December 2018

Bir-Lehlu, December 31, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a condolence message to his Nigerian counterpart, H.E. Mohammadu Buhari, on the death of former President of the Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Alhaji Shehu Shagari.
The President of the Republic expressed, on behalf of the Sahrawi people and on his own behalf, the deep sorrow and sadness at the death of former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Alhaji Shehu Shagari.

Boujdour, (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Dec 27, 2018 (SPS)- The president of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, said the year 2018 has been rich in victories and achievements due to the resistance of Western Sahara people, adding that the battle will continue until the establishment of Saharawi State sovereignty over all the Saharawi territories.

Balearic Islands (Spain), Dec 27 2018 (SPS) -the Frente POLISARIO representative in the Balearic Islands held on Wednesday a sit-in in solidarity with all Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons.
During the said sit-in, which was held in coordination with the Solidarity Association in the Balearic Islands, Sahrawi national flags were raised along with banners in the main square as an expression of solidarity with all Saharawi detainees, calling for their unconditionally release.

Bojador, Dec 26, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Ghali, praised the role of Sahrawi women in the national liberation struggle led by the Saharawi people.

Chahid El Hafed, Dec 25, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized, on Monday with the collaboration of the Ministry of the Occupied Territories, a conference on human rights, international law and humanitarian law, in the presence of members of the National Secretariat, government, the diplomatic corps and some interested organizations and associations.

Bouzakarn (Morocco) December 24, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoner of the Gdeim Izik group, Mohamed Andelah Amebito Tahlil, who is in the local prison of Bouzakarn in southern Morocco, has been subjected to cruel and degrading treatment after the prison administration put him in solitary confinement on December 3rd.

Madrid, December 22, 2018 (SPS) - Spanish Euro-deputy Clara Aguilera, who led a delegation of European parliamentarians to the Province of Cadiz from 17 to 19 December, pointed out that “it is not evident that the European Parliament will approve EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement as several Euro-deputies consider that it is not in compliance with the two decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Shaheed Alhafeed, December 21, 2018 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front asserted that a just democratic solution to the Western Sahara conflict is the only guarantee of peace, security and stability in the Maghreb and Northwest Africa, in a statement following its 9th ordinary session chaired by President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali.

Shaheed Alhafeed, December 21, 2018 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front has reaffirmed the commitment of the Saharawi party and its readiness to cooperate with the international efforts led by former German President Horst Koehler, in a statement following its 9th ordinary session.

Chahed El-Hafed, Dec 20, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, oversees a meeting of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO of its ninth ordinary session.
The session discusses the report of the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat and different points related to the developments of the national cause on various fronts.

Dunedin (New Zealand) Dec 20, 2018 (SPS) - Friends of the Sahrawi people in New Zealand organized a demonstration to denounce the arrival of a shipment loaded with Sahrawi phosphate bound for the city of Dunedin in southern New Zealand, calling for stopping this "theft and crime".
The demonstrators gathered in front of the ship that arrived at the port earlier this week, and chanted slogans against the looting of Sahrawi wealth, brandishing placards on which sentences like "stop the flight" and "we took you in flagrante delicto" were written.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), Dec 20, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali received a letter of thanks from his Angolan counterpart, Mr. João Lourenço in response to the congratulatory message sent by the Saharawi leader on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Angola.
Angolan President João Lourenço conveyed his thanks for the congratulations and the signs of brotherhood and solidarity.

Paris (Algiers) Dec 19, 2018 (SPS) - A Saharawi Youth Union activist has stressed, in Paris, the seriousness of the situation of Saharawi students in Moroccan universities, in violations of the international rules and charters. 
Hamdi Omar, who is in charge of foreign relations at the Saharawi Youth Union, made the statement in a series of meetings on the sidelines of the International Festival of Solidarity.  

Aaiún occupied, Dec 19, 2018 (SPS) - The political activist and journalist, Salah Eddine Lebsir, was transferred, on Tuesday, from the Tata prison to the Bouzakarn prison.
Salah Lebsir was arrested on June 6, 2015 after participating in peaceful demonstrations in the city of Smara, demanding the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people, he was sentenced to four years ending his sentence in June 2019.

Paris, Dec 18, 2018 (SPS) - The Foreign Relations Officer of the Saharawi Youth Union, Hamdi Omar, highlighted in a series of meetings in the margins of his participation in Paris, at the International Solidarity Festival, the seriousness of the situation in which live Sahrawi students in Moroccan universities, unlike all the international charters.

Sydney (Australia), Dec 18, 2018 (SPS) - The Australia Western Sahara Association expressed their satisfaction at the round of negotiations held in Geneva between the Frente POLISARIO and Morocco, under the auspices of the UN, to achieve a solution of the conflict in Western Sahara that provide for the right of self-determination to the Saharawi people.
The said australian association took stock of their activities carried out during the past year and electing a new leadership this time, in addition to preparing a work agenda for next year.

Bir Lahlou, Dec 18 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Ghali called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene to accelerate the clearance of mines that are threatening the lives of Sahrawi citizens and their property.

Boujdour, Dec 18, 2018 (SPS) - Jauda Mohamed Mahmud has re-elected for the second time, last Sunday, Secretary General of the organization of young Saharawi women, branch of the Youth Union of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (UJSARIO)

Published: 17.12 - 2018
A local environmental organisation in Dunedin, New Zealand, this week-end protested the arrival of a bulk vessel entering the port, loaded with phosphate rock from cocupied Western Sahara.
In the background of the photos, one can spot the vessel 'Triton Valk', just having arrived the port. The importer of the cargo is the fertilizer company Ravensdown.

Shaheed Alhafed, December 16, 2018 (SPS) – Sahrawi Association of Landmine Victims (ASAVIM) has reiterates call on the international community and its relevant bodies, in particular the United Nations, in order to exert pressure on Morocco to comply with conventions on banning mines and cluster munitions (Ottawa and Oslo), in a statement.