July 2018

Bologna (Italy), July 29, 2018 (SPS) - Councilor for European and International Relations and Cooperation, of the Italian Region of Emilia Romagna, Mr. Marco Lombardo, on Friday received a group of Sahrawi children in the city of Bologna in the framework of the holidays in peace program.

London, July 28, 2018 (SPS) - The United Kingdom has reiterated its position of respecting the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding the EU-Morocco trade agreements, which excludes Western Sahara and its adjacent waters from the agreement.

Murlo (Toscana) (Italy), July 25, 2018 (SPS) - The Mayor of the Italian city of Murlo in the region of Tuscany on Monday organized,  a concert in honor of the Sahrawi children who are in this city in the framework of the Vacations in Peace Program, small Saharawi peace ambassadors with the presence of Italian children from this city.

El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), July 23, 2018 (SPS) – The Association for Resource Monitoring and the Protection of the Environment in Western Sahara (AMRPENWS) welcomed the decision of the US firm -Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPHS) to suspend its phosphate import operations from Western Sahara, dubbing it a new victory for the Sahrawi question.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), July 22, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front expressed its “deep concern” over the attitude of some countries of the European Union (EU) which are still receiving products from the occupied Sahrawi territories in flagrant violation of the humanitarian international law, said M’hamed Kheddad, head of the external relations of the Polisario Front’s national secretariat.

Tiznit (Morocco), July 21, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners Omar Al-Agena and Mustapha Burkaa, members of Sahrawi student group Comrades of El-Wali, have entered day 11 of their unlimited hunger strike, with the Tiznit prison administration unwilling to open a serious dialogue to meet their just demands under the minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners and the Moroccan Prison Administration law No. 98_23.

Paris (France), July 21, 2018 (SPS) - Chairperson of the Sahrawi Petroleum and Minerals Authority, Dr. Zubair, has described the decision of the Council of the European Union, to include Western Sahara in the EU-Morocco trade agreement, as an immoral and constitutes a blatant violation of law and the principles on which the European Union was founded based on democracy and respect for the rights of peoples.

Tenerife, July 19, 2018 (SPS) - The Representative of the Frente POLISARIO in the Canary Islands, Mr. Hamdi Mansur, reaffirmed on Wednesday in a press conference at the headquarters of the Workers' Commissions in Tenerife, the determination of the Saharawi authorities to defend the natural resources of the Saharawi people.

Acireale (Italy), July 18, 2018 (SPS) - The Italian city of Acireale on the island of Sicily has held during this current week a solidary meeting between Sahrawi and Italian children to enjoy together a variety of sports, learning, leisure , animation and fun activities.

The meeting was held in the Brizz pool, the largest in this city and under the supervision of monitors and program managers of this pool of the Summer Sport Cam Group

Rome, Italy, July 17, 2018 (SPS) - The Parliamentary Group of Friendship and Solidarity with the Saharawi People was established Tuesday at the Italian Parliament, in the presence of the representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Italy, Mih Omar and the Ambassador of South Africa to Italy.

Havana, July 16, 2018 (SPS) - The 24th edition of the Sao Paulo Forum is being held in Havana, Cuba, from July 15-17, with the participation of a Sahrawi delegation led by Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mansur Omar.

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 15, 2018 (SPS) - The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has decided, in accordance with the Basic Law of the Front, to hold the 15th Congress of the Polisaio Front within the coming year, said a statement following the 8th ordinary session of the National Secretariat.