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Security Council concerned about deadlock in Western Sahara peace process

New York (U.S.A) February 23, 2017 (SPS) - The Security Council, which gathered Wednesday, expressed its concern about the deadlock in Western Sahara peace process and the security risk in El Guergarat buffer zone.
“Several members of the Security Council, including permanent members, expressed their preoccupation concerning the lack of negotiations between the two parties to the conflict,” the Polisario Front representative to the United Nations (UN) Ahmed Boukahri told APS at the need of this meeting held in camera.

Human rights in occupied Western Sahara: Moroccan repression continues in 2016

London, February 23, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan Authorities continued to repress the peaceful demonstrations in Western Sahara in 2016, and to expel journalists, foreign activists and human rights activists and to bar them entry to this territory, said the latest annual report of Amnesty International, published on Tuesday.

POLISARIO calls on UN Secretary General to continue decolonization process in Western Sahara

Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), February 22, 2017 (SPS) - Secretary General of Polisario Front expressed his concern about United Nations Security Council’s “inertia” in the face of the “violation by Rabat” of the international law, calling on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to continue the decolonisation process in Western Sahara.

Western Sahara: MEPs urge European Commission comply with CJEU ruling

Brussels, February 22, 2017 (SPS) -  The members of the European Parliament have urged the European commission to comply with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which excluded last December Western Sahara territories of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.

President of the Republic on State Visit to the Republic of Mozambique

Maputo (Mozambique), February 22, 2017 (SPS) -The President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, arrived on Tuesday to the State of Mozambique in a three-day State Visit, officially invited by the President his country, Mr. Filipe Nyusi.
 
The President of the Republic was received at the Maputo military airport by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, Mr. Oldemiro Baloi and several other ministers besides the Mayor of Maputo and other political figures and media.
 

WSRW denounces illegal oil exploration by Glencore in occupied Western Sahara

London, February 21, 2017 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) denounced the illegal oil exploration by the Swiss company Glencore off the coast of the occupied territory of Western Sahara.
WSRW underlined in a communiqué that “Glencore” is accelerating the oil exploration off the coast of occupied Western Sahara, underlining that the company conducted other seismic surveys and concluded a renewable agreement on a block offshore the occupied territory.

Saharawi Government condemns Morocco's threats, blackmail against EU

Chahid Elhafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), February 21, 2017 (SPS) - Saharawi Government condemned Monday Morocco's "policy of threat and blackmail" against the European Union for its legal positions over the conflict of Western Sahara.
The Saharawi government, in a statement published Sunday, said Morocco uses illegal immigration as a blackmail tool," the government said through the Saharawi Communication's statement.

Morocco needs AU for its weight, influence on international scene

Algiers , February 20, 2017 (SPS) -  Experts and specialists in international relations affirmed that Morocco needed the African Union (AU) for its weight and its influence on the international scene just as it is confined to international isolation because of its obstinacy that it showed throughout the process of political settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara.
The African Union was founded on intrinsic principles that are the identity of the African people and the history of their fight, said the experts.

Western Sahara committed to advance decolonization process after Morocco AU admission

Algiers, February 20, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi people remain firmly committed to the implementation of the decolonization process in its occupied territory, in particular after Morocco admission to the African Union (AU) and the ensuing commitments for the compliance with the Pan-African Organization's rules and the freedoms of African peoples.

Roosevelt House organizes discussion panel on Western Sahara

New York (U.S.A), February 19, 2017 (SPS) - The American Think Tank Roosevelt House organized in New York, a discussion panel on Western Sahara, the last colony in African to break the silence around the Human rights violations imposed by Morocco in the occupied territories.
The round table gathered representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and American associations such as Human Rights Watch (HRW), Democracy Now and Watching Western Sahara.