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School year 2016/17 starts in all Saharawi provinces

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), September  06, 2016 (SPS) - The academic year 2016-2017 has  started Tuesday  morning in all schools in the provinces of the Saharawi Republic (SADR).

During this week, the ministry of education organized local conferences in all provinces to prepare for the start of this year’s school year.
These conferences highlighted the best ways to achieve the academic performance, in collaboration between family and school. (SPS)
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Moroccan escalation in Alguergarat: EUCOCO denounces "new aggressions, serious violations"

Brussels,  September 06, 2016 (SPS) - The Conference for Support and Solidarity with Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) denounced Monday "the new aggressions" against the Sahrawi people, dubbing Moroccan military incursions in the area of Alguergarat, located northwest of Western Sahara, "serious violations" of the ceasefire agreement inked on 6 September 1991 under the auspices of the United Nations.

Ministry of Cooperation organizes workshop on twinning, its role in solidarity with Saharawi people

Boujdour (refugee camps), September 5, 2016 (SPS) The Wilaya of Boujdour on Sunday hosted a workshop on twinning and its role in solidarity with the Saharawi people organized by the Ministry of Cooperation.
The day was marked by the presence of the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, government and stakeholders in this field.

National Secretariat : only way to avoid worst in region goes through self-determination referendum of Saharawi people

Shaheed El Hafed, September 4, 2016 (SPS) The Permanent  Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front  reiterated Saturday that "the only way to defuse tension and instability and avoid skidding in the region towards the worst goes through a democratic and transparent solution guaranteeing the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence. "

Transfer of Gdeim Izik Saharawi political prisoners Group outside Sellá

Rabat (Morocco), September 01, 2016 (SPS)  - The Moroccan administration of Sellá prison, has transferred twenty (21) Saharawi political prisoners "Gdeim Izik Group " to Al-Arragat jail  , on the outskirts of the city of Sellá, after submitting his case to the Court of Appeals in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, on July 27, 2016, reported source of the Commission of Relatives of Saharawis Political Prisoners of Group Gdeim Izik.

EU voices concern over Moroccan escalation in Alguergarat

Brussels, September , 01 2016 (SPS)  - The European Union (EU) expressed Thursday its concern over the tense situation in the zone of Alguergarat in the south-west of Western Sahara, underlining that EU supports the United Nations’ efforts to reach a fair, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, enabling the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
The recent tensions in the narrow buffer zone in the south-west of Western Sahara are worrying, the spokesperson of the European Commission told APS.

Polisario Front calls UN to put pressure on Morocco to withdraw its forces and to install a permanent control point in Guergarat area

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), September , 01 2016 (SPS) – POLISARIO Front  appealed the  United Nations "to put pressure on Morocco to withdraw its forces from the area of El Guergarat, south of the Saharawi Republic, inviting its mission in the territory to install a point of permanent control in place to avoid any Moroccan incursion in the future, stressing that this dangerous escalation comes in the framework of the policy of the Moroccan regime to provoke tension, every time feeling a progress in resolving the conflict in Western Sahara, "according to

First Military Region Commander meets MINURSO head

First Military Region (Liberated Territories), August, 31 2016 (SPS) -The Commander of the first Military Region of Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA), Mr. Beidalla Mohamed Brahim, met yesterday the head of the military forces of the United Nations Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Mr. Mohamed Tayeb Azzam, at the headquarters of the region.

Moroccan aggression in Al Guargarat area aims to create a crisis and ensure that the Security Council is distracted from its efforts to relaunch negotiations (Emhamed Khadad)

New York, 31 August 2016. (SPS) – Frente POLISARIO MINURSO Coordinator Emhamed Khadad stated,“Morocco’s aggression in the Al Guargarat area is part of a familiar pattern of behavior. Whenever political progress is in sight, Rabat takes action to create a crisis and ensure that the Security Council is distracted from its efforts to relaunch negotiations. Security Council members must see this intransigence for what it is and not allow Morocco to unilaterally prevent diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict.”in statement a copy of which obtained by SPS