Cantabria hosts group of Sahrawi children as part of Vacations in Peace program
Santander, June 29, 2024 (SPS) - The Spanish region of Cantabria will host eighty Sahrawi children as part of the Vacations in Peace program, which began Saturday. Through this program, these children will spend their summer vacation in Spain, hosted by Spanish families who are in solidarity with the Sahrawi people and their just cause.
The group will arrive on Sunday, with the organization Cantabria for Free Sahara responsible for 60 of the children, and the organization Cantabria El Auda responsible for the other 20, according to a press release.
Sahrawi Embassy in Algiers held farewell ceremony honoring Chargé d'Affaires of South African Embassy in Algeria
Algiers, June 28, 2024 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Embassy in Algiers held a farewell ceremony honoring the Chargé d'Affaires of the South African Embassy in Algeria, Mr. Sello Patrick Rankhumise, upon the completion of his term in Algeria.
The ceremony was attended by 17 ambassadors from Africa, Latin America, and Asia who are accredited to Algeria, as well as the President of the Algerian National Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People and members of the Diplomatic Forum for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People, which Mr. Rankhumise its Coordinator.
National Council organizes protest against French energy company Engie's involvement in plundering Western Sahara resources
National Council, June 27, 2024 (SPS) - On the sidelines of the closing of its spring session, the National Council on Thursday organized a protest stand against the looting of national Sahrawi resources and the involvement of the French energy company Engie in the Moroccan occupation's colonial policies in Western Sahara and the aggression against the Sahrawi people.
During the stand, the National Council issued a statement denouncing the involvement of the French company Engie in the looting of Western Sahara's resources.
Algerian Foreign Minister receives President of Austrian-Sahrawi Friendship Group in Vienna
Vienna, June 26, 2024 (SPS) - Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Mr. Ahmed Attaf, received, today, the President of the Austrian-Sahrawi Friendship Group, Mrs. Karin Schiele, as part of his official visit to the Federal Republic of Austria, according to a statement from the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Minister of Trade renews Sahrawi Republic's determination to effectively contribute to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area
Zanzibar (Tanzania), June 26, 2024 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Trade Minister Mr. Ahmed Bashir Ami Amar, confirmed that the government of the Sahrawi Republic is determined to have a strong will to effectively contribute to the embodiment of African economic integration through its readiness to participate continentally in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area.
Spanish Parliament votes in favor of motion correcting Government's position on Western Sahara issue: "Support for Justice and Legitimacy of the Cause"
Madrid, 24 June 2024 (SPS) - Mr. Salamo Hammoudi Bachri, Head of Political Affairs at the Polisario Front Office in Spain, affirmed that the Spanish Parliament's vote on a motion calling for a correction of the government's position on the Western Sahara issue is a new "setback" for the ruling Socialist Party and a confirmation of full support for the legitimacy of the just Sahrawi cause, UN resolutions, and the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
Work on tradition of submitting annual report on Moroccan violations in Western Sahara at UN Human Rights Council
Geneva (Switzerland), 24 June 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ubbi Bushraya Bashir, emphasized that presenting an annual report on the human rights situation in the occupied Western Sahara for the first time within the UN Human Rights Council is the beginning of a process that is being worked on to become an annual tradition in order to ensure the documentation of the serious violations committed by the Moroccan occupation and to present them to the world through the Council.