April 2022

Birlahlou (Liberated Territories), 30 April 2022 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have carried out intense attacks against the Moroccan occupation forces in the sectors of Mahbes and Haouza, indicated Friday a communiqué of the Ministry of National Defense.
According to communiqué No. 519, SPLA units bombarded the entrenchments and sites of the Moroccan occupation forces, concentrated on the areas of Agraret El Fersik, Oudi Edhamrane and Ros Essebti in the Mahbes sector.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Republic) 28 April 2022 (SPS)- The Saharawi Petroleum and Mining Authority took note of the Worley Company's acquisition of a contract to provide engineering design services for the Nigerian-Moroccan gas pipeline project, which is planned to pass through the territorial waters of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), 27, April 2022 (SPS) - The Saharawi Popular People Army (SPLA) has attacked several targets of the Moroccan occupation forces located in the Gararat Al-Atasa and Udei Adamran regions, in Mahbes, causing casualties and destruction of enemy war material.
According to War Report No. 516 made public by the Ministry of National Defense, advance detachments of our army carried out the attacks against the aforementioned regions.

Wilaya de Bojador (Sahrawi Refugee Camps), 26, April 2022 (SPS) – The Ministry of Public Health celebrated Monday the National Health Day and the Fortieth Edition of the Science Day, which is celebrated on April 24, every year.

Al-Kunetira (Morocco), 27, April 2022 (SPS) – Several Saharawi political prisoners from the Saharawi student group known as “The Companions of Luali” have announced their entry into a forty-eight hour hunger strike.
According to sources from Saharawi human rights activists, the student activists who have decided to go on a hunger strike are Abdelmula Mohamed Al-Hafed, Bachir Brahim Amadur, Al-Bir Kentawi, Aziz Al-Wahidi and Mohamed Dadda.

Madrid, 25 April 2022 (SPS) - The Secretary-General of the Spanish Communist Party, Enrique Santiago, reaffirmed Sunday the determination of all political forces under Spain's Unidas Podemos to continue on pressure Madrid to return to the ranks of the international community and abide by the decisions of the Spanish House of Representatives in defence of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination, in line with United Nations resolutions.

Birlahlou, 25 April 2022 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) has carried out intensive attacks targeting the Moroccan occupation forces' entrenchment in the Hawza and Mahbas sectors, according to military communiqué No. 514, issued by the Ministry of National Defense.

Algiers, 24 April 2022 (SPS) - President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune affirmed Saturday that Madrid’s change of position on the issue of Western Sahara is “ethically and historically” unacceptable, pointing out that Algeria and Spain will restore their relations only if the international law is implemented. 

Occupied El Aaiun, 24 April 2022 (SPS) - The League for the Protection of Sahrawi prisoners in Moroccan prisons denounced the poor conditions of detention of Sahrawi political prisoners of the group "Gdeim Izik", Hassan Dah and Zaoui Houssine, on hunger strike in the central prison of Kenitra in Morocco.
In a statement based on the words of the Dah family, the league reported the poor conditions of detention following the isolation of the prisoners since April 3, 2022, as well as the deterioration of their health.

Shahid Al Hafid, 24 April 2022 (SPS) - The Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has reiterated the Sahrawi party's adherence to the legitimate and inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence, during its ordinary meeting on Saturday chaired by the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali.

New York, 24 April 2022 (SPS) - The Polisario Front affirmed Friday that the strong stances of the members of the United Nations Security Council during the consultations on Western Sahara concerning the necessity of reaching a peaceful solution guaranteeing the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination on the basis of UN resolutions, were a “clear response” to those who seek to promote doubtful solutions based on the violation of the fundamental rules of the international law.

New York (UN), 23 April 2022 (SPS) - The members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council reiterated Wednesday their support for the efforts of the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura to revive the negotiations between the two parties to the conflict, namely the Polisario Front and Morocco.
Speaking at a meeting on the latest developments in Western Sahara, the personal envoy welcomed “the strong support he received to revive the political process aimed at finding a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.”

Algiers, 23 April 2022 (SPS) – Algeria’s Special Envoy for Western Sahara issue and Maghreb Countries Amar Belani underlined Wednesday, that in the eyes of the personal envoy of the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Staffan de Mistura, the UN process must remain “the most appropriate framework for the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara.

London, 20th Apr 2022 (SPS) - The non-governmental organization (NGO) Amnesty International has called on human rights defenders to send a letter to the head of the Moroccan government urging him to put an end to the ill-treatment inflicted on the Sahrawi political prisoner, Mohamed Lamine Haddi, member of the "Gdeim Izik" group, held in solitary confinement since 2017, when he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), 21, April 2022 (SPS) – The units of the Saharawi People Liberation Army (SPLA) launched Wednesday concentrated attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces at different points of the Wall of Shame 
According to War Report No. 511 issued by the Ministry of National Defense, units of our army carried out the following actions:
- Bombing against enemy positions in the Um Lagti region, in the Mahbes sector.

New York (United Nations), 21, April 2022 (SPS) – The POLISARIO Representative at the UN and Coordinator with MINURSO, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, met Tuesday with the Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary for the Western Sahara, Staffan de De Mistura.
Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar informed Mr. De Mistura about the position of the POLISARIO on the UN peace process in Western Sahara and other issues related to the conflict.

Bir Lehlu (Saharawi Republic), 19, April 2022(SPS)- The Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continues its bombing the occupation forces along the Moroccan military wall.
Within the framework of their combat offensives to carry the war throughout the territory and into the interior of Morocco, the Saharawi forces have continued to harass the bases and positions of the enemy forces.

Occupied El Aaiun, 18 April 2022 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Instance against Moroccan occupation (ISACOM) "strongly condemned" all forms of aggression carried out Sunday by the Moroccan occupation police against several Sahrawi activists in the occupied city of Boujdour and denounced "the policy of retaliation" against the Sahrawis, committed to their right to self-determination and independence.

Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republc) 18 April 2021 (SPS)- The President of the Sahrawi Republic and Secretary-General of Frente Polisario, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a letter Today to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, strongly condemning the recent atrocious and inhumane violations committed by the occupying state of Morocco against Sahrawi civilians and human rights activists in the occupied areas of Western Sahara.

Birlahlou, 17 April 2022 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out Saturday new attacks against the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupying forces in several areas in the sector of Mahbes, said the military statement No. 508 issued by the Ministry of National Defense.
According to the statement, "the Sahrawi Army units bombed the entrenchments and positions of the Moroccan occupation forces in the areas of Agrarat Fersik, Laagad and Aguirat Ould Abellal, in the sector of Mahbes.