Madrid, 31 January 2022 (SPS) - The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reiterated his country's "full" support for the efforts of the United Nations to find a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, expressing readiness to adhere to the United Nations settlement plan in this regard.
Stockholm, 31 January 2022 (SPS) - Swedish parliamentarian Lotta Johnsson Fornave questioned the Swedish Foreign Minister on the grave human rights situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara in light of the worsening Moroccan violations on activists and journalists.
A member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense in Parliament, Ms. Johnsson questioned whether the foreign minister would summon the Moroccan ambassador to Sweden to protest the violations against Sultana Khaya and other Sahrawi civilians, activists and journalists.
Algiers, 30 January 2022 (SPS) - Morocco blindly perseveres in its headlong rush and adventurism by "dangerously fueling" the escalation of tensions in the region, stated the Algerian Special Envoy in charge of the Western Sahara issue and Maghreb Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Amar Belani.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 30 January 2022 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have targeted sites of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the sectors of Hawza, Farsia and Awsard, indicated a military communiqué No. 443 of the National Ministry of Defense.
The communiqué indicated that "advanced SPLA detachments targeted sites of the occupation soldiers in the region of Sahb Shedida in the sector of Farsia.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), 30 January 2022 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities at the occupied Airport of El Aaiun banned Thursday the President of the Sahrawi Body against Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM), Aminatou Haidar, from travelling to Spain, on the grounds that it did not have a Moroccan vaccination passport, refusing to recognize the Spanish-European vaccination passport that she holds.
Boujdour (Occupied Territories), 29 January 2022 (SPS) - Member of the Saharawi body against the Moroccan occupation (ISACOM), Sultana Sid Brahim Khaya, was subjected to a new barbaric attack by the repressive services of the Moroccan occupation forces, in her family home in the occupied city of Boujdour, and the attack resulted in injuries to family members.
Madrid (Spain), 29 January 2022 (SPS) - The Movement for Sahrawi Political Prisoners has appealed to the Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, to intervene with the Moroccan occupation regime, in order to release all Sahrawi political prisoners held in Moroccan prisons, against the backdrop of their peaceful activities and political positions in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Shahid El Hafed, 29 January 2022 (SPS) - Sahrawi Prime Minister Bouchraya Hamoudi Bayoun said Thursday that strengthening the combat capabilities of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and deploying the available capacities are among the priorities of the government's program for 2022.
The Sahrawi official's remarks were made during the review of the government's program for the year 2022 before the plenary session of the Sahrawi National Assembly, chaired by Speaker of the National Assembly, Hama Salama, in the presence of members of both bodies.
Geneva (Switzerland), 29 January 2022 (SPS) - The 306 member organizations of the Geneva Support Group for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights in Western Sahara called on Morocco, Wednesday, to abandon its colonial policies and enforce international law in this non-autonomous territory.
Chahid El-Hafed, Jan 27, 2022 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers emphasized the need to strictly respect the prevention measures for COVID-19, in order to prevent its spread, calling for people to go to the centers of vaccination.
Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), Jan 26, 2022 (SPS) – The units of the Saharawi Popular Liberation Army (SPLA) have Wednesday attacked the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces in the Mahbes sector.
According to War Report No. 440 of the Ministry of National Defense, forward detachments launched intense and concentrated bombardments against enemy soldiers in the Sabjat Tanuchad region of Mahbes.
The War Report adds that other detachments concentrated their bombardments against the enemy forces in the Um Dagan region, in the Bagari sector.SPS
Bir lahlou, Jan 25, 2022 (SPS) - Units of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have carried out new attacks against the forces of the Moroccan occupier in the Mahbas sector, indicated the Saharawi Ministry of Defense in its military communiqué N 438 issued on Monday.
According to its statement, "advanced detachments of the Sahrawi army bombarded the positions of Moroccan army soldiers in the Mahbas sector, targeting the regions of Lakaad, Sabkha Tnouchad and Akrara El Fersic".
Quito, Ecuador, Jan 26, 2022 (SPS) - Within the framework of the twenty-seventh anniversary of its creation, the Technical University of Cotopaxi (UTC) yesterday signed an Inter-institutional Cooperation Agreement with the Embassy of the Saharawi Republic ( SADR), in the city of Latacunga, approximately 110 kilometers from the Ecuadorian capital.SPS
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Dili (Timor-Leste), January 25th, 2022 (SPS) - The Presidents of the Parliamentary groups of the different political parties represented in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste’s Parliament; Mr. David Dias Ximenes, President of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Mr. Duate Nunes, President of the National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNTR), Mr. Cornelio Gama, President of the Parliamentary Group of the People's Liberation Party (PLP), Mr. Antonio de Concecao, President of the Parliamentary Group of the Democratic Party (PD), Mr.
Bruxelles, 24 January 2022 (SPS) - Many Sahrawi civil society organizations have seized the high institutions of the European Union to denounce the illegality of the EU's economic activities and exploitation of natural resources in occupied Western Sahara, without the consent of the Sahrawi people, believing that these activities help perpetuate an illegal occupation.
Madrid, 23 January 2022 (SPS) – The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reiterated Friday to Staffan de Mistura, "the need to find a political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, within the framework of the UN," stressing that "it is an imperative to resolve this forgotten conflict.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 22 January 2022 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) launched new "intensive" attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation army, at various points in the Mahbas sector, indicated military communiqué No. 436 of the Ministry of Defense.
According to the statement, units of the Sahrawi army carried out intensive attacks against the Moroccan occupation forces in the areas of Ross Sebti, krarat Fersik, Oued Dhamran, in the Mahbas sector.
Algiers, January 20, 2022 (SPS) - The Special Envoy of Algeria for Western Sahara and the Maghreb, Omar Belani, met yesterday with Staffan de Mistura, Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, who is visiting Algeria to conclude his first tour of the region since being appointed in October 2021.
Brussels, Jan 20, 2022 (SPS) - The President of the European Coordination for Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People (Eucoco), Pierre Galand, indicated that the Moroccan people should question themselves about the real beneficiaries of EU/Morocco trade agreements including occupied Western Sahara.
Algiers, Jan 19, 2022 (SPS) - The visit of the UN Secretary General's personal envoy, Staffan de Mistura, to the refugee camps has exposed Morocco's false propaganda to the international community on the situation of Sahrawi refugees, said El- Bachir Mustapha Essayed, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Minister Counselor to the Presidency of the Sahrawi and Democratic Arab Republic (SADR).