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Government of Belize reiterates its support for self-determination of Sahrawi people

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New York (UN), 26 September 2021 (SPS) - Belize Prime Minister John Briceno reiterated on Friday "his support for the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination", urging "the parties concerned and the international community to support it in its efforts".
"The Sahrawi people is also prevented from exercising its right to self-determination. We urge the parties concerned and the international community to support it in its efforts," Mr Briceno stressed in an address to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
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Campaign kicked off by Civil Society in Timor-Leste to save life and free Saharawi activist Sultana and her Family

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Dili, (Timor-Leste) 25 September 2021 (SPS) - A Campaign was launched last Thursday by various Organisations from the Civil Society in Timor-Leste calling for urgent actions to save the life and free Sultana Khaya and her Family.
The Title of the Campaign is Morocco must free now the Saharawi human rights defender, Sultana Khaya from house arrest and together we can free and save life of Sultana.

Lesotho defends self-determination of Sahrawi people

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New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - Lesotho regretted Thursday that the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination is still not guaranteed.
“It is regrettable that the persistent denial of the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination has still not been resolved”, Prime Minister of Lusotho, Moeketsi Majoro, said on Thursday at the 76th session of the Assembly. General (GA) of the UN.

Spain defends "central role" of UN in Sahrawi issue

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New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, called on Thursday in New York, for "a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution" to the Western Sahara issue, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
"Spain continues to defend the central role of the UN and we support the efforts of the Secretary General" regarding the Sahrawi issue, he recalled during the work of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
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South African President calls for self-determination of the Sahrawi people at UN

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New York, (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, reaffirmed Thursday in New York, the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in accordance with the relevant decisions of the AU and UN Security Council resolutions.
"We reaffirm our position on the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination in accordance with the relevant decisions of the African Union (AU) and the resolutions of the UN Security Council," said Cyril Ramaphosa during his speech at the UN.
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Namibian president defends Sahrawi people's right to independence at UN

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New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The president of Namibia, Hage G. Geingob, defended on Thursday in New York for the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to freedom and independence, welcoming the appointment of Alexander Ivanko, the new special representative of the UN Secretary General in Western Sahara.
"It is now almost 50 years that the people of Western Sahara are still waiting to exercise their inalienable right to freedom and independence," the Namibian president lamented during his speech at the UN.

ASPECF holds its 3rd general assembly

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Aousserd, Sept 23, 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Association for the Promotion and Cultural Exchange with the Francophonie (ASPECF) held its 3rd general assembly Thursday in Aousserd, in the presence of the Association's Honorary President, Salek Baba Hassana (currently Minister of Transport), the Wali of Aousserd, Mariem Salek Hmada ex Minister of Education, Director of Protocol, Mohamed Cheikh Mohamed Lahbib and Moustapha Elkattab representative to Syria.SPS
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Saharawi delegation meets with the different political forces of the Senate of Spain

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Madrid (Spain), September 23, 2021 (SPS) - Saharawi delegation, composed of Oubi Bachir, representative for Europe; Aliyen Kentawi, Director General for Africa in the SADR Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Abdulah Arabi, representative for Spain, holds important meetings with the different political forces in the Spanish Senate to address the current situation in Western Sahara and the impact of the conflict on the stability and development of the Maghreb region and the efforts of the Sahrawi Republic to promote the political process interrupted by Morocco with the vio

SPLA launches attacks against Moroccan occupation army positions in the sectors of Mahbes, Farsía, Auserd, Bagari and Hauza

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Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), September 22, 2021 (SPS) - The Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) launched a series of attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation army in the sectors of Mahbes, Farsía, Auserd, Bagari and Hauza.
According to War Report No. 314 issued by the Ministry of National Defense, Tuesday, units of our army have carried out the following actions:
- Bombings against enemy positions in the Guerat Uld Blal region, in the Mahbes sector.

Occupied Zones and Community Ministry calls for an end to the siege of Ahal Khaya

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Chahid El Hafed, Sept 21, 2021 (SPS) - The Ministry of the Occupied Zones and Community, urgently requested the need to lift the siege on the family of Ahal Khaya and open the occupied Sahrawi cities to international missions to view the situation of the Sahrawis citizens as a result of the siege imposed by the Moroccan occupation.

President Brahim Ghali chairs meeting of Permanent Office of National Secretariat

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Shahid Al Hafed, 20 September 2021 (SPS) -  The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, chaired Monday a meeting of the Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, devoted to reviewing the internal and external developments of the Sahrawi cause. 

Polisario Front will never accept fait accompli that Moroccan occupying state seeks to impose

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New York (UN), 20 September 2021 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations in charge of coordination with MINURSO, Sidi Mohamed Omar, sent Sunday a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, in which he refuted the fallacies contained in the letter of the Moroccan representative to the United Nations to the Secretary-General in connection with the mock elections recently conducted by the Moroccan occupying state in the occupied Sahrawi territories.

Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria discusses with his Tanzanian counterpart issues of common interest

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Algiers, 20 September 2021 (SPS) - Ambassador to Algeria, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, has received Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Tanzania to Algeria, Mr. Jacob Gideon Kingu, and discussed with him issues of common interest.
The Tanzanian ambassador expressed his satisfaction with the level of diplomatic relations between the Sahrawi Republic and Tanzania, stressing the need to promote cooperation between the two countries to higher levels, during this meeting, which took place at the Saharawi Embassy in Algiers.

Staffan de Mistura "tied up" by Security Council roadmap

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Algiers, 19 September 2021 (SPS) -The Polisario Front Representative in Europe, Oubi Bouchraya Bachir said that the new Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, whose mission includes advancing the implementation of solutions to the Sahrawi conflict, "remains tied up by the roadmap that will be drawn by the UN Security Council.”

The Republic of Bolivia and the Sahrawi Republic affirm historical relations between the two countries

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La Paz (Bolivia), September 18, 2021 (SPS) - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bolivia issued on last Thursday, an official statement announcing the cancellation of the decision of the coup government and friend of the Moroccan occupation regime, according to which relations with the Sahrawi Republic were frozen.
In its statement, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Bolivia's adherence to the historical relations it had with the Sahrawi Republic and its decision to strengthen it.

Frente Polisario: Moroccan acceptance of De Mistura as PESG for Western Sahara is the result of pressures from influential powers on Rabat

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New York (United Nations) 16 September 2021 (SPS)- Frente Polisario Representative to the UN and Saharawi Coodinator with the MINURSO, Ambassador Sidi M. Omar, stressed in a press release yesterday, that the Moroccan acceptance of Staffan De Mistura as the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, is the result of pressures exerted by powerful members of the Security Council on rabat.

SPLA bombards Moroccan occupation forces entrenchments in Mahbas sector

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Bir-Lahlou, 13 September 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) bombarded Monday the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation forces in the Mahbas sector, according to military communiqué No. 306 of the Ministry of Defense.
According to the communiqué, SPLA targeted the Moroccan occupation forces in the Ross Sebti and Shidhimiya areas of the Mahbas sector.