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September 2024

Sahrawi Association condemns racial discrimination and double standards practiced by Moroccan occupation concerning issue of forced disappearances of Sahrawi victims

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Occupied El Aaiun, September 7, 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH) condemned the double standards practiced by the Moroccan occupying state whenever it comes to addressing the cases of Sahrawi victims. They denounced the policy of obscuring and concealing the truth, which deprives the families of martyrs and the missing Sahrawis from knowing the fate of their loved ones, while pressuring these families in every way to abandon their demands and rights.

Delegation of African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention on  work visit to Sahrawi State

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Wilaya of Boujdour, September 7, 2024 (SPS) - A delegation representing the North Africa regional office of the African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) arrived Friday in Boujdour.

This visit by the African delegation is part of follow-up and evaluation visits for health programs at the African Union level in the Sahrawi state, as well as to assess the main challenges in various health programs and to strengthen cooperation between the regional office and the Sahrawi Ministry of Public Health.

SPLA targets Moroccan occupation forces in Hawza Sector

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Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), September 6, 2024 (SPS) - Advanced units of Sahrawi people’s Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted concentrated strikes targeting the enemy positions entrenched along the Moroccan military wall of humiliation and shame.

A military communiqué issued by the Central Directorate of Political Affairs of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army stated that units of Sahrawi army executed a focused bombardment today targeting the command headquarters of a battalion belonging to the Moroccan Royal Army in the Hawza sector.

Sahrawi Republic partakes in continental humanitarian technical meetings

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Harare (Zimbabwe), September 6, 2024 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative of the Sahrawi Republic to the African Union, Lamine Baali, took part in intensive meetings organized by the African Union in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, from September 2 to 7, 2024. These meetings held to discuss ways to develop policies for implementing the decisions of the extraordinary summit of heads of state and government that took place on May 27, 2022, in Malabo, which addressed efforts and methods to tackle humanitarian disasters on the African continent.

Seminar by South Africa’s ruling coalition parties calls on the United Nations to accelerate decolonization of Western Sahara

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Pretoria (South Africa) 06 September 2024 (SPS)- The ruling coalition parties in South Africa organized a solidarity seminar today, Friday, at the headquarters of the Education and Health Workers' Union, in collaboration with the Sahrawi embassy in Pretoria, urging the United Nations to expedite the decolonization of Western Sahara through a referendum for the Sahrawi people and to end the last chapter of colonialism on the African continent.

Lecture on suffering of Sahrawi people  in Germany

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Kiel (Germany) - The office of the Polisario Front in Germany organized a lecture titled "Colonial Violence and International Indifference: Arms Deals for Morocco and the Suffering of the Sahrawi People."

This event is part of a wide-ranging awareness campaign aimed at highlighting the Sahrawi cause and garnering more international support.

Establishment of Solidarity Association with Sahrawi Republic in Maranhão state in Brazil

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Maranhão State (Brazil), September 5, 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front in Brazil, Ahmed Moulay Ali, made an official visit to the Brazilian state of Maranhão, during which he held meetings with state authorities that resulted in the establishment of the Maranhão Association for Solidarity with the Sahrawi Republic.

SPLA targets Moroccan occupation forces in El Bekkari sector

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Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), September 4, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi Popular Liberation Army (SPLA) have targeted the strongholds and positions of the Moroccan occupation army in the El Bekkari sector, the Central Directorate of the Political Commissariat of the Sahrawi Army indicatewd in its military communiqué.

"Advanced detachments of the Sahrawi Popular Liberation Army targeted, on Tuesday, the Aglibat Laakaya region in the El Bekkari sector with intense bombardments," said the military communiqué.

SPLA targets Moroccan occupation forces' strongholds in Haouza Sector

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Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 3 September (SPS) - Advanced detachments of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) have targeted strongholds of Moroccan occupation forces in the Haouza sector, inflicting "heavy human and material losses," according to a military communiqué of the Political Commissariat of the SPLA.

Algeria's Representative at Indonesia-Africa Forum: Suffering of Sahrawi people under occupation is evidence that decolonization process is not yet complete

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Bali (Indonesia), September 3, 2024 (SPS) -  Algeria's Minister of Knowledge Economy, Startups, and Micro-Enterprises, Yassine Walid, emphasized the importance of highlighting the suffering of the people of Western Sahara during the opening session of the Indonesia-Africa Forum held Monday in the Indonesian capital, Bali. He noted that this is an issue that deserves special attention from the international community.

Renewal of twinning agreement between Daira of Mahbes and municipality of Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

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Florence (Italy), 2 September (SPS) - The Daira of Mahbes in the wilaya of Smara (Sahrawi refugee camps) has renewed its twinning agreement with its counterpart, Sesto Fiorentino, in Tuscany, Italy.

The mayor of Sesto Fiorentino decided Sunday to renew the twinning with the Daira of Mahbes in in the wilaya of Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps, at the municipality's headquarters.

The signing ceremony was attended by the mayor of Sesto Fiorentino, as well as the representative of the Polisario Front in Italy and the Sahrawi representative in Tuscany.

Algeria advocates for decolonization of Western Sahara

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Bali (Indonesia), 2 September 2024 (SPS)  - Speaker of the Algerian Council of the Nation (Parliament’s upper house) Salah Goudjil noted on Sunday the Security Council’s responsibility to protect the Palestinian people, calling for speeding up decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

UESARIO‎ holds meeting with Revolutionary Organization for New Democracy in Niger

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Shaheed El Hafed, September 1, 2024 (SPS)- Union of Sahrawi Students (UESARIO) and the Revolutionary Organization for a New Democracy in Niger held a meeting, which considered highly important in the history of the organization and its relations with Sahel countries.

The meeting, organized today Saturday, featured fruitful discussions on the necessity of joint cooperation and expanding the horizons of the relationship between the two parties.

Prime Minister chairs meeting dedicated to establishing emergency committees to monitor climate changes in coming days

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Shaheed El Hafed, September 1, 2024 (SPS) - Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Prime Minister, Mr. Boushraya Beyoun, chaired a ministerial meeting focused on adopting emergency committees to monitor climate changes in the coming days, in anticipation of the rainfall forecasts from global meteorological reports for the region.