Luanda (Angola), 24 November 2025 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, called for a review of the effectiveness of the Africa–Europe Partnership after 25 years since its launch, questioning whether this partnership has been able to bring about tangible change in the lives of the continent’s peoples.
In his speech before the African Union–European Union Summit held Monday in the Angolan capital, Luanda, the President of the Republic stated that “it is unreasonable that we still witness alarming levels across Africa of poverty, underdevelopment, diseases, epidemics, displacement, migration, unemployment, and debt,” despite the joint efforts made over the past quarter century.
President Ghali stressed that the Sahrawi Republic “looks forward to an active role by the European Union in consolidating peace, ending destructive wars and armed conflicts in Africa, respecting and implementing international law, international humanitarian law, and European law; stopping any foreign interference that exploits crises and fuels tension and instability; and working to guarantee the sacred right of peoples to self-determination and sovereignty over their natural resources.”
He also praised the African Union’s 2025 theme — “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent” — describing it as “an open call to the entire world and to our European partner to address this issue with wisdom and responsibility, in a manner that strengthens the relationship between our two organizations and our peoples, serving justice, peace, and constructive, fruitful cooperation for the benefit of all.”
The President concluded by emphasizing that this summit represents an opportunity “to embody the joint commitment to the 2030 Common Vision, in alignment with the African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the European Union’s strategic priorities,” calling for the transformation of speeches into practical plans to address development challenges in the fields of education, health, sustainable energy, food security, and digital transformation.
The President of the Republic is participating at the head of a large delegation that includes: the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Yelem Beissat; the Permanent Representative to the African Union, Lamine Baali; the Ambassador to Angola and Namibia, Hamdi El Khalil Mayara; the Ambassador in charge of Presidential Protocol, Salha El-Abd; Presidential Advisor Abdati Breika; and the Advisor on Arab World Affairs, Nanna Labat Errachid.
The Sahrawi Republic had also taken part in the experts’ preparatory meeting for the summit, held Sunday at the ambassadorial level, with the participation of ambassadors Lamine Baali and Hamdi El Khalil Mayara.
The participation of the Sahrawi Republic in the Seventh African Union–European Union Summit is not merely a protocol presence. It constitutes a direct response to Moroccan occupation propaganda promoting the narrative of a “closed Western Sahara file” or of “international recognition of alleged sovereignty” that does not exist at all. If the Moroccan claims were true, the Sahrawi Republic would not be present today with full membership in the largest joint African–European forum, bringing together all European states, all African Union member states, and major international institutions.
With the opening of the summit, the Sahrawi presence stands out as a solid political reality proving that the Sahrawi people and their state enjoy full representation within the African Union, and that Morocco’s attempts to alter this reality through pressure or propaganda have achieved nothing—neither at the continental level nor internationally.
The summit constitutes a new platform for the Sahrawi Republic to present its vision on development issues, strengthening partnerships, and continental–international cooperation, in addition to defending the Sahrawi people’s inalienable right to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the charters of the African Union and the United Nations.
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