August 2018

Kigali (Rwanda) August 16, 2018 (SPS) - delegation of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has participated in a AU workshop on raising awareness of the Migration Policy framework, in the presence of delegations representing the member countries, experts and officials of the AU Commission.
The workshop focused on the importance of raising awareness of Migration Policy framework and its effectiveness in raising the African economic development index, stressing the necessity of activating the mechanisms included in the AU 2018-2030.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 16, 2018 (SPS) - the Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mohamed El Ouali Akik has praised the significant role played by Independence Intifada in spreading the national cause on various fronts during his reception to delegation representing the Sahrawi masses in the occupied territories in the ninth Summer University of POLISARIO and SADR cadres held in Boumerdes from 04 to 15 July.

BOUMERDÈS (Algeria), August 16, 2018 (SPS) - The Speaker of the Saharawi Parliament, Mr. Khatri Aduh has affirmed, Wednesday, that the main objective of the direct negotiations, is to find a solution guaranteeing the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination through the holding  of a referendum leading to the decolonization of the last colony in Africa.

Boumerdes (Algeria) August 16, 2018 (SPS) – the Venezuelan Ambassador to Algeria José Jesus on Wednesday expressed, on behalf of the accredited diplomatic corps in Algeria his country's support for the right of Saharawi people to self-determination and freedom in his speech during the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of the Summer University

Boumerdes, Algeria, August 16, 2018 (SPS) - the Secretary General of the National Liberation Front (FLN), Djamel Ould Abbas, said Wednesday that Algeria , government, people and  civil society, stands on the side of  the Saharawi people's right to self-determination.

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 15,  2018 (SPS) -  Frente POLISARIO remains open to dialogue and negotiations with companies and economic operators wishing to invest in Western Sahara, in accordance with the law and taking into consideration Sahrawi people's interests, the Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mohamed El Ouali Akik said Wednesday in Boumerdes (50-km east of Algiers).

Chahid El-Hafed, August 15, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Brahim Gali, presided on Wednesday a meeting of the members of the Army General Staff of the Sahrawi People Liberation Army (SPLA).

Boumerdes (Algeria), August 15,  2018 (SPS) - the Prime Minister of Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed El Uali Akik has expressed his deep gratitude to Algeria for its principled positions towards the Saharawi people and their just cause, praising its pioneering role in achieving security and stability and standing by the peoples.

Boumerdes, Algeria, 15 August 2018 (SPS) – the Prime Minister of Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed El Uali Akik has overseen the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of the Summer University of Frente POLISARIO and Sahrawi State executives in the Algerian city of Boumerdes.

Boumerdes, August 15, 2018 (SPS) – the Participants in the ninth Summer University of the Frente POLISARIO and Sahrawi Republic cadres have organized sit-in in sympathy with the Saharawi political prisoners in the Moroccan jails and the masses of the glorious independence “uprising” on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the University.

Chahid El Hafed, August 15, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, has overseen the farewell ceremony of Sahrawi pilgrims this year.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, Mr. Mrabih Elmami praised the process of registration of pilgrims, stressing that the ministry exerted efforts to carry out the operation in good conditions.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), August 15, 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi President, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Brahim Gali has Tuesday sent a message of condolences to his Italian counterpart Mr. Srgio Mattarella expressing his deep sadness folowing the deadly collapse of the bridge of a motorway in the city of Genoa in which dozens of Italian citizens lost their lives.

Boumerdes (Algeria) August 15, 2018 (SPS) - Algerian security and strategic expert Ahmed Mezab said Tuesday that the security and comprehensive development in the region and the African continent is linked to solving the Sahrawi issue and enabling its people to exercise their right of  self-determination in a lecture entitled "The security situation in the Sahel and its repercussions on the Sahrawi question" on the tenth day of the Summer University of Frente POLISARIO and the Saharawi state executives.

Boumerdes (Algeria) 15, August 2018 (SPS) - Professor and former Algerian Minister Mr. Ahmed Hichour underlined that the support of  the majority peoples of the world to the Sahrawi issue derive from their deep belief in the justice of the Sahrawi cause and the right of their people to self-determination in a lecture entitled " the impact of the international and regional situation on the issue of Western Sahara" to participants in the events of the ninth edition of the Summer University of Frente POLISARIO and Sahrawi cadres.

Santa Venerina (Italy) August 15, 2018. (SPS) - The President of the Juvenile Court of the Province of Catania on the Island of Sicily, Mrs. Francesca Pricoco, received, , at her home in the vicinity of the town Italian Santa Venerina to a group of Sahrawi children who are spending their summer holidays in Acireale.
The reception was attended by the President of the "Terra Futura" Association of Acireale, Giovanna Morabito, the Association Coordinator, Sara Scudero and the member of the Mitzi Badala association.

12:51 PM 08/14/2018
Suzanne Scholte | President, Defense Forum Foundation; Seoul Peace Prize Laureate
A tremendous opportunity exists for President Donald Trump to resolve a long-simmering foreign policy conflict over Africa’s only remaining colony, Western Sahara, as it is a stark illustration of exactly the themes on which he campaigned.
When Trump ran for president, he spoke often about the “forgotten men and women” and highlighted how corruption in government can lead to much suffering and unfairness and vowed to “drain the swamp.”

Boumerdes, August 13, 2018 (SPS) -The Spanish colonization archives on Western Sahara bear "irrefutable testimony" that the Sahrawis were masters of their territory, said Monday Teacher-researcher and legal expert in archives, Achour Sellal.
Speaking in a conference at the Summer University of the executives of the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Sellal assured that these documents showed that the Sahrawis had the right to self-determination in accordance with the UN resolution 1514 of 1960.

Algiers, August 13, 2018 (SPS) - The United Nations Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler intends to send invitations, probably by the end of September, to the two parties to the conflict in Western Sahara (Polisario Front and Morocco), in line with the UN efforts to restart direct negotiations and find a solution guaranteeing the right of Sahrawi people to self-determination, said Sunday Polisario Front's Coordinator with the UN Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), M'hamed Kheddad.

Algiers, August 13, 2018 ( SPS) - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, reaffirmed Sunday Polisario Front's readiness to engage into direct negotiations with Morocco, in accordance with the recent resolution of the United Nations Security Council.

Abuja (Nigeria), August 12, 2018 (SPS) - The Nigerian Movement for Western Sahara in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has organized a platform of solidarity with the Saharawi people and their just cause, in the presence of the Sahrawi Ambassador to Nigeria, Malanin Sadik. 
The solidarity platform was an opportunity for Nigerian civil society organizations to rene their support for the legitimate struggle of the Sahrawi people led by its sole representative, the Polisario Front.