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Boujdour, January 21, 2025 (SPS) - The Swiss parliamentary delegation, which is on a tour of the Sahrawi refugee camps and Sahrawi state institutions, met with representatives of Sahrawi civil society.

During the meeting, attended by Fatima Balla, responsible for managing mass organizations and civil society within the Political Organization Secretariat, a comprehensive presentation was made about Sahrawi mass organizations, including women's, youth, and student organizations.

United Kingdom, January 21, 2025 (SPS) - The United Kingdom has renewed its position on the Western Sahara issue, confirming its continued support for the efforts led by the United Nations to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution based on settlement, which guarantees the right to self-determination for the people of Western Sahara.

This came in response to a question posed by Conservative Party Member of Parliament Mr. Andrew Rosindell to the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Development.

Dakhla Occupied, January 20, 2025 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces have once again expelled a journalist and two Spanish international observers from the occupied city of Dakhla.

This move is part of a broader effort to prevent journalists, human rights defenders, and international observers from entering the occupied territory of Western Sahara and exposing the human rights violations against Sahrawi civilians.

Shaheed El Hafed, January 20, 2025 (SPS) - A delegation from the Swiss Parliamentary Group for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People has commenced a visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps and state institutions.

The delegation, which includes parliamentarians representing various political parties, will lead a visit to the Sahrawi legislative institution, where they will learn about the pioneering Sahrawi experience in managing the refugee camps and the achievements made in education, health, women's participation, and the promotion of democratic practices.

Ammi School, January 20, 2025 (SPS) -  The Central Operations Director of the Ministry of National Defense, Taleb Ammi Deih, supervised Monday  the graduation of a batch of executives of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA), following the completion of a scheduled training period organized by the Central Directorate for Training.

National Council, January 20, 2025 (SPS) - The National Council held a general session today, Monday, chaired by National Secretariat member and President of the National Council, Mr. Hama Salama, with the presence of members from both the legislative and executive bodies.

The session was dedicated to presenting the Annual Government Program For 2025 as part of the work of the National Council's Autumn session.

Shaheed Al-Hafed (Refugee Camps), 20 January 2025 (SPS) - Arab journalists and activists have disowned a recent statement issued by the Arab Journalists Union, which announced its support for what is called the "autonomy project" within the framework of Morocco's "alleged sovereignty" over Western Sahara. They consider this a blatant violation of all laws and international legitimacy that recognize the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.

Brussels (EU Commission) 20 January 2025 (SPS)- The European Commission has confirmed that the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco does not apply to Western Sahara, in a written answer Today by the Commission to a written question from MEP Lynn Boylan (The Left) regarding Ryanair's announcement of new routes to the occupied city of Dakhla, in Western Sahara.

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), January 19, 2025 (SPS) - Advanced detachments of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted Moroccan occupation soldiers’ bases of in the Farsia sector, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment.

Rome (Italy) 19 January 2025 (SPS)- Italian newspaper, El Manifesto, published an article Today, by Sahrawi human rights defender and Mr. Mohamed Dihani, shedding light on the intersection of defamation and repression in Morocco and Western Sahara.

Dihani, himself a former political prisoner and victim of years of torture and persecution in Moroccan jails, reveals how Moroccan authorities have weaponized defamation and digital espionage to suppress dissent and silence voices critical of the Moroccan colonialist and corrupt regime.

Bir Lahlu, January 18, 2025 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) shelled Friday and Saturday the positions of Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Housa and Farsia sectors.

The Central Directorate of Political Affairs of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army reported in a military communiqué that advanced units of SPLA carried out concentrated bombardments targeting enemy trenches and their forward and rear bases in the Houza and Farsia sectors as follows:

Friday, January 17, 2025:

Shaheed Al-Hafed, January 18, 2025 (SPS) - A delegation from the Panama Friends of the Sahrawi People Association visited Saturday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where they were received by the Director in charge of Latin America and several members of the diplomatic corps.

The delegation received detailed explanations about the developments of the Sahrawi issue at the regional and international levels.

Chahid El-Hafed (Sahrawi Republic) 18 January 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Natural Resources watch (Observatorio Saharaui de Recursos Naturales- OSRN) has strongly condemned the recent attack on the offices of "Global Aktion" in Copenhagen, Denmark, which took place on January 13, 2025. 

Chahid Elhafed (Sahrawi Republic) 18 January 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Natural Resources Watch (Observatorio Saharaui de Recursos Naturales-OSRN) announced in a statement this Saturday morning, the appointment of Ms. Yaguta Mokhtar as its new General Coordinator.

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), January 17, 2025 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out a focused bombardment today, Friday, targeting a command center belonging to the Moroccan occupation army in the Mahbes sector, resulting in "heavy losses in lives and equipment," according to a military statement issued by the Central Directorate for Political Commissariat of the SPLA.

SPLA continues its attacks, targeting the strongholds of the Moroccan occupation forces along the Moroccan military defensive wall.

Maputo (Mozambique), January 17, 2025 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, member of the Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Sidati, was received today, Friday, at the presidential palace in Maputo, by the President of Mozambique, Mr. Daniel Francisco Chapo, in his capacity as a special envoy from the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali.

Kampala (Uganda) 17 January 2025 (SPS)– In a resounding declaration of unity and solidarity, over 1,000 delegates from across the continent gathered at the Africa Youth Congress 2025 (AYC) in Kampala to reaffirm their commitment to Pan-Africanism, solidarity, and support to the total liberation of Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony.

Hosted under the theme “Africanism: Modernize Along Culture,” the final communiqué of the Congress, the Kampala Declaration, delivered a clear message of solidarity with the people of the Sahrawi Republic.

Geneva (Switzerland), January 16, 2025 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Republic participated in the First World Conference on Enforced Disappearances held on Wednesday and Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland.

The Conference aims to strengthen global efforts to combat cases of enforced disappearance, with the participation of key stakeholders, including accredited UN member states and international organizations in Geneva.

 It focused on the necessity of international accountability for perpetrators of enforced disappearances.

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), January 16, 2025 (SPS) - A military communiqué issued by the Central Directorate for Political Commissariat of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) indicated that advanced units of SPLA fighters carried out concentrated shelling targeting the bases of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the Ashrak Tourta area, resulting in significant losses in lives and equipment among enemy ranks.  

The attacks by the SPLA continue to target positions and trenches of the Moroccan occupation soldiers along the enemy's defensive walls.

Maputo (Mozambique), January 16, 2025 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Republic participated with a significant delegation led by Mr. Mohamed Sidati, a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Minister of Foreign Affairs, representing President Brahim Ghali, in the inauguration ceremonies of the newly elected President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo.