March 2023

New York (United Nations), 29 March 2023 (SPS) - The Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Stéphane Dujarric, said yesterday that the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, will hold informal bilateral consultations with representatives of the two sides of the conflict in New York, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro, Morocco, and the two neighboring countries, Algeria and Mauritania.

Madrid, 27 March 2023 (SPS) - The Canary Coalition party has stressed the need to allow the Sahrawi people to exercise its right to self-determination and independence, reaffirming its commitment to continue to defend the just Saharawi cause.
At an election rally in the Canary Islands, party representatives stressed the "need to allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination and independence.

Santo Domingo, 26 March 2023 (SPS) - President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has asked Spain to invite Western Sahara to the Ibero-American summit, while calling for African countries with different ties to Latin America to be granted the status of observer countries, including Western Sahara, which is he says the victim of an "injustice".

Las Palmas (Spain), 26 March 2023 (SPS) - The Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Labour and Social Economy, Yolanda Diaz, has expressed her support for the cause of the Saharawi people, contradicting the position of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco, reported Spanish Newspaper El Dia.

Occupied El-Aaiun, 26 March 2023 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces have targeted Sahrawi blogger and journalist Al-Salha Muhammad Al-Bashir, and violently beat her, causing her arm, leg and back injuries of varying severity.
Al-Salha Muhammad Al-Bashir, a correspondent of the Sahrawi National Television, said in a statement posted on social network that she was attacked by military officers and civilian members of Morocco's intelligence services while leaving her home in occupied El-Aaiun, as herself and her home were placed under surveillance.

Algiers, 22 March 2023 (SPS) - President of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, said in an interview with Al Jazeera that Algeria considers Spain's position over Western Sahara as an individual stance by the government of Pedro Sanchez, reported Algeria Press Service (APS).

Caracas, 22 March 2023 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Venezuela signed eleven (11) cooperation agreements in different sectors, sanctioning the talks of Sahrawi President, Brahim Ghali and Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.
During his state visit to Venezuela, President Ghali held Tuesday one-on-one talks with his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, subsequently extended to delegations from both countries.

Caracas, 22 March 2023 (SPS) - The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, reaffirmed Tuesday the commitment of his country to defend the Sahrawi cause and all the causes of liberation, until the completion of decolonization.
The Venezuelan president made this statement while welcoming his Sahrawi counterpart, Brahim Ghali, at the presidential palace in Caracas.

Caracas, 21 March 2023 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali met, Tuesday in Caracas, as part of his State visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, with the President of the Parliamentary Friendship Group "Venezuela-Africa", Jesus Suarez Chourio and the various components of the country's solidarity network with the struggle of the Saharawi people.

Boujedour (Refugee Camps)- A framework agreement was signed Saturday, in Boujedour (Sahrawi refugee camp), between the minister of Culture and Arts and her counterpart of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) about the strengthening of cultural cooperation and the creation of a Sahrawi national theatre.

Caracas (Venezuela), 19 March 2023 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, began today, Sunday, a state visit to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, at the invitation of its President, Mr. Nicolás Maduro. 
The President of the Republic and his accompanying delegation were received at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas, by the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yvan Gil and Deputy Minister for Africa of at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Yuri Pimentel Moura.

Pretoria, 18 March 2023 (SPS) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan, on a visit to Pretoria, reiterated their countries’ support to the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and the organization of a referendum in Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco.

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), 18 March 2023 (SPS) - Algerian Minister of Culture and Arts, Ms. Soraya Mouloudji, arrived today, Saturday, in Sahrawi refugee camps as part of a one-day visit to the Sahrawi Republic, where she received an official reception in the wilaya of Boujdour.

New York (United Nations), 18 March 2023 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced Thursday the appointment of Major General Fakhrul Ahsan of Bangladesh as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the UN said in a statement.
Major General Ahsan succeeds Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan who completed his assignment at the end of March 2022, according to the statement published on the UN website.

Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic) March 14, 2023 (SPS)- The President of the Republic, Secretary General of POLISARIO Front Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a message of condolence to his counterpart President of Republic of Mozambique H.E Mr. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, following the Cyclone of Freddy which causes heavy damages in the infrastructure and losses in human lives.

Algiers, 12 March 2023 (SPS) - A full convergence of views on Western Sahara issue emerged from the discussions between President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, who is on a State visit to Algeria at the invitation of President Tebboune, reported Algerian Press Service (APS).
This particular convergence of views between the two countries, mainly on African issues, shows the importance of solidarity and mutual assistance among African countries.

New York (United Nations) 12 March 2023 (SPS)- In a press release issued Yesterday, Dr Sidi Mohamed Omar, member of the National Secretariat, Representative of the Frente POLISARIO at the United Nations and Coordinator with MINURSO, stated that the letter recently sent by the representative of the occupying state of Morocco at the United Nations to the President of the Security Council is yet another example of this person’s obsession with fabrication, slander, and misrepresentation.

Geneva, 11 March 2023 (SPS) - Algeria's permanent representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Lazhar Soualem called to order Wednesday in Geneva the Moroccan delegation regarding a new "souk propaganda" conducted against Algeria, denouncing its "customary theatrics" to present an unbridled version of the decolonization issue of Western Sahara.

Tlemcen (Algeria), 11 March 2023 (SPS) - French human rights activist Claude Mangin, wife of Sahrawi detainee Naâma Asfari by the Moroccan occupier, reiterated on Tuesday, in Tlemcen (Algeria), a call to support the Sahrawi people and detainees who are rotting in Moroccan prisons for years.