Ould Salek: Algeria's stand on Sahrawi people's right to self-determination irritates Morocco
Algiers, March 22, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek stressed Monday in Algiers that Algeria's stand in favour of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination through a transparent self-determination referendum supervised by the UN, in accordance with international legality, has provoked a "fierce campaign" and "obstinacy" of Morocco.
Danish money should not finance Morocco’s occupation to Western Sahara (Africa Kontakt)
Copenhagen (Denmark) March 22, 2016 (SPS) – The Danish Organisation Africa Kontact released Tuesday new report calling on the Danish Banks and pension funds to not finance Morocco’s illegal occupation to Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.
Africa Kontakt indicates in its report that Danish banks and pension funds' investments contribute to Morocco's continued occupation of Western Sahara.
Denmark’s Foreign Minister and EU should condemn Morocco's expulsion of UN staff from Western Sahara (Danish MP)
Copenhagen (Denmark) March 21, 2016 –In Press release issued Monday by the Danish Red-Green alliance Party MP and spokesman on Development in the Parliament, Mr. Christian Juhl stressed “It is quite unacceptable that Morocco throws UN staff out of Western Sahara. UN peacekeepers are in the country with a UN mandate to monitor the ceasefire signed in 1991 between Morocco, Polisario and the UN”.
Algeria, WFP to ink letter of agreement of 2016 Monday
Algiers, 21 March 2016 (SPS) -Secretary General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Abdelhamid Senouci Bereksi and Representative of the World Food Program (WFP) in Algeria will ink Monday the letter of agreement of 2016 between Algeria, as a host country, and this UN humanitarian agency to cover basic food needs of Sahrawi refugees.
FM vehemently condemns Morocco's decision to reduce Minurso personnel
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 20 March 2016 (SPS) - Foreign minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek has vehemently condemned Morocco's "irresponsible decision" to reduce the civilian personnel of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
"Saharawi government and the Polisario Front vehemently condemn this irresponsible measure taken by the occupier (Morocco), which must shoulder the full responsibility of the (decision's) aftereffects if it is applied," Ould Salek said Sunday in a statement.
Denmark supports the Saharawi people right to Self-determination
Copenhagen (Denmark) March 19, 2016 – Saharawi delegation, led by the Saharawi Minister of Cooperation, Mr. Bulahi Sid accompanied by the Polisario Front Representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, met with officials from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Humanitarian Department (DANIDA), the Foreign affairs Committee of the Parliament, Political parties, various Organisations and media as part of a two day working visit to Denmark.
Khatri Adouh reelected president of National Council
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), 19 March 2016 (SPS) - The members of the National Council (Parliament) reelected on Saturday Member of the National Secretariat Khatri Adouh the president of this legislative body for a third term, in the presence of members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and SADR government.
Washington reiterates support to UN mission in Western Sahara
Washington (United States), 19 March 2016 (SPS) - US Department of State expressed Friday its support to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), following Morocco's measures against the UN body aiming at weakening it.
The US Department of State, through its spokesman John Kirby, said Washington knew about Morocco's latest measures to reduce MINURSO personnel.
John Kirby, in a news conference, reiterated UN support to MINURSO for the significant efforts it is making.
Sellal reaffirms support of Algeria to Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination
Cairo, March 18, 2016 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal reaffirmed the support of Algeria to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination and its commitment for a settlement to the Sahrawi conflict within UN process.
“The issue of Western Sahara is in the hands of the United Nations and a political negotiation process began between the Moroccan Kingdom and the Sahrawi Republic,” said Sellal in an interview granted to the Egyptian weekly magazine "El Ahram El Arabi.”
Murder of Sahrawi citizen: Need for intervention of international community
CHAHID EL-HAFED (Saharawi refugee camps)-President of the Saharawi Committee for Human Rights, Aba El-heyssen has "strongly" condemned the murder of Saharawi citizen Choummad Bad Jouli by Moroccan forces expressing the hope that UN Secretary General's visit to the region will be the beginning of "countdown" for the settlement of the Saharawi issue.