Algiers, 12 August 2018 (SPS) – Secretary General of Algerian National Alliance Party, Belkacem Sahli, has reiterated his party's unconditional support for the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence, during a special reception to Ambassador to Algeria Abdelkader Taleb-Omar.
Rome, August 11, 2018 (SPS) - Pope Francis received Sahrawi children in the Vatican in Rome, in presence of Polisario Front's representative in Italy Omar Mih and representatives of associations supporting the Sahrawi cause, as well as thousands of people from all over the world who came to visit the Catholic Church headquarters.
During the ceremony, held Wednesday in the audience hall in the Vatican City, Pope Francis hailed those "messengers of peace" and talked at length with some of them in presence of the head of Sahrawi delegation, Omar Mih.
Algiers, August 10, 2018 (SPS) - Algeria "has positively appreciated" the briefing by the United Nations Secretary General's personal envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Kohler, before the United Nations Security Council on his recent visit to the region, said Thursday the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif.
This briefing was "favourably welcomed" by all members of the UN Security Council, he said.
Algiers, August 09, 2018 (SPS) - A caravan of food aid set off Wednesday from Algiers to the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (around 2000-km southwest of Algiers), under the supervision of the Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) in presence of representatives of the Sahrawi Red Crescent and Sahrawi officials.
The caravan, made up of more than 10 trucks loaded with 125 tonnes of sugar and 63 tonnes of rice, shows Algerian people's solidarity with Sahrawi people, said the president of CRA, Saida Benhabyles.
United Nations (New York), August 09, 2018 (SPS) - The UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler is trying to reconvene the Frente POLISARIO and Morocco before the end of the current mandate of the United Nations Mission to the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), said diplomatic sources in New York.
Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories) August 09, 2018 (SPS). - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno Garcés, on the occasion of the 209th anniversary of the First Cry of Independence of that country, which occurred on August 10, 1809.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) August 07, 2018 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Republic and the Republic of Botswana signed Monday in Addis Ababa a joint statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level.
following the full text of the communiqué:
Saharawi Republic and Botswana Republic decide the establishment of diplomatic relation at the ambassadorial level.
New York, August 6, 2018 (SPS) - United Nations Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler will brief the Security Council on his recent visit to the region to relaunch negotiations between Polisario Front and Morocco.
Former Germany's president will inform the Security Council about his recent activities, according to the Council's monthly forecasts for August.
The meeting will be held behind closed doors, while the final statement will be read to the press by the Council's president for August, Karen Pierce (UK).
Algeria, 06 August 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, received Sunday at the Sahrawi embassy in Algiers the delegation of the occupied territories of Western Sahara participating in the Summer University of the executives of the Saharawi state and Polisario Front.
Boumerdes (Algeria), August 5, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary General of the Polisario Front Brahim Ghali said Saturday; in Boumerdes (50-km east of Algiers), his satisfaction with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which confirm that Western Sahara and Morocco are two different countries and that no agreement with Morocco can include the territory of Western Sahara and the adjoining waters.
Boumerdes (Algeria), August 5, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali on Saturday in Boumerdes (50 km east of Algiers) called for the end of the Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara," affirming "his full readiness to cooperate" with the UN Secretary-General and his personal envoy in a view to completing Western Sahara decolonization process.
Livorno (Italy), August 4, 2018 (SPS) - A group of Saharawi children who are spending their summer holidays has been received by Mayor of the city of Livorno, Filippo Nogarin, in the presence media and associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people.
During the reception, which was attended by the Mayor's assistants and the President of the Council, the Mayor of the city signed certificates of honorary citizenship handed over to the Saharawi children.
Boumerdes (Algeria), August 4, 2018 (SPS) - The 9th edition of the Summer University of the executives of the Polisario Front and Saharawi state has kiched off, on Saturday, in Algerian province of Boumerdes.
The Summer University held under the theme “commitment and persistence for independence and freedom,” in the period of August 4-14, 2018, is organized by the Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Saharawi People in cooperation with the Sahrawi Republic Embassy to Algeria.
Bir Lehlu, August 4, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, H. E. Emmerson Mnangagwa, on his re-election as the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe .
Naples (Italy), August 2, 2018 (SPS) - The Minister of Education, Social Policies of the Italian Region of Campania, Mrs. Lucia Fortini has received the Saharawi children who spend their summer vacation in the city of Napoli within the program "Vacation in peace".
Algiers, August 02, 2018 (SPS) - The ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Algiers, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, said Wednesday that Morocco "has opened the door to immigration to put pressure on Europe to get it to sign the fishing agreement".
"Morocco has opened the door to immigration to put pressure on Europe, and Spain in particular, to get them to sign the fishing agreement," Taleb Omar told reporters following a consultation meeting with the leader of an Algerian political party.
Caracas, August 01, 2018 (SPS) - A delegation from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro (Frente POLISARIO) has participated, together with delegations from more than 20 countries, in the IV Congress of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, which was held in the city of Caracas from July 28 to 30, 2018.
Sesto Fiorentino (Italy), August 01, 2018 (SPS) - The Italian city of Sesto Fiorentino has celebrated Tuesday its 34th anniversary as the first Italian city that declared its support and solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people.
The event was chaired by the mayor of this city, Mr. Lorenzo and with the presence of the Saharawi Representative in Tuscany Mr. Jandud Hamdi and the Saharawi children who are spending their vacations in this city in the framework of the "Vacation Peace Program".