August 2024

Bir Lehlu (liberated territories), August 31, 2024 (SPS) - Continuing the liberation war waged by our army, the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued its shelling, targeting the enemy's positions along the Wall of Shame and Humiliation.

In this context, the military statement issued by the Central Directorate for Political Commissariat of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army clarified that SPLA advanced units carried out concentrated shelling today, Sunday, targeting two military bases in the Laakad area of the Mahbes sector.

Dili (East Timor), August 31, 2024 (SPS) – Mr. Brahim Ghali, the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, concluded his visit to the Democratic Republic of East Timor, invited by his Timorese counterpart, Mr. Ramos Horta.

On the last day of the visit, the President, along with the guests of the Timorese people, including the Secretary-General of the United Nations, attended the official closing celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the self-determination referendum, which led to East Timor's independence on August 30, 1999.

Ljubljana (Slovenia), 31 August 2024 (SPS) – The Republic of Slovenia issued a communiqué in which Slovenia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Tanja Fajon, reaffirmed her country's support for the Sahrawi people's inalienable right to self-determination, in line with international legality as determined by the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.

Dili (Timor-Leste) - August 31, 2024 (SPS) - On the sidelines of his participation in the 25th anniversary of the referendum for self-determination in Timor-Leste, President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, met Friday with Mr. António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Bir Lahlu, 31 August 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, stated that the brutal assault by the Moroccan occupation on dozens of homes inhabited by Sahrawi families in the outskirts of the occupied city of El Aaiun represents a "serious escalation" in the scorched-earth policy pursued by the Moroccan occupying state against the Sahrawis in the occupied Sahrawi territories.

Bir Lahlu, 30 August 2024 (SPS) - Advanced units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted command and support bases of the Moroccan occupation in the Guelta and Mahbes sectors, resulting in heavy losses in personnel and equipment, according to a military statement issued by the Central Directorate for Political Commissariat of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army on Friday.

Dili (East Timor), August 30, 2024 (SPS) - Mr. Brahim Ghali, President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, was received today, Friday, by Mr. Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor.

The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange views on the latest developments regarding the Sahrawi cause, especially after the resumption of armed struggle following Morocco's violation of the ceasefire agreement on November 13, 2020, as well as prospects for bilateral relations and joint action.

Brasília, August 30, 2024 (SPS) - More than one hundred political, academic, and social figures from all Latin American countries and other regions of the world have issued a statement urging Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to correct his country's stance on Western Sahara and calling on him to pressure Morocco to end its unjust occupation of the Sahrawi Republic's territory. This comes in the wake of a recent visit by Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira to Morocco.

Dili (Timor-Leste), August 29, 2024 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, was received by his counterpart, President of the Republic of Timor-Leste Mr. José Ramos-Horta, as part of the visit he is taking to this country, on the occasion of the commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the self-determination referendum.

Dili (Timor-Leste), August 29, 2024 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Brahim Ghali, arrived today, Thursday, in the capital of Timor-Leste, Dili, at the invitation of his counterpart, His Excellency Mr. José Ramos-Horta, to participate in the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the self-determination referendum of the country.

Algiers (Algeria) 28 August 2024 (SPS)- During a press conference at the Sahrawi embassy in Algiers today, Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Sidati stated that the Moroccan regime of occupation has offered nothing to the African continent since its accession to the African Union but attempts to impose a policy of corruption, bribery, and violence, rather than working to achieve the continent's aspirations for development, solidarity, and eradication of colonialism.

Algiers (Algeria) 28 August 2024 (SPS)- During a press conference held today at the Sahrawi embassy in Algiers, Sahrawi Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohamed Sidati, condemned the Moroccan delegation's violation of basic diplomatic norms during the recent ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which took place in Tokyo from August 23 to 25.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, August 27, 2024 (SPS) - The Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities denounced in a statement the confiscation of Sahrawi lands and properties by the Moroccan occupation in the occupied part of Western Sahara.

In this context, the statement highlighted the demolition of the homes of Sahrawi citizens southeast of the occupied capital, Laayoune, and their forced displacement from their areas of residence.

Oran (Algeria), August 26, 2024 (SPS) - The Algerian President, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, stressed the support for the Sahrawi people and its right to freedom and self-determination, emphasizing his conviction in the victory of the Sahrawi cause, during an electoral gathering in the Wilaya of Oran.

The Algerian President, addressing thousands of Algerians, highlighted that Algeria will not abandon Western Sahara and the Sahrawi Republic, saying the Sahrawi State will be established.

Algiers, 26 August 2024 (SPS) - The scandal of Morocco in the Japanese capital during the Ministerial Meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has provoked the hysteria of the Makhzen regime and its press, which has given free rein to its illusions by engaging in propaganda of a fictitious victory that the kingdom would have achieved through a supposed exclusion of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) from participation in the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) scheduled for September 5-6, 2024 in Beijing.

Shaheed El Hafed, 26 August 2024 (SPS) - The Arab Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People described the recent Moroccan behavior at the preparatory meeting for the TICAD summit in Tokyo as an offense to the African Union in front of partners and the international community.

Berlin (Germany), August 26, 2024 (SPS) - The Cultural Exchange Center in Berlin hosted an art exhibition that introduces the culture and traditions of the Sahrawi people, by the Sahrawi artist Walad Mohamed Mahmoud.

The exhibition titled "Sirocco: From El Aaiun to Berlin" is part of the cultural week to raise awareness about the Sahrawi cause, and will continue until August 29th. It is an important artistic and cultural stop to introduce the cause of the Sahrawi people through the lens of art.

Tokyo, 25 August 2024 (SPS) - The participants in the ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD) have settled the issue of the participation in TICAD meetings in favor of the Sahrawi side after the Moroccan diplomacy’s demands failed to exclude the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) from this meeting.

TICAD’s ministerial meeting wrapped up Today with the adoption of a joint statement in which the participants ruled in favor of the Sahrawi party’s participation in the TICAD meetings.

Tokyo, 25 August 2024 (SPS) -The savage attack by a Moroccan diplomat against the Sahrawi delegation attending the preparatory meetings for the ministerial meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on Africa’s Development (TICAD) reveals the desperation of Morocco after failing to exclude the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) from bilateral meetings under the partnership and cooperation between the African Union (AU) and other organizations and countries.

Moscow (Russian Federation), August 25, 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi artistic band "Al Joudour" held its official performance as part of the 18th edition of the international festival "Meeting of Friends" at the premises of the Peter Tchaikovsky State Institute of Music in the Russian capital Moscow.