New York (USA), March 21, 2018 (SPS) – The member of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO and coordinator with Minurso, Mr, Mhamed Khadad was received Tuesday by the UNSG Personal Envoy , Mr. J. Koehler On the eve of the presentation of his report to the Security Council, according to Sahrawi diplomat source.
Bir lehlu (liberated territories), March 20, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to his counterpart of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Mr. Hage Geingob, during the celebration of his country's 28th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Namibia.
Shaheed El-Hafed, March 19, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received Sunday evening, the delegation of friendship from the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, comprising parliamentarians and members of associations of friendship and solidarity with the Saharawi people.
Lisbon (Portugal), March 18, 2018 (SPS) - The Assembly of the Republic of Portugal (parliament) has approved a motion through which it welcomed the resumption of Western Sahara negotiation process, under the aegis of the United Nations, stressing it was time to reach a solution ensuring Saharawi people's right to self-determination, a source said Sunday.
The motion, approved on March 9th in a plenary session at the Portuguese Parliament, "welcomed the resumption of the negotiation process in (occupied) Western Sahara under the aegis of the United Nations.
New York, March 18, 2018 (SPS) - The United National Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler on Wednesday will present to the Security Council the first conclusions of his mediation which started in last October, a first briefing closely scrutinized in New York shortly before the next report on the Western Sahara conflict.
During the meeting to take place in camera, Kohler will be accompanied by the new Head of the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara) Colin Stewart, appointed in December.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, March 17, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, on Saturday issued a presidential decree appointing a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, former prime minister, Abdelkader Talib Omar, as Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories of the SADR), March 16, 2018 (SPS) – the Speaker of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament) sent a congratulatory letter to Elizabeth Cabezas Guerrero on the occasion of her election as President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Ecuador.
Algiers, March 15, 2018 (SPS) - The Italian Foreign Ministry has approved the granting of one million euro humanitarian aid to the UN World Food Programme (PAM) and the UN Funds for Children (UNICEF), said Italian embassy to Algiers, adding that the aid will be destined to support the emergency actions, in terms of nutrition, health and education for the Sahrawi refugees.
The aid is composed of two contributions, namely €0.5 million for the WFP and €0.5 million for the Unicef, said the same source.
Paris, March 15, 2018 (SPS) - Several Sahrawi political prisoners are on hunger strike in Moroccan prisons to denounce their detention conditions, and to claim and defend the right to self-determination, a source close to the Sahrawis in Paris said Thursday.
Sahrawi activist Naâma Asfari began an unlimited hunger strike on February 27th, solemnly declaring "it is better to die for dignity than to live without it".
Tenerife (Spain), March 15, 2018 (SPS) - The political party that governs the Canary Islands, Canary Coalition, reaffirmed its support for the peace process, led by the United Nations and the African Union, to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara, enabling the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
The statements were made during a meeting in the municipality of Orotava, between the Secretary General of the Canary Coalition, Francisco Linares and the delegate of the Frente POLISARIO in the Canary Islands, Hamdi Mansur.