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Algerian-South African Joint Declaration in line with AU demands

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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.

Boukadoum African tour: AU’s role in settling Sahrawi issue confirmed

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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.

German government position on Western Sahara, "constant and unchanging"

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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.

Morocco recognizing Western Sahara, admission of opposing party’s existence

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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. 

Moroccan occupier promotes fictitious victories in Western Sahara

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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.

Moroccan-Israeli normalization trap heightens risk of war in region

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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.

Spanish-Canadian Professor: Anyone who opposes colonialism should oppose Trump’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara

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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.

POLISARIO National Secretariat: UN inaction emboldens Morocco and puts the whole region at risk

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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.

Ghali commends Western Sahara people's struggle against Moroccan occupation

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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.

American delegation’s visit to occupied al-Aaiun, simple “propaganda touristic tour”

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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.”

Sahrawi Liberation Army continues to shell Moroccan military positions

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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."

Biden can backtrack on Trump's move in Western Sahara

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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.

Sweden FM: It is time to organize free referendum in Western Sahara

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Stockholm, 10 January 2021 (SPS) - Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde called for (the organization) for a free self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, welcoming the recent statements by former US national security adviser, John Bolton in which he criticized the recognition of Morocco's alleged "sovereignty" over Western Sahara, in exchange for the normalization with Israel.

Former resolution process of Sahrawi issue “outdated”

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Shaheed El-Hafed, 9 January 2021 (SPS) - The former process to resolve the Sahrawi issue is technically “outdated” as Morocco does not fulfill its commitments, said Thursday Representative of the Polisario Front in Europe and at the European Union (EU) Oubbi Bucharaya Bashir.

Moroccan regime has received successive slaps from international community

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Algiers, 9 January 2020 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar said Thursday that the Moroccan regime has received "successive slaps" from the international community "following its transgression of international legality and its attempts to impose the fait-accompli policy in Western Sahara, whose UN resolutions affirm the right of its people to self-determination.