New York, Oct 8, 2017 (SPS) -The US NGO Western Sahara Foundation said in New York that the failure of the United Nations to hold a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara had "tragic" consequences on the Saharawi people who underwent torture, imprisonment and disappearances.
Shaheed El-Hafed, Oct 7, 2017 (SPS) - A high-level delegation from the Canary Islands has started a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps to closely find out about the conditions experienced by the Sahrawi refugees.
The Canary delegation, whose visit lasts until October 10th, comprises 49 members representing various governmental and non-governmental organizations, including politicians, parliamentarians and representatives of civil society organizations and trade unions.
The delegation will meet with Saharawi officials and visit national institutions. (SPS)
El-Aaiun (Occupied Zones), Oct 6, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces on Thursday evening intervened violently against peaceful Sahrawi demonstrators who took to the streets of the occupied city of El-Aaiun, in response to a call by the committee of the families of the Gdeim Izik group prisoners, to express solidarity with the Sahrawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons and demand their release.
Chahid El Hafed, October 05, 2017 (SPS) –the National television TVRasd has started broadcasting its programs on a new satellite.
The television announced that all viewers can pick up his satellite broadcast on the new satellite instead of the old on the following frequencies:
Satellite ABS 3A is actually 3 degrees west
Frequency 11625 Frequency
The encoding rate is 1667S.R
Polarization Vertical H POLI
4 / 3FEC correction
SPS/125/090/TRA
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) October 05, 2017 (SPS) - a delegation of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic led by Minister of Water and Environment Brahim Mojtar took part at the conference of the Specialized Technical Committee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Environment, which will be held in Addis Ababa on 5 and 6 October 2017 under the theme " Enhancing environmental sustainability and agricultural transformation to achieve food and nutrition security in advancing Agenda 2063.”
New York, October 05, 2017 (SPS) – the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres, met today the representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations, Mr. Bukhari Ahmed, at the request of the Frente POLISARIO.
During the meeting, the POLISARIO’s representative to the United Nations, Bukhari Ahmed, handed over to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres a message from the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Brahim Gali.
Pretoria (South Africa), October, 04 2017 (SPS) - South African President Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday reaffirmed their country's firm solidarity with the just struggle of the Sahrawi people.
The communiqué of the meeting between the President of South Africa and the President of Zimbabwe underlined the need for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to hold a conference in solidarity with the Sahrawi people.
Bir Lehlu, October 04 2017 (SPS) -The President of the Republic, Brahim Gali sent a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, HE Tom Thabane on the occasion of the 51st Anniversary of the Independence of the Kingdom of Lesotho.
New York, October 04, 2017 (SPS) - The nations of Guatemala and Costa Rica have expressed this Monday through our permanent ambassadors to the United Nations their support for the resolutions that have been adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council on the Saharawi issue.
Guatemala reiterates its "support for the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy" in their quest for a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Saharawi-Moroccan conflict.
New York, October 04, 2017 (SPS) -The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has reiterated on Monday "it’s deep solidarity and commitment to the self - determination and independence of the people of Western Sahara, whose situation is a process of unfinished decolonization and flagrant to international law ".
New York, October 03, 2017 (SPS) - The Ambassador, Alternate Permanent Representative of Nicaragua to the United Nations, Jaime Hermida Castillo said that his country regrets that in four decades the process of decolonization in Western Sahara has not yet been completed and its people still have no access to their right to self-determination .
New York, October 3, 2017 (SPS) -The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) affirmed on Monday that it will continue to "strongly support the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to achieve a political, just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution that will lead to the free determination of the people of Western Sahara in the context of agreements compatible with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions.
London, Oct 2, 2017 (SPS) - British non-governmental organization for solidarity with Western Sahara, "Western Sahara Campaign," reiterated its call for the mandate of the United Nation Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to be extended to include human rights monitoring in the occupied territories.
Bir-Lehlou, Oct 2, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to his Guinean counterpart, H.E. Alpha Condé, on the occasion of the 59th anniversary of independence of his country.
El-Aaiun, Oct , 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan authorities deferred Saturday young Sahrawi Amrabih Loubeihat to Carcel Negra (black prison) in the occupied El-Aaiun, after appearing before the court, indicated a Saharawi judicial source.
The young Saharawi should have responded before the court to the criminal charges brought against him by the prosecution, according to his family cited by the same source.
Bir-Lehlou, Oct 1, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to his Nigerian counterpart, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
"It is my pleasure to convey to you our sincere congratulations on the occasion of the 57th Independence Day of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, while wishing the people of Nigeria more happiness, success and prosperity," said the President of the Republic.
New York, Oct 1, 2017 (SPS) - The United Nations Security Council will receive a briefing on Western Sahara in October to discuss the situation in this non-self-governing territory, while the UN intends to relaunch mediation efforts from next month with a view to resuming talks between Polisario Front and Morocco.
The semi-annual briefing is expected to be conducted by the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler.