January 2018

Paris, Jan 20, 2018 (SPS) - The political process for self-determination of Western Sahara has remained at a standstill with little international attention, noted Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its new report in Paris on Thursday.
"The political process for self-determination of Western Sahara, a territory under Moroccan control, remained stalled with little international mediation or attention," said the HRW in its World Report 2018 on human rights.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Jan 17, 2018 (SPS) -The Minister of National Defense, Abdallahe Lehbib Albalalal, presided over Tuesday a meeting of the General Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) at the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense.

Pretoria, Jan 16, 2018 (SPS) - The African National Congress (ANC) has reaffirmed its support for the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence.

Murcia, Jan 16, 2018 (SPS) -.The Minister of Presidency and Development, Pedro Rivera, accompanied by the Director General of the European Union, External Action and Cooperation, Manuel Pleguezuelo, today received the Saharawi delegate in the Region of Murcia, Fatma Mohamed Salem, accompanied by members of her delegation and of the Saharawi Sonrisa Association of Murcia, to study the solidarity actions promoted by the regional government and reiterate the Executive's commitment to the Saharawi people, "which is reflected in actions such as the caravan of solidarity, i

Chahed El-Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps) Jan 11, 2018 (SPS)- President of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, on Wednesday called on the European Union (EU) to abide by the ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, signed in 2014, and declared "invalid" by the ECJ Prosecuting Attorney Melchior Wathelet.

Algiers, Jan 11, 2018 (SPS) - The National Algerian Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (CNASPS) hailed Wednesday, with great satisfaction, the conclusions of the Advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Wathelet, who said that the fisheries agreement concluded between the European Union and Morocco is “invalid,” said the Committee in a communiqué.
 

Brussels Jan 09, 2018 (SPS)- The fisheries agreement concluded between the European Union (EU) and Morocco is invalid because of its implementation on Western Sahara and its territorial waters, according to the findings of the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), published on Wednesday.
“According to the Advocate General Wathelet, the agreement on fisheries concluded between EU and Morocco is invalid as it is implemented in Western Sahara and adjacent waters, announced CJEU in a communiqué.

Boujdour (Sahrawi refugee camps), Jan 09, 2018 (SPS)- President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Brahim Gali affirmed Tuesday, in Boujdour, that the Sahrawi State is determined to honour its commitments as part of the African Union (AU) concerning the enshrinement of the rule of law and fight against all forms of organized crime and terrorism, despite the various difficulties resulting from an exceptional situation because of the iniquitous Moroccan occupation  of some parts of the Sahrawi territory.

Chahid El Hafed, Jan 09, 2018 (SPS) - After the general lawyer of the European Court of Justice, Wathelete, comes to the conclusion that the fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco is illegal to include Western Sahara and the adjacent waters, the Frente POLISARIO has requested by means of a communiqué that "all the instances of EU" consider the judgments and legal principles of its justice, in relation to the illegality of the agreements with Morocco that include the Western Sahara.

Brussels (Belgium), Jan 09, 2018 (SPS) - the Delegate Minister for Europe, Mohamed Sidati, appealed Tuesday to the European Union to work to support the process of resolving the conflict in the Sahara Western led by the United Nations. "
The Saharawi diplomat highlighted that the visit of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler, is an opportunity for the EU to change its policy towards the Western Sahara to play  a "constructive role"

Washington (U.S.A), Jan 09, 2018 (SPS) -  The famous Boston newspaper The Christian Science Monitor addresses, in a thorough investigation, the extent of censorship on Morocco where Monarchy has a complete control on press, reinforcing trend on self-censorship.
In this regard, the government in Morocco uses several ways “to stifle the press: harassment, arrest, fines, suspension and economic pressure from advertisers close to the monarchy,” according to this investigation funded by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Brussels, Jan 09, 2018 (SPS) - the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini met with the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy H.E. Horst Köhler in Brussels on 9 January for an exchange of views on the relaunch of the UN peace process for Western Sahara.

Martyr Hadad base, January 8, 2018 (SPS) - The works of the annual conference of foreign relations was launched Monday morning at the military base of Martyr Haddad.
The conference is attended by Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, several members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and SADR government, and diplomatic corps.

New York, January 8, 2018 (SPS) - Morocco had strongly opposed the United Nations’ request to dispatch a technical mission to El Guergarat to examine ways to resolve the crisis in this buffer zone in the south of Western Sahara, The Polisario Front told APS on Saturday.

Shaheed El-Hafed, January 8, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received on Saturday a reply from Mr. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, in which he indicated that Polisario Front had responded positively to his intention to send a technical mission to the region.

Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), January 6, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front affirmed that the current tension in El Gargarat is due to the flagrant violation by Morocco of the ceasefire agreement and the Military Agreement No. 1.

National Council, 6 January 2018 (SPS) - The National Council (Parliament) has renewed its bodies by electing a deputy speaker and chairpersons of the committees.
The renovation of the bodies of the Council resulted in electing Hamouda Hamda Zein as the deputy speaker of the Council, and Brahim-Salem Omar, Khadu Bashir Haj, Bada Sidi-Mohamed, Mahjub Ali Sheikh, Hasanitu Mohammad Shabelal, Sid-Mahdi Abd-Rahman and Brahim-Salem Mohammed Abd-lahi as chairpersons of the committees of the Council.

Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), January 6, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front reiterated on Thursday its willingness to cooperate with the efforts of the United Nations for the decolonization of Western Sahara and the application of the provisions of the peace plan of the African Union-United Nations of 1991 aimed at organizing the referendum on self-determination so that the Saharawi people can decide their own future.

London, Jan 05, 2018 (SPS) - The Observatory of Western Sahara Resources Watch (WSRW) has denounced the illegal financing of the European Union to the fishing projects of Morocco in occupied Western Sahara.
WSRW affirmed that in 2017, Morocco devoted most of the financial support of the European Union (EU) to fisheries for the illegal development of this industry in occupied Western Sahara, with the "explicit approval" of the European Union.

Chahid El-Hafed, Jan 02, 2018 (SPS) – The General Assembly of the Sahrawi Lawyers Union has denounced the plunder and the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara natural resources by the Moroccan occupation forces.
The Union also denounced the unfair trials of the detainees of Gdeim Izik group, calling on the international community to put pressure on Morocco to bring it to comply with the international law and create a UN body for the protection of the Sahrawi people.