Sydney (Australia), April 7, 2017 (SPS) - April 07, 2017 (SPS) - The Australian University of Sydney hosted a scientific conference on Western Sahara issue under the theme "Challenges, hopes and next stages of struggle for self-determination.”
In the presence of the Representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Australia, Kamal Fadel, and a large audience of interested parties, a seminar was organized on the peaceful resistance of the Saharawi people, where the organisers answered important questions posed by students on various aspects of the Sahrawi issue.

Quito, Ecuador, April 7, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect of the Republic of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno Garcés, for his victory in the elections of last Sunday.
The Saharawi president expressed his sincere congratulations to the brotherly people of Ecuador, underling that under the leadership of Moreno Garcés, Ecuador and its citizens in a spirit of unity will achieve great success that will benefit all Ecuadorians.

Copenhagen (Denmark), April 4, 2017 (SPS) - Free Western Sahara campaign in Denmark (Frit Vestsahara) issued Tuesday a statement calling for clearing all mines from Western Sahara, on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The statement reads as follow:

New York (U.S.A), April 05, 2017 (SPS) -  The Security Council will extend, on 27 April, the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, an adoption that will be preceded, on Friday, by the presentation of the UN Secretary General’s report on Western Sahara said Monday, the United Nations body.
The Security Council also scheduled two other consultation meetings on the MINURSO on 19 and 25 April, according to the programme presented Monday, by the United States, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency in April.

Madrid, April 05, 2017 (SPS) - The Spanish Coordination of Friendly Associations with the Sahrawi People (CEAS-Sahara) on Tuesday denounced the existence of the Moroccan military wall in Western Sahara, on the occasion of the International Mine Awareness Day.
The mines buried all along the wall constitute "a continuous and permanent crime" against the Saharawi population, it said.

London (UK), April 05, 2017 (SPS) - Mhamed  Kheddad, the Sahrawi coordinator with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and member of the national secretariat of Polisario Front has been received on Tuesday at the British Foreign Office.

Bir Lahlou, April 4, 2017 (SPS) President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario front, Brahim Ghali, has drawn attention of  the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, to the gravity of the crime committed by the Moroccan state against the Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik whose trial was postponed again until 8 May.

Quito (Ecuador), 3 April 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic participated along with other countries and international organizations in the international observation of the presidential and legislative elections in Ecuador.
Chargé d'affaires of the SADR Embassy in Ecuador, Mr. Hfdala Chadad, attended as an international observer in these presidential elections held on Sunday.
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is the only African mission that participates as an observer in this election. (SPS)
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Tuscany (Italy) 02 April 2017 (SPS) - The Confederation of Italian Regions and Municipalities in Solidarity with the Saharawi People held its regular session in the Tuscany region under the chairmanship of the President of the Regional Council, Eugenio Gianni.
The participants, parliamentarians, mayors and politicians, reaffirmed their firm positions and support for the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence.