Madrid, June 14, 2016 (SPS) - The conference of Spanish towns supporting Western Sahara, held last week in the Canary Islands, was an opportunity for all the participants to "reiterate their support to the Sahrawi people and their legitimate right to self-determination through a referendum," said the organizers.

Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek revealed Sunday that the first hearing at the appeal trial on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the cancellation of the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement will be held on July 19, adding that the CJEU will face a tough test to affirm its credibility.

Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front will hold its extraordinary congress in early July to elect its Secretary General and new Sahrawi president, announced Sunday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.

Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek on Sunday has warned against the status quo in the occupied Sahrawi territories.

Morocco has illegally occupied the former Spanish colony for more than 40 years.
06/09/2016 12:19 am
Stephen Zunes
Professor of Politics and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco
As Morocco continues to defy the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and much of the international community in its continued occupation of Western Sahara, the United States continues supporting that autocratic government.

Luanda, June 11, 2016 (SPS) - New Sahrawi Ambassador Bah Mohamed Sheikh Deih handed Thursday his letters of credentials to the Angolan president, Mr. Eduardo Dos Santos, in his capacity as an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to the Republic of Angola.
On this occasion, the Angolan President expressed "profound" regret for the loss of the late Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, conveying his condolences to the Saharawi people and the family of the deceased.

Maputo (Mozambique) June 10, 2016 (SPS) - The President of Mozambique, Mr. Felipe Jacinto Nyusi said in a message of condolence to interim President of the Republic Khatri Aduh that the memory of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz will remain immortal for his significant role in the struggle to achieve freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
"We learnt with sadness the news of the death of leader Mohamed Abdelaziz, dear friend and great militant for the just cause of  his people," the president of Mozambique adds.

Luanda,  June 10, 2016 (SPS)  - The Angolan President, Mr.  Eduardo Dos Santos expressed his condolences to the Saharawi government following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz
In a letter sent to Saharawi Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, the Angolan president regrets the physical loss of President Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Algiers, June 09, 2016 (SPS) – Germany approved € 1 million in humanitarian aid to the Sahrawi refugees so to meet the urgent needs in food and improve health care, said Wednesday Germany Embassy to Algiers in a communiqué.
"Germany has allocated 1 million Euros in humanitarian aid to each of the World Food Program projects (WFP) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)," said the embassy in a statement received by APS.

Brussels June 09 2016 (SPS) - Spanish member of the European Parliament Paloma Lopez denounced Thursday the “systematic violations” of human rights that the Moroccan occupying forces are committing in the occupied territories of Western Sahara to repress the Sahrawi citizens claiming their social, economic and political rights.
This member of Parliament expressed her indignation at the “the violent suppression” against Sahrawi demonstrators in search of social justice and condemning the assassination of Sahrawi trade unionist Brahim Saika.