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Shaheed El Hafed, March 11, 2024 (SPS) - British international runner Mr. Russ Cook arrived at the Sahrawi refugee camps to witness the situation of the Sahrawi people and their just cause.

The British runner was received by a delegation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, led by the Director-General of Sports, Mr. Said Ahmed Tahlil. He received an official reception in the Wilaya of Awserd and gave the starting signal for the final of the inter-middle schools cup.

Shaheed El Hafed, March 11, 2024 (SPS) - Minister of Public Health, Mr. Salek Baba Hassena, received Sunday an Italian medical mission representing several Italian associations in solidarity with the Sahrawi people.

The medical mission handed over to the Ministry of Public Health some necessary medical equipment to enhance the development and performance of medical services.

Geneva, 10 March 2024 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to Switzerland, the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ambassador Abi Bushraya Bashir, affirmed that the displacement of Sahrawi people in several areas in the occupied territories of Western Sahara "comes in the context of the continuation of the Moroccan occupation of its settlement policy and the illegal exploitation of the resources of the Sahrawi people."

Quito, Ecuador, 10 March 2024 (SPS) - In the framework of the multiple commemorative activities for International Women's Day, the Legal Representation of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), in the Ecuadorian capital, hosted an emotional event that emphasized the characteristic resilience of Sahrawi women in the face of the extreme conditions of oppression imposed by the occupying forces in Western Sahara. The central event was the screening of the film "Insumisas" by Laura Dauden and Miguel Ángel Herrera.

Algiers, 10 March 2024 (SPS) - The All-African Women's Revolutionary Union (R-AWRU) has praised the "inspiring" struggle of Sahrawi women who have played a significant role in the resistance to enable the people of Western Sahara to exercise their right to self-determination and independence.

Awserd, March 09, 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, honored on Saturday in Awserd Wilaya some Sahrawi women who have proven their worth in many fields in the service of liberation and construction.

 This took place during the celebration of the double anniversary of Women's Day and the Fall of the First Martyr, which was organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Women's Advancement.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 9 March 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted a military base of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Mahbes sector on Saturday, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment, indicated a military communiqué issued by the army's political commissariat.

Accra (Ghana), March 09, 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Republic is participating in the 13th African Games which are being held in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, from March 08 to 23.

The opening ceremony, which was attended by about 50 African countries, was attended by the Ghanaian authorities, and a meeting of African Ministers of Youth and Sports was also organized on the sidelines of the event.

Ait Melloul (Morocco), 8 March 2024 (SPS) - Sahrawi civilian prisoners from the "Akdim Izik" group, who are being held in Ait Melloul 2 prison on the outskirts of the southern Moroccan city of Agadir, will be holding a warning hunger strike on Thursday and Friday of next week. They are protesting the racist practices and violations imposed by the prison administration.

Shaheed Al Hafed, 8 March 2024 (SPS) -  The National Sahrawi Committee for Human Rights commended on Friday the contributions and sacrifices of Sahrawi women, praising their prominent role in the liberation struggle against the Moroccan occupation.

In a statement issued on the occasion of International Women's Day, the committee emphasized that Sahrawi women have made exceptional contributions to both the struggle for liberation and nation-building, working tirelessly in various aspects of the struggle and fight.

Geneva (Human Rights Council) March 06, 2024 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights defender, Ms. Minatu Haidar, in her intervention on Monday, before the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 55th session, called for immediate international intervention to protect human rights in the occupied Western Sahara, expressing at the same time her regret over the election of the Moroccan occupying state as President of the Council.

Bir Lahlou (Sahrawi Republic), March 6, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, in which he drew his attention to what was reported by the Spanish media about the offer made by the Spanish Prime Minister during his recent visit to Rabat regarding the transfer of management of the airspace of Western Sahara to the Moroccan occupying state.

Shaheed Hafed, 5 March 2024 (SPS) - The Spanish newspaper “El Independiente” published an article by Sahrawi diplomat Alien Habib Kentaui, in which he addressed the dangers of so-called "autonomy" on the decolonization process.

Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2024 (WAS) - Algeria's Permanent Representative, Ambassador Rachid Beladhane, called on the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the occupied territories and provide a detailed report to the Council on the documented violations there.

Awsard, March 4, 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received on Sunday a delegation from the European Parliament, which led a working and solidarity visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps.

During the meeting held in wilaya of Awsard, the delegation was briefed on the developments of the Sahrawi issue, especially after Morocco's violation of the ceasefire agreement on November 13, 2020, and the region's return to war and direct confrontation with the Moroccan occupation on all fronts.

Geneva, 4 March 2024 (SPS) - The Geneva Group for Western Sahara has renewed its urgent call to the United Nations to establish an independent mechanism to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. This comes in light of Morocco's unjustified and unacceptable refusal to allow technical missions from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the ninth consecutive year.

Geneva, 4 March 2024 (SPS) - During the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, South Africa once again called for the empowerment of the Sahrawi people in their right to self-determination, in order to end colonization and liberate Western Sahara, the last colony in the African continent.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), March 3, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted positions of the occupation soldiers in the Rous Sebti area of the Mahbes sector, causing heavy losses in life and equipment.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), March 2, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted an enemy base of the occupation army in the Mahbes sector, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment.

A military communiqué issued today, Saturday, by the political commissariat of the SPLA, stated that as part of the liberation war waged by the Sahrawi fighters, detachments of our army carried out a concentrated bombardment targeting an enemy base of the occupation soldiers in the Laakad region of the Mahbes sector.

Shaheed El Hafed, March 2, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received Saturday  evening at the presidential headquarters the winners of the Sahara Marathon, in the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Hassennitou Mohamed Achbal, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamida El-Hafed, and Saleha El-Abd, the Ambassador and Director of Protocol at the Presidency.