November 2024

La Paz (Bolivia), November 9, 2024 (SPS) - Bolivian President Luis Arce reiterated his country's support for the Sahrawi people and its right to freedom and self-determination.

This came during his speech at the opening session of the current legislative assembly, which included members from both the Senate and the Parliament, in the presence of the diplomatic corps accredited in La Paz, including the Charge d'Affaires of the Sahrawi Embassy, Mr. Khatri Mouloud.

Zaragoza (Spain), November 9, 2024 (SPS) - The training days for the Sahrawi diplomatic corps in Spain commenced on Friday at the Central University of Zaragoza, attended by representatives of the Polisario Front in the Spanish provinces, political and legal figures, and representatives of the Spanish community in solidarity with the Sahrawi people.

Wilaya of Smara, November 9, 2024 (SPS) - the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora commemorated today, Saturday, the National Day of the Sahrawi Civil Prisoner, in the presence of members of the National Secretariat, the government, and officials from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 8 November 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) continues its attacks on the positions and fortifications of the Moroccan occupation forces, stated a military communiqué from the Central Directorate of the Political Commissariat of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) on Friday.

"Advanced detachments of the SPLA have bombarded a brigade belonging to the Moroccan occupation forces located behind the wall of shame (sand wall), near the locality of Mahbes," the communiqué specified.

Occupied El Aaiun, November 8, 2024 (SPS) – Sahrawi human rights organizations have issued an urgent call to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene in order to protect Sahrawi children in the occupied cities of Western Sahara, stressing the need to investigate serious human rights violations and abuses threatening childhood in the occupied territory, in clear violation of international charters.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, November 7, 2024 (SPS) –Member of the National Secretariat, Minister of Education, Mr. Khatri Addouh, chaired Thursday the ministerial meetings of the 5th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Specialized Technical Committee on Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, which will last for two days.

Caracas (Venezuela), November 7, 2024 (SPS) - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Iván Gil received on Wednesday in his office in Caracas, National Secretariat Member and President of the Sahrawi National Council, Mr. Hamma Salama, as part of efforts to strengthen fraternal relations.

The Venezuelan Foreign Minister wrote on his Telegram channel that the "valuable meeting" aimed to "enhance cooperation, solidarity, and friendship between our two peoples."

Caracas (Venezuela), November 7, 2024 (WASP) - The Venezuelan Association for Friendship with the Sahrawi People and the Sahrawi-Venezuelan Parliamentary Friendship Group organized a special visit on Wednesday in honor of the Sahrawi delegation participating in the Global Parliamentary Forum Against Fascism, led by National Secretariat Member and President of the National Council, Mr. Hamma Salama, to the birthplace of leader Simón Bolívar.

Bir Lahlou, November 7, 2024 (SPS) - The government of the Sahrawi Republic stated that the King of Morocco has once again resorted to the use of "illusion and deception in his speech through a language of escalation, intransigence, and rebellion against international legitimacy and the resolutions of the United Nations and the African Union."

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), 6 November 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People’sLiberation Army (SPLA) continues to strike the strongholds and trenches of the Moroccan occupation forces at various front and rear bases, according to a military statement issued by the Central Directorate for Political Affairs of the SPLA on Wednesday.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, November 6, 2024 (SPS) - Prime Minister, Member of the National Secretariat, Mr. Bushraya Hamoudi Beyoun, oversaw Wednesday the inauguration of the national police intervention unit center.

The inauguration ceremony, attended by members of the National Secretariat, Government officials, and military personnel, began with an inspection tour of the intervention unit. This unit consists of young members who have undergone training courses in various fields of police work and its diverse responsibilities.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), November 6, 2024 (SPS) - The 9th session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Gender Equality at the ministerial level has commenced in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the participation of the Minister of Social Affairs and Women's Promotion, Suilma Birouk.

The Sahrawi delegation made several interventions with proposals and amendments aimed at establishing specific frameworks to elevate the status of African women within their social contexts without undermining the societal particularities of each country.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, November 6, 2024 (SPS) - The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training is chairing the 5th Ordinary Session of the African Union’s Specialized Technical Committee on Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, taking place virtually from 4th – 8th November 2024, under the theme: “Strategies and Processes for Effective Transformation of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation for the 21st Century Africa we want”.

Caracas (Venezuela), November 5, 2024 (SPS) - Member of the national secretariat, President of the National Council, Hamma Salama, participated as a guest of honor alongside the heads of delegations from Algeria and Palestine in the ceremonies of the Global Parliamentary Forum Against Fascism and Neo-Fascism held at the conference center in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas.

Algiers, 5 November 2024 (SPS) - According to a front-page article in Tuesday's "Le Soir d'Algérie," Morocco and France are disregarding all UN decolonization resolutions for Western Sahara and bringing back the colonial system of the 19th century, complete with its atrocities and injustices.

Caracas (Venezuela), November 4, 2024 (SPS) - National Council President and member of the national secretariat, Hamma Salama, was received in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, by the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, on the sidelines of the Global Parliamentary Forum Against Fascism, Neo-fascism, and All Forms of Colonialism.

Panama, November 4, 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Ambassador in Panama, Sid Ahmed Derbali, participated with the accredited diplomatic corps in Panama in a protocol reception, where he had the honor of greeting Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Quintero, who was accompanied by the First Lady and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the events celebrating Panama's National Days, which begin on the first of November, according to a statement of the Sahrawi Republic Embassy in the country.

Madrid, November 4, 2024 (SPS) - The Youth Union (UJTSAIO) participated in the proceedings of the 16th congress of the Spanish Communist Party, which concluded on Sunday in Madrid, at the invitation of the latter.

The congress, in which executive bureau member in charge of cooperation Ahmed Doula was a representative of the UJTSAIO, witnessed wide participation from youth organizations and councils from various countries around the world.

Sydney (Australia), November 4, 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front in Australia, Mohamed Fadel Kamal, participated Monday in the celebration organized by the Algerian Embassy in Australia to commemorate the anniversary of the glorious Algerian liberation revolution on the 1st of November.

El Aaiun (Saharawi occupied territories) 4 November 2024 (SPS)- In a rapidly escalating series of incidents, Moroccan authorities deported two more Norwegian activists from the occupied territory of Western Sahara this afternoon.

Maja Rønningsbakk, 26, and Kevin Fossnes, 27, were detained and forcibly expelled on Monday afternoon after meeting with Sahrawi human rights defenders in the occupied city of El Aaiun.