Addis Ababa, May 27, 2013 (SPS) - On the occasion of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), African Union (AU) has honoured the heroes and heroines who fought for the liberation and independence of Africa, including the leader of May 20th Revolution, martyr EL-Ouali Mustapha Sayad, and the deceased Mohamed Sid Brahim Basiri.
These two Saharawi heroes were honoured along with tens of other African symbols struggle for freedom and independence such as; Haile Selassie and Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania, Houari Boumedienne and El-Arbi Ben M’hidi of Algeria, Naomi Nkrumah of Ghana, Oliver Tambo with Miriam Makeba of South Africa, Amílcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau, Peter Onu of Nigeria, John Ya-Otto of Namibia, Samora Moisés Machel of Mozambique, John Garang of South Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi of Sudan, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Omar Mukhtar of Libya and many other symbols.
The Union also honoured international symbols of struggle including Mahatma Gandhi of India, Olof Palme of Sweden and Martin Luther King of U.S.A.
This honouring coincides with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the creation of the POLISARIO Front in Western Sahara.
It is considered a medal and recognition of Saharawi people standing within Africa’s struggle for decolonization, emancipations and freedom. (SPS)
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