January 2018

Bir Lahlou (occupied territories), Jan 31, 2018 (SPS) - The Sahrawi government hailed the decision adopted by the 30th ordinary summit of the African Union held recently in Addis Ababa, which calls on the two member States of the organization, the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, and the kingdom of Morocco, to engage in direct, serious discussions without preconditions, and to take the measures necessary for the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Saha

Addis Ababa, Jan 30, 2018 (SPS) - The works of the Thirtieth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) wrapped up on Monday with the commitment of African leaders to seek institutional reforms and strengthen the unity of the continent.

Paris, Jan 30,2018 (SPS) - The General Assembly of the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in France (AARSD) expressed on Sunday its willingness to continue its cooperation with the Sahrawi refugee camps and to undertake new initiatives in favor of respect for human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), January 28, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, participated Sunday in the XXX Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, held at the headquarters of the Africa Union in Addis Ababa.  

Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandy), January 27, 2018 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISAARIO in France, Ubbi Bashraya aA-Bashir, affirmed on Friday that the Saharawi people will continue fighting for freedom and national independence, during a meeting with the mayor of Gonfreville l'Orcher, which welcomes the work of the General Assembly of the Friends of the Saharawi Republic in France.

Paris, Jan 27, 2017 (SPS) - The Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) awarded Saturday, in Paris, its 2017 human rights prize to Naama Asfari, a Sahrawi activist imprisoned in Morocco since November 2010.

The prize was given to his wife Claude Mangin who read movingly a letter from Naama, in a ceremony to which participated more than one hundred people.

Shaheed El-Hafedh, January 27, 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi government met on Saturday at the headquarters of the Prime Ministry, under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister, Abdel-kader Taleb-Omar.

El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), January 26, 2018 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces intervened Thursday violently against the funeral tent of deceased father Deida Ould Yazid in the occupied city of El-Aaiun, reported SPS correspondent on the scene.

London, Jan 26, 2017 (SPS) - In its annual report of 2018, published on Wednesday, Western Sahara Action Forum (WSAF) called to “immediately” extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring in this occupied territory.

Chahid El Hafed, Jan 25, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of the occupied territories and Abroad Communities learnt with deep sorrow the news of the death of the fighter Dida Ould Yazid, after suffering a health problem at his home in the occupied Aaiun on the morning of January 25, 2018.

Occupied Aaiun, Jan 24, 2018 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces intervened violently against Sahrawi demonstrators, most of them Unemployed, on Monday, 22 January 2018, near the neighborhood of Maatal in the occupied capital Aaiun.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) January 22, 2018 (SPS) – The 35th Ordinary Session of the AU Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) has officially opened Monday at the African Union Headquarters with the participation of a Sahrawi delegation led by Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union, Lamine Baali, in preparation for the next session of the AU Executive Council.