Lisbon, March 07, 2018 (SPS) -  The Personal Envoy of the UN General Secretary for Western Sahara Horst Kohler has met on Tuesday in Lisbon a Moroccan delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Nasser Bourita, announced the Moroccan Foreign Ministry on his tweeter account.
"The meeting should continue all day, followed by a working dinner," added the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international cooperation.

Tantan (South of Morocco) 5 March 2018 - Sahrawi masses organised Sunday a solidarity platform to mark the 10th anniversary of the arrest of Sahrawi human rights activist Yahya Mohamed Al-Hafed Izzah at his family home in Tantan, southern Morocco.
The platform witnessed the arrival of sympathizers from the occupied territories, southern Morocco and the university sites, who declared their support for the Saharawi political detainee and their solidarity with his family, and demanded the Moroccan state to immediately release him and all Sahrawi political prisoners.

Brussels, March 3, 2018 (SPS) - The decision made by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 27 February and excluding the territorial waters of Western Sahara from EU-Morocco fisheries agreement is a “turning point” in the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination and independence, said Thursday, in Belgium, Euro-MP Paloma Lopez.

Algiers, March 3, 2018 (SPS) -The prospects for the resumption of talks on the settlement of the Western Sahara conflict have brightened since the appointment of German Horst Kohler as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, who is holding a series of meetings with the parties to the conflict (Morocco and the Polisario Front) as well as the two observer countries, Algeria and Mauritania.

Smara (Saharawi Refugee Camps), March 02, 2018 (SPS) - The International Conference on Nonviolent Resistance wrapped up Tuesday with a call urging the international community to set a date for a referendum on Western Sahara people's self-determination.

Geneva, March 02, 2018 (SPS) – Algeria has renewed on Wednesday in Geneva during the 37th session of Human Rights Council, call for integrating a Human Rights section in the UN Mission for referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). It has also called for sending regular missions of the UN High Commission Office in the Sahrawi occupied territories.

Washington, March 02, 2018 (SPS) - The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has condemned "strongly" the recent attempt of the Moroccan press to discredit the Sahrawi human rights defender Aminatou Haidar, regretting this assault that impugns the reputations of other human rights defenders and NGOs  in Western Sahara.

Johannesburg, March 02, 2018 (SPS) -The African National Congress (ANC), ruling party in South Africa, on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) stating that the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement is not applicable to Western Sahara.

London, March 02, 2018 (SPS) - UK Foreign Office has reaffirmed Wednesday UK unwavering position regarding Western Sahara, as it supports the efforts of the United Nations (UN), General Secretary and Special Envoy to reach lasting political solution that guarantees the right to self-determination to the Sahrawi people.

Geneva, March 02, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi Minister delegate for Europe Mohamed Sidati called Wednesday, in Geneva, the international community to “support UN peace process and respect the international law concerning Western Sahara.”
Speaking in a conference at the headquarters of the United Nation Human Rights Council, Sidati said that “the international humanitarian law is clear on Western Sahara, the Moroccan occupation is illegal and the exploitation of our natural resources is the biggest threat for peace,”