Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), January 25, 2017 (SPS) - The ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Ethiopia and permanent representative at the African Union, Lamine Baali, welcomes African countries' positions over Western Sahara people's just struggle for their right to self-determination, noting that the African States are "in line with the principles and foundations" of the African Union. 

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 25, 2017 (SPS) - A delegation of the SADR led by the Minister of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women, Ms.  Mahfoudha Mohamed Rahal attended the Ninth Congress of AU Ministers on Issues Gender Equality in preparation for the upcoming summit this year focusing on "making the most of the dividend demographic of Africa by investing in youth".
This congress will debate the empowerment of young people, especially girls for leadership and civic participation.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), January 25, 2017 (SPS) -.The Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO praised the courage and steadfastness of Saharawi political prisoners, calling the UN to provide protection to these defenceless citizens and to create a mechanism to monitor and report human rights in Western Sahara.
 

Pretoria, South Africa, January 25, 2017 (SPS) - The new ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Mr. Radhi al-Bashir Asgayar has presented his credentials on Tuesday as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Sahrawi Republic to the Republic of South Africa to His Excellency Mr. Jacob Zuma.

Pretoria, January 24, 2017 (SPS) - the South African movement Solidarity For Sahrawi has called the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization - (UNSG), Mr. Antonio Guterres  to exercise power for the  immediate release of the Sahrawi political prisoners from Moroccan jails and for helping thousands of Sahrawi citizens in refugee camps to gain their independence in letter sent issued Monday to UNSG.
 

Algiers, January 24, 2017 (SPS) - President Sahrawi Brahim Gali said Tuesday in Algiers the request made by Morocco to join to the African Union was a “major asset” for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, recalling Western Sahara and the Frente POLISARIO were determined to further entrench their diplomatic assets until the Sahrawi people enjoys the right to self-determination.

Madrid, January 24, 2017 (SPS) -Tens of Sahrawis and Spanish of the movement of solidarity with the Sahrawi people demonstrated Monday before Morocco’s embassy in Madrid to require the “release of the Sahrawi political prisoners” and “cessation of the Moroccan repression in the occupied territories.”

Paris, January 23, 2017 (SPS) - Some sixty Sahrawi people, backed by representatives of French associations, staged Monday afternoon a rally in Trocadero, in Paris, followed by another outside Morocco's Embassy.
The protesters demanded the "immediate and unconditioned" release of Sahrawi political prisoners, whose trial is taking place in Rabat, as well as the "end of repression" in the occupied Sahrawi territories.

Algiers, January 23, 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Brahim Ghali said Monday in Algiers the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) had acknowledged the ratification of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (AU) by Morocco, which he called on to respect international borders.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), January 22, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic,Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, sent a letter this week to European leaders following the ruling of the European Court of Justice on 21 December 2016 that found "that the association agreements and liberalization between the EU and Morocco are not applicable to Western Sahara" .