Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), April 5, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted the trenches of the occupation soldiers in the Mahbes sector, resulting in significant losses in lives and equipment.
Awsard (Refugee Camps), April 04, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, on Thursday supervised the kick-off of the activities of the first national conference on water in the Wilaya of Awsard, Sahrawi refugee camps. The conference was attended by the Minister of the sector, member of the National Secretariat, Mr.
Nouakchott (Mauritania), April 04, 2024 (SPS) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Sheikh El Ghazouani received on Wednesday the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, according to the Mauritanian News Agency.
The meeting was attended by the Minister in charge of the Office of the President of the Republic, Mr. Mokhtar Ould Diay, Mr. Ahmed Bahin, in charge of a mission at the Presidency of the Republic, and the UN Resident Coordinator in Mauritania, Ms. Leila Peters Yahya, according to the same source.
Occupied El-Aaiún, 3 April 2024 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation continues its serious violations against Sahrawi civil prisoners by intensifying retaliatory measures against them, pushing them to engage in hunger strikes that endanger their lives, such as the case of the civil prisoner Abd al-Moula Mohamed Al-Hafed.
Abd al-Moula Mohamed Al-Hafed has been on an open hunger strike since the first of April, protesting against ill-treatment, according to a Sahrawi human rights source, citing the prisoner's sister.
Brussels, 3 April 2024 (SPS) - The team of the European Coordination for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (ECOCO) pledged, during a meeting in Brussels, to activate collaborative work in accompanying the Sahrawi people in their struggle to achieve their right to self-determination and independence.
New York, 2 April 2024 (SPS) - The UN Security Council will hold on 16 April closed consultations on the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), including briefings by Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Alexander Ivanko, and the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy, Staffan De Mistura.
This session is being held in accordance with Security Council Resolution 2703, adopted on 30 October 2023, renewing MINURSO's mandate for a supplementary year, until 31 October 2024.
Madrid, 2 April 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front in Spain, Abdulah Arabi, has warned the Spanish public company responsible for air navigation management, ENAIRE E.P.E., against violating international law in Western Sahara through the use of a false map.
In a letter addressed to the president of the Spanish company, Mr. Arabi emphasized that the disregard for the distinct and separate status of Western Sahara from Moroccan territory in the maps used in its applications constitutes a violation of international law.
Madrid, 2 April 2024 (SPS) - The Spanish political party Podemos has reiterated its support for the United Nations' efforts to organize a referendum for self-determination in Western Sahara, expressing rejection of the idea proposed by the Socialist Party (PSOE) to bend to the interests of other countries.
Lombardy (Italy), April 01, 2024 (SPS) - Swedish activists Sanaa Chotbe and Benjamin Ladraa continue their journey around the world on bicycles, aiming to shed light on the struggle of the Sahrawi people and their just cause.
The activists decided to undertake this humanitarian project and cover a distance of 30,000 kilometers across 30 countries in the world to raise awareness and understanding of the Sahrawi issue.
Shahid El Hafed, April 01, 2024 (SPS) - The Minister of Public Health, Mr. Saleck Baba Hassena, received yesterday, Sunday, the Director of Vaccination at the Algerian Ministry of Health, Dr. El Aid Youssef.
The meeting discussed the bilateral relations between the two ministries in many common health topics, most notably the field of vaccination, training, development of health programs and their comprehensiveness.