Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), May 08, 2018 (SPS) - The Permanent Bureau of the Frente of POLISARIO National Secretariat has expressed its full solidarity with the human rights activist, Claude Mangin, who is still on hunger strike because the Moroccan occupation authorities prevented her from visiting her husband, the Saharawi political prisoner of the group of Gdeim Izik, Naama Asfari, sentenced by the military court of Rabat to 30 years in prison.

Morocco shipped over 1.5 million tonnes of phosphate out of occupied Western Sahara in 2017, to the tune of over $142 million. But the number of international importers of the contentious conflict mineral is waning, WSRW's annual report shows.
For the fifth year in a row, Western Sahara Resource Watch has published a detailed annual overview of the companies involved in the purchase of occupied Western Sahara's white gold: phosphate.

Stockholm, May 6, 2018 (SPS) -  Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs, Sven-Erik Bucht, has affirmed that the Polisario Front, as the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people, should be consult on every fishing agreement that may include the territorial waters of Western Sahara.

Algiers, May 5, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi ambassador to Algiers Abdelkader Taleb Omar said Friday that Morocco’s decision to break off its diplomatic relations with Iran under a “fictitious pretext was an evidence of its biased for a given side to gain its support and protection” from any possible decision concerning Western Sahara.

Brussels, May 5, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi Minister for Europe Mohamed Sidati described Friday the Moroccan allegations on a so-called military support of Iran to the Polisario Front via Lebanese Hezbollah as “cynical political opportunism” aimed at “undermining the United Nations’ efforts” for the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara.
“Morocco’s accusations emanate from a cynical political opportunism aimed at undermining the efforts of the United Nations,” he told APS.

Pretoria (South Africa), May 5, 2018 (SPS) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa received, in Pretoria, Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek where he reiterated “his country’s traditional support to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in its legitimate struggle for territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
On the occasion of this meeting, Ould Salek handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa a message from his Sahrawi counterpart Brahim Ghali.

Algiers, May 5, 2018 (SPS) - Algerian authorities rejected Wednesday as "completely baseless" Morocco's allegations in the aftermath of the cut of diplomatic relations with Iran, over the alleged Teheran's support of the Polisario Front implicating "indirectly Algeria."

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), May 5, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front denied Wednesday in a communiqué the Moroccan allegations concerning the so-called “military support” of Lebanese Hezbollah to the Polisario Front.
In this communiqué, the Polisario Front dubbed “political opportunism” Morocco’s decision to break off its diplomatic relations with Iran, through which it aims at taking a stand concerning the new regional and international developments.”

Pretoria (South Africa), May 04, 2018 (SPS) -, the President of the Republic of South Africa, his Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa has yesterday received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic, Mohamed Salem Oulds Salek, who transmitted to the South African leader a message from his counterpart President Brahim Gali.
During the meeting, President Ramaphosa reiterated the firm and traditional support of his country to the Saharawi Republic in its legitimate struggle for sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Sandton (South Africa), 03 May 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic has participated Thursday in the work of  the Japan-Africa Public Private Economic Forum at the Sandton Convention Centre.
The Japan-Africa Public Private Economic Forum, hosted by South Africa, is organised by the government of Japan and the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) and is scheduled to take place from the 3rd to the 4th May 2018.