Shaheed El Hafed, 30 March 2024 (SPS) - The Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora Affairs has commended the efforts of the Sahrawi diaspora in various regions of the world in defending the cause of their homeland and their awareness and conviction that they are an external front of struggle in extension of the liberation battle inside the occupied territory.
Shaheed El Hafed, March 29, 2024 (SPS) - The Saharawi News Agency, Sahara Press Service (SPS), celebrates today, Friday, its 25th anniversary since its establishment on 29 March 1999, at a time when the Sahrawi people and the world as a whole are facing major challenges, most notably the return to armed struggle and the return of the conflict to square one.
Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), March 28, 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, congratulated Thursday Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye on his election as the new President of the Republic of Senegal.
On behalf of the Sahrawi people and government, and on his own behalf, President Brahim Ghali extended his warmest congratulations to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, wishing him all the best in serving the brotherly Senegalese people.
Algeria, March 28, 2024 (SPS) - Member of the National Secretariat, Ambassador to Algeria, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received a delegation from the Algerian Guidance and Reform Association led by Mr. Mahdi Bouhajar, Vice President of the Association, which is one of the Algerian associations working in the humanitarian field for more than 33 years. This association has previously provided humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi people.
Washington (US), 27 March 2024 (SPS) - The United States of America has reiterated its support for the United Nations' efforts to reach a fair, permanent, and mutually acceptable political solution based on the resolutions of the UN Security Council.
Valladolid (Castilla y León), 26 March 2024 (SPS) - Political forces in Castilla y León demonstrate strong support for the Sahrawi people in their struggle for self-determination and independence. Both the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Popular Party (Partido Popular) in the regional parliament have expressed their resolute support for the Sahrawi cause in meetings held with the Delegate of the Polisario Front in the region, Abdalahe Hamad.
Algiers, 25 March 2024 (SPS) - At the initiative of Algeria, backed by the other elected members, UN Security Council adopted Monday a resolution demanding an "immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan" in Gaza, opening the way to the end of nearly six months of Zionist entity's genocidal assault on the population of the Palestinian enclave.
Rejected several times by the United States, which had been using the veto, the call for an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza passed after the abstention of the US.
Madrid, 25 March 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abdullah Al Arabi, has affirmed that the only just and final solution is the one that ensures the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence.
The Sahrawi diplomat reiterated in his speech during the first conference of the Spanish party SUMAR the importance of ensuring the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence, calling for the necessary measures to be taken for Spain to fulfill its responsibilities towards the Sahrawi people.
Buenos Aires, 24 March 2024 (SPS) - Forty delegates from 25 trade union organizations from Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa have expressed their unconditional support for the Sahrawi people and their right to self-determination.
Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), March 24, 2024 (SPS) - Foreign Minister, Mr. Mohamed Sidati, has called on France to reconsider its policy towards Western Sahara in response to statements made by the French Ambassador to Morocco on March 21, 2024.
Occupied El Aaiún, March 24, 2024 (SPS) - The Association for Monitoring Resources and Protecting the Environment in Western Sahara has welcomed the conclusions presented by the Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the fishing agreements signed between the European Union and Morocco, calling on the EU and the European Commission to "commit to respecting international law with regard to Western Sahara and not to give in to the pressures and provocations of the Moroccan occupation."
Shaheed El Hafed, 23 March 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Brahim Gali, bid farewell to the Cuban Ambassador to Algeria and the Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Armando Vergara, upon concluding his diplomatic mission.
During the reception, President Brahim Gali praised the efforts of Mr. Armando Vergara in enhancing the bilateral relations between Cuba and the Sahrawi Republic, wishing him success in his future endeavors.
Geneva, 23 March 2024 (SPS) - The International Council for Supporting Fair Trials and Human Rights issued a call to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, urging them to pressure the Moroccan occupation to implement recommendations issued by various UN human rights mechanisms related to violations in the occupied Sahrawi territories. These territories fall under the responsibility of the United Nations until decolonization is achieved and they are finally and permanently liberated.
Caracas (Venezuela), March 22, 2024 (SPS) - The establishment of the Parliamentary Group for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People was announced at the headquarters of the Venezuelan National Assembly in the capital, Caracas, on Thursday, in the presence of the Sahrawi Ambassador to Venezuela, Mr. Mohamed Salem Al-Rugheibi, the Minister in charge of African Affairs at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a number of parliamentarians.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, March 21, 2024 (SPS) - The Polisario Front clearly expressed its condemnation of the policy of intransigence and escalation pursued by the Moroccan occupation state in light of the silence of the international community.
The Polisario Front, in a statement after the meeting of the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat, expressed its condemnation of the policies of intransigence and escalation pursued by the Moroccan occupying state, especially after it undermined the ceasefire agreement between the Sahrawi and Moroccan armies.
Geneva (Switzerland), March 21, 2024 (SPS) - The Republic of South Africa warned the United Nations Human Rights Council of the methods used by some parties within the HRC to prevent it from finding out the truth about the conditions in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and the grave violations committed there.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), March 20, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, congratulated his counterpart, Mr. Vladimir Putin, on the occasion of his re-election as President of the Russian Federation.
President Brahim Ghali extended to his Russian counterpart, on behalf of the people and government of the Sahrawi Republic and the leadership of the Polisario Front, his warmest congratulations and sincere wishes, wishing him and the friendly Russian people further progress and prosperity.
La Rioja (Spain), March 19, 2024 (SPS) - The solidarity days with the Sahrawi cause, hosted by La Rioja University in Logroño, were inaugurated on Tuesday.
The opening ceremony was attended by several regional parliamentarians from La Rioja, as well as numerous professors, students, Sahrawi political figures, and individuals from Logroño. Additionally, members of the Sahrawi community in La Rioja and its surrounding areas, human rights activists, journalists, and interested parties were present.
Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 18 March 2024 (SPS) - The Consortium of NGOs supporting the Saharawi refugee population for nearly five decades, has alerted about the ongoing degradation of the humanitarian situation, which is directly impacting over 173,600 persons.
In a statement released Sunday, Consortium of NGOs supporting the Saharawi refugee population called on the international community to mobilize resources to alleviate the situation and make this protracted and forgotten humanitarian crisis more visible.
Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps) (SPS) - The Sahrawi Red Crescent (MLRS), in collaboration with the Mundubat Foundation, organized a conference on the human right to adequate food in Sahrawi refugee camps, which took place at the meeting room of the Sahrawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH) in Shaheed El Hafed.
During the conference, a report on the human right to adequate food in Sahrawi refugee camps was presented by the Enraíza Derechos, led by researcher Dr. José María Medina.