Bojador (Saharwi Refugee Camps), December 06, 2016 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara is similar to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, said Monday, in Bojador, Moussa Mohamed El Khazendar, member of the Palestinian committee of solidarity with the Sahrawi people.
In a statement to the press, El Khazendar underlined that there are “similarities between the Sahrawi cause and the Palestinian cause, namely the injustice and repression of Moroccan and Israeli colonialisms.”

Boujdour (Refugee Camps) - The 8th Congress of Sahrawi Workers Union (UGTSARIO) has elected Salama Brahim as its Secretary-General for the next mandate.
The election of the Secretary-General was based on Article 54 of the Basic Law of the Union, as he obtained 160 from 384 votes among two other candidates in the second round, announced the election committee.    

Boujdour (refugee camps), Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - The participants in the 7th International Conference of Solidarity with Sahrawi Workers denounced the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara resources by the Moroccan occupier, and urged the United Nations to intervene and end the repressive policy against Sahrawi people.

Bir Lahlou, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - The Foreign Minister of the Federal and Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Workneh Gebeyehu, reaffirmed his country's determination to strengthen its "excellent and historic" relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Boujdour, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - The activist and representative of the Palestinian solidarity committee with the Saharawi people, Dr. Moussa Mohamed El-Khazendar, affirmed that the two Saharawi and Palestinian peoples undergo the policy of repression and injustice, during a reception by the Wali of Boujdour, Fatma Balla, in the presence of the former secretary general of the union of Saharawi workers, Mohamed Chaik Lehbib.

Brussels, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) – Polisario Front Representative to the European Union Mohamed Sidati has urged the European Union to “take immediate steps to rectify Morocco’s use of EU funding in contravention of EU law, by immediately ceasing all funding for projects taking place in Western Sahara.”

Algiers, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - "Ledjouad" documentary film broaching culture and Sahraw people's link to their homeland through famous poets from this country colonized by Morocco was screened Sunday as a part of the International Cinema Festival of Algiers (FICA).

Lisbon, Dec 5, 2016 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation led by the representative of the Polisario Front in Portugal Ahmed Fal Emhamed participated in the 20th Congress of the Portuguese Communist Party, held December 2-4, in the city of Almada, Portugal.
The Congress was attended by delegates from more than 70 countries representing their political parties and organizations.

Boujdour (Refugee Camps)- Kenya's Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed reiterated Sunday, in the Saharawi refugee camp of Boudjedour, her country's support to the Saharawi cause, calling for holding, as quickly as possible, the referendum on Western Sahara people's self-determination.

Shaheed El-Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 4, 2016 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar received Sunday Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Ms Amina Mohammed, who is on an official working visit to the SADR, at the Presidency of the Republic.
The meeting focused on the latest developments related to the question of Western Sahara, regional and international issues of common interest, and ways and means to support the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination at international forums.