Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 16 December 2018 (SPS) – Minister of Social Welfare and Promotion of Women, Mahfuda Rahal, has taken part in the meeting under the auspices of the African Union to accelerate the ratification, domestication and implementation of the Protocol on Women’s Rights.
The high-level meeting, which kicked off on December 12, calls for the universal ratification of the Protocol on Women’s Rights
Algiers, December 16, 2018 (SPS) - The Rally of Algerian Hope (TAJ) on Saturday reiterated its strong support for the Saharawi people's right to self-determination and independence, at the conclusion of its first national congress.
December 15, 2018
Washington, December 15, 2018 – The US administration renewed its interest and commitment to resolve Western Sahara conflict, insisting on "stronger, more effective mandate" of Minurso to push forward the UN process.
The US position has been reaffirmed Thursday by Ambassador John Bolton, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs who expressed "frustration" over the stalemate of the Sahrawi question, 27 years after the UN has instituted MINURSO for the organization of self-determination referendum in this territory.
Occupied Aaiún, Dec 13, 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner Mohamed Hasana Ahmed Salem Burial has entered yesterday, on an open hunger strike in the prison of Tifelt2 in protest against the miserable situation of the prison in which he is, according to / sources from the Ministry of the Occupied Territories Abroad Community.
National School of Saharawi cadres, Dec 12, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali oversaw, on Tuesday, the graduation of a new batch of political cadres in the National School of Saharawi cadres Martir El-Wali, with the presence of the member of the National Secretariat and head of the political Organization, Mr. Hama Salama and the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of Cuba in Algeria, Mrs.
Strasbourg, Dec 11, 2018 (SPS) - Frente POLISARIO representative to Europe Mohamed Sidati has denounced on Tuesday the adoption by the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the report of the controversial Eurodeputy Patricia Lalonde, which provides for the expansion of the EU-Morocco Agricultural Agreement to the occupied Western Sahara territory
It is "shameful" to approve a document which author has been forced to step down over "conflict of interests".
Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), Dec 11, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Republic of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, on the occasion of the National Day of the African brother country.
"On behalf of the Saharawi people, the government and my own, I take this opportunity to express the warmest congratulations to the government and people of Kenya for the national day of the sister republic," says the letter sent by the Saharawi leader.
Brussels (Belgium), Dec 11, 2018 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO describes as "shameful" the maneuver of the European Parliament's International Trade Commission (INTA) in supporting the renewal of the illegal agricultural agreements with Morocco and the inclusion of the occupied areas of Western Sahara.
New York, December 10, 2018 (SPS) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted, in its 73rd session, 36 resolutions and 4 decisions relating to issues of decolonization, including that relating to Western Sahara.
In the same document, the special committee in charge of studying the situation concerning the implementation of the Declaration on granting independence to colonial countries and peoples is called to continue monitoring the situation in Western Sahara and to present a report on the issue in the 74th General Assembly.
Shaheed Alhafeed, December 10, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front underlined, following its meeting with Morocco as part of the roundtable held in Geneva, the firm willingness and unwavering determination of the Sahrawi people in their fight for freedom and independence, while calling to speed up the implementation of the resolution 2440 of the Security Council to enable the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
Shaheed Alhafeed, December 10, 2018 (SPS) - The Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has considered the resolution of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of December 03, 2018, comes in support of the Court previous resolutions and confirmation that Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco are separate and distinct countries.
Bir-Lahlou (Liberated Territories), December 9, 2018 (SPS) - The Ministry of Information has issued a statement, in which it refuted media coverage about aborting of a criminal scheme in the Sahrawi refugee camps.
“What has been reported by some media platforms about aborting of a criminal scheme, is an exaggerated rhetoric and out of right,” said the statement.
“It was about a suspect in question arrested by the Sahrawi police in the wilaya of Smara, who was held in detention pending the completion of investigations and referral to justice.”
Geneva (Switzerland), December 9, 2018 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative in Switzerland Omeima Mahmoud Abdel Salam renewed the rejection of the Sahrawi people and its sole representative, the Polisario Front, of all solutions outside their inalienable right to self-determination, so that they can express themselves in a just, democratic and transparent manner on Western Sahara future under the UN auspices.
Brussels, December 8, 2018 (SPS) - The European Union (EU) welcomed the participation of the parties in Western Sahara conflict, Morocco and Polisario Front, and the two neighboring countries Algeria and Mauritania in Geneva roundtable on Western Sahara, on 5 - 6 December.
Bir-Lehlu, December 8, 2018 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, on the 57th anniversary of the Independence Day.
“On behalf of the Saharawi People and on my own behalf, I would like to extend to you and the people of United Republic of Tanzania my sincere congratulations on the 57th anniversary of the Independence Day of United Republic of Tanzania,” said the President of the republic.
Geneva (Switzerland), December 8, 2018 (SPS) - M’hammad Khaddad , member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, and member of the Sahrawi negotiating delegation in the roundtable, which concluded Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, has said that the United States of America has shown a clear interest in finding a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, especially since last April, and accompanied the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Horst Koehler, in his endeavors, which created hope to reach a just solution that respects the right of the Sahrawi pe
Geneva, December 7, 2018 (SPS)- The works of the roundtable on Western Sahara, organized in Geneva and initiated by UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler, ended Thursday with the decision of organizing a second roundtable in the first quarter of 2019, announced the UN’s emissary.
Algiers, December 2018 (SPS) - Nayat Ahmed Abdeslam’s “Bidun Hawiya” (Sahrawis without nationality), a short film on the ordeal of the Sahrawi nationals in Spain to have a nationality, was presented Wednesday, in Algiers, as part of the 9th International Film Festival of Algiers (FICA), in the presence its director.
A Sahrawi-Spanish co-production, the film features in 20 minutes the issue of losing identity of the people of Spain’s last colony and currently occupied by Morocco, emphasizing all the difficulties to have a nationality.
Geneva (Switzerland), December 7, 2018 (SPS) - The two-day round table on Western Sahara wrapped up on Thursday in Geneva. At the end of the works, UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler has presented the final communiqué.
The communiqué says that the round table has been convened "by UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler" in conformity with the Resolution 2440 of the UN Security Council.