Skip to main content

FABIO MASSIMO CASTALDO: EC MUST NOT TURN A BLIND EYE TO MOROCCO VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN WESTERN SAHARA

Brusels, April 24, 2014 (SPS) -  the Vice President of the Western Sahara Intergroup of the European Parliament, Mr. Fabio Massimo Castaldo, said yesterday  that "We are facing a situation where a country like Morocco is challenging the international law by illegally occupying another country", during a press conference with Saharawi Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek.

Sahrawi Army carries out manoeuvres in liberated territories

Aghouinit, april 23, 2016 (SPS) - Military manoeuvres have been carried out Saturday by the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army in the region of Aghouinit, in the liberated territories of Western Sahara, in presence of Sahrawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar and Minister of Defence Abdallah Lehbib.

European Parliament members urges UNSC to renewal the mandate of MINURSO

Strasburg, April 23, 2016 (SPS) -The members of European Parliament has urged has urged the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the United Nationes, H.E. Oyarzun Marchesi Ramon, the renewal of the mandate of the peace-keeping mission to Western Sahara in letter sent, a copy of which obtained by SPS.
¨We, as Members of European Parliament, are writing to urge a renewal of the mandate of the peace-keeping mission to Western Sahara¨ EU MPs said

Support to Ban Ki-moon appeal for exercise of Sahrawis' right to self-determination

Brussels, April 23, 2016 (SPS) – Chairman of Belgian Committee of Support for Sahrawi People Pierre Galand and President of French Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (AARASD) Regine Villemont urged the UN Security Council to support the appeal of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to exercise of Sahrawi people's right self-determination.

MIDDLE EAST EYE: Western Sahara on verge of war, says Polisario spokesman

Polisario Front's Ahmed Boukhari tells MEE that UN must stop Moroccan interference in referendum mission or there will be 'no choice' but war
Tuesday 19 April 2016 09:38
It was a statement that reignited the war of words over the future of Western Sahara.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon last month referred to Morocco's "occupation" of the region - a statement that led to mass protests in Morocco and Rabat ordering the removal of civilian members of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) and the closure of its military liaison office.

Polisario Front reaffirms commitment to negotiating with Morocco

New York, April 21, 2016 (SPS) -The Polisario Front reaffirmed Wednesday in New York its willing to engaging in  negotiations with Morocco on the status of Western Sahara and expressed its concern over repetitive blockings from Morocco to undermine the UN political process. 

Polisario Front appeals to UN SC to assume its responsibilities on Western Sahara

New York, April 20, 2016 (SPS) - Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, Coordinator with MINURSO, Mhamed Khadad, called “urgently” on the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibilities as repeatedly reaffirmed by its own resolutions, in a statement Wednesday, a copy of which obtained by SPS.

Spanish group sends humanitarian aid to Saharawi refugees

Madrid (Spain), April 20, 2016 (SPS) - Spanish group supporting Saharawi people has sent humanitarian aid to Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, said the organization's chairman, Maite Gimenez.
The support, the first this year, is made up of 23,000 kg of foodstuffs while the rest consists in toys, medicine and medical equipment, the source told El Correo de Burgos newspaper.
The aid, from the group based in the Spanish city of Burgos, includes three vehicles intended for the Saharawi ministries of Health and Cooperation, Gimenez noted.

President of Republic congratulates his Zimbabwean counterpart on Independence Day

Bir-Lehlou, April 20, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent Tuesday a congratulatory message to H.E. Mr Robert G. Mugabe, the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, on the 36th Anniversary of the Independence of this sisterly country.