Asturias, 05 May 2017 (SPS) - The General Assembly of the Principality of Asturias urged Friday European, Spanish and Asturias companies to “cease activities that may favor the perpetuation of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and the exploitation of its natural resources,” in a resolution adopted during its plenary session. 

Australia Western Sahara Association
POLISARIO Front
May 04, 2017
The Saharawi people and their representative organizations, including the democratically elected SADR government, have long protested the illegal mining and export of high quality phosphate rock from an area of Western Sahara which has been under armed occupation by Morocco since 1975.  The trade has continued despite the commitment of the United Nations in 1991 to ensure for the people of Western Sahara a self-determination process, something otherwise achieved throughout Africa.

Bir Lahlou (Occupied Territories), may 5, 2017 (SPS)  - Sahrawi President, General Secretary of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, affirmed that the international community "cannot remain indifferent" to the flagrant abuse by the Moroccan occupation of Sahrawi human rights as well as the real t and permanent threat, which constantly weighs on human lives.

Brussels, may 5, 2017 (SPS) -The European Union (EU) hailed Wednesday in Brussels the adoption of a UN Resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso), and reiterated support to the efforts of the Secretary General of the Organization to reach a fair solution that ensures self-determination of the Sahrawi people. 
“The European Union welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution on the renewal of the Minurso mandate until 30 April 2018,” said an EU spokesperson. 

Algiers, May 1, 2017 (SPS) -Sahrawi coordinator with the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) M'hamed Khedad affirmed Monday that the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution extending the mandate of the Minurso and calling for negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front without prior conditions, is was a "great victory" for the Sahrawi cause, and put back political process ensuring the right of Sahrawi people to self-determination. 

Algiers, May 1, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi ambassador to Algiers Bouchraya Hamoudi Bayoune affirmed Sunday that the adoption by UN Security Council of a resolution on the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and the obligation to begin negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front without prerequisites, confirm the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination, adding that this is a response to “all the Moroccan plots against the legitimate Sahrawi cause.”

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)May 1, 2017 (SPS) - The president of the African Union Commission (AU) Moussa Faki Mahamat hailed the unanimous adoption, last Friday, by the members of the United Nations Security Council, of the resolution 2351 (2017) on the Western Sahara issue which extended, for a year, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

25 April 2017
Deep in the Sahara desert some 165,000 Saharawi refugees cling to the hope that they will one day return to their confiscated homeland. But despite a lifetime in exile, and denial of their basic human rights, resistance is growing.

Smara (Occupied Territories), May 1, 2017 (SPS) - Moroccan forces intervened violently, Saturday evening in the occupied city of Smara, against Sahrawi demonstrators came out in solidarity with human rights activists on unlimited hunger strike Hamadi Naciri and Kabal Jawda.
The Moroccan forces besieged the protesters during the first minutes of the demonstration, where they intervened violently against them, resulting in many injuries among the demonstrators, some of them were critically injured.

Smara (Occupied Territories), May 1, 2017 (SPS) - Human rights activists Hammadi Naciri and Kabal Jawda live in a very poor health conditions as a result of the complications of the unlimited hunger strike that they have been waging for 14 consecutive days to demand their legitimate rights.
In this context, human rights activist Hammadi Naciri fainted Sunday evening, which required transferring him urgently to hospital.  His colleague Kabal Jawda had fainted earlier as a result of severe fatigue and a sharp drop in blood pressure.