 May 2021 (SPS). Frente POLISARIO’s Representative at the United Nations, Dr Sidi Omar, sent a letter on April 29 to the Heads of Permanent Missions to the UN in which he refutes the allegations contained in recent letters circulated by Morocco’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations and reported by Moroccan official media.
 

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.