Prime Minister receives UNHCR representative in Algeria
Shaheed El Hafed, 13 Nov 2016 (SPS) Prime Minister Abdel Kader Taleb Omr received the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Algeria, Hamdi Bukhari, in the presence of the President of the Saharawi Red Crescent (SRC), Bouhoubeini Yahya.
Boukhari said his visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps aims to inform the Saharawi Prime Minister about the latest developments in the humanitarian field and all recent initiatives undertaken by UNHCR.
Algeria supports negotiation process between Morocco, Polisario
Algiers, November 12, 2016 (SPS) - Algeria, through Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, has reaffirmed its support to the negotiation process between Morocco and the Polisario Front in order to find a definitive solution to Western Sahara conflict, allowing Saharawi people to enjoy their right to self-determination.
Cantabria Government reiterates its support to Saharawi people
Santander (Spain), November 11, 2016 (SPS) - The deputy president and the Minister of Education in the Spanish region of Cantabria affirmed, on Thursday, to the Sahrawi Minister of Cooperation, Bulahi Sid, the maintenance of cooperation with refugee camps and support for a peaceful solution to the Western Sahara conflict, according to a press release from the Saharawi delegation in Cantabria.
Saharawi political prisoner Abduljalak Merji starts alarming hunger strike
Gleimam (southern Morocco), November 11, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi political prisoner Abduljalak Merji Thursday has started an open hunger strike, protesting against ill-treatment received by the administration of the prison, reported a Saharawi human right source.
Prime Minister receives UNHCR representative in Algeria
Chahid El Hafed, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - The member of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO and Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received this Thursday the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hamdi Bujari in the headquarters of the Ministry.
The meeting was attended by the President of the Red Crescent Sahrawi, Mr. Buhubeini Yahya Buhubeini.
"Morocco is the only country that does not respect its internationally recognized borders" and therefore does not deserve to be a member of the UA, FM says
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Uld Salek confirmed in a press conference at the African Union headquarters on Thursday that Morocco is the only African country that does not respect its internationally recognized borders, And therefore does not deserve to be a member of the African Union.
Conference in Paris on “EU and natural resources in Western Sahara”
Paris, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - A conference under the theme “The European Union and natural resources in Western Sahara: Human rights and geopolitics of the environment,” was organized at “Paris 5” university as part of a series of academic seminars organized by the French academic observatory on the issue of Western Sahara.
The conference was led by the Polisario Front’s lawyer to the European Court Gilles Devers, by Mary Verizon from the observatory of natural resources in Western Sahara and Sahrawi poet Ali Salem Isselmou.
Activist Isabel Lourenço exposes "unbearable" situation of Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails
Brussels (Belgium), November 11, 2016 (SPS) - The situation of Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails is "unbearable" and constitutes a "serious violation" of the international law, Portuguese activist Isabel Lourenço said Thursday, denouncing the attitude of the international community which "has acted as an accomplice" by keeping silent over Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara.
Minister of Foreign Affairs holds a press conference at AU headquarters
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) November 10, 2016 (SPS) – the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, on Thursday, has held a press conference at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa to clarify Sahrawi position of Morocco's bid to join the African Union.
Danish Companies and Pension Funds divest from Companies illegally exploiting the natural resources of occupied Western Sahara
Copenhagen (Denmark) Nov 10, 2016 (SPS) - The Danish pension Fund Pensam has dropped recently its investments from companies illegally present in the occupied parts of Western Sahara; the Australian Incitec Pivot Company fertilizer manufacturer that illegally imports phosphate from the last colony in Africa and the Swiss Company Glencore, which is key player in Morocco's oil exploration in Western Sahara and operates hence against international law.