Santiago, 8 Abril 2023 (SPS) - The Latin American and Caribbean Platform of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (PLACSO) expressed Wednesday its support for the proposal of the Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, regarding the participation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the Ibero-American summits as an observer member.
New York (United Nations), 8 Abril 2023 (SPS) - In its latest continent map update posted on its website, the United Nations shows the real borders of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a distinct and separate territory from Morocco, challenging Morocco's desperate attempts to overshadow international legality.
The African continent map published by the UN website shows Western Sahara as a fully-fledged State, with El Aaiun as capital.
Brussels - Spanish MEP Idoia Villanueva denounced the exclusion of the Polisario Front from the ongoing negotiations on the fisheries agreement in force since July 2019 between the European Union (EU) and Morocco, which is currently the subject of legal proceedings before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), a few months before its expiry, reported Spanish media.
Shaheed Al Hafed (Refugee Camps), 2 Abril 2023 (SPS) - Foreign delegations will start from Sunday visits to the Sahrawi refugee camps to find out about the latest developments in the Sahrawi issue, the situation of the Sahrawi refugees and the functioning of the institutions of the Sahrawi Republic.
Bogota, 1 Abril 2023 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) will submit a request to join the Ibero-American Summit as an observer member, following the proposal made by the Columbian President Gustavo Petro on SADR’s participation in this event, said the Sahrawi ambassador to Latin America and the Caribbean Mohamed Azrouk.
In a statement to the agency “Europ-Presse,” Azrouk said that the Polisario Front welcomed the proposal of the Columbian President on SADR’s membership as an observer member of the Ibero-American Summit.
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.
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.