May 2019

Madrid (Spain), May 30, 2019, (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO to Spain, Jira Bulahi Bad, met with the General Director for the Maghreb, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Eva Martinez Sanchez, to address the latest developments in Western Sahara and the peace process led by the UN.

Chahid El Hafed (Camps of Dignity), May 28, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO has reiterated on Monday that the only viable, lasting and realistic solution is that which respects the will and the choice of the Saharawi people, as all colonial peoples, in accordance with the Charter and the resolutions of the United Nations and the African Union.

Algiers, May 26, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Ambassador to Algiers Abdelakder Taleb Omar denounced Moroccan occupier’s rejection of the African Union’s participation in Western Sahara peace process, saying that AU’s commitment to the core principles, particularly respect for the borders inherited after independence and the right to self-determination, was a pledge of peace and stability in the continent.

Bir-Lahlou, May 25, 2019 (SPS) – Coordinator with UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Foreign Relations Officer at the National Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front, Emhamed Khaddad, confirmed that other factors besides the health situation had an impact on the decision of the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Koehler, to resign from mediation two years after he assumed the mission in August 2017.

New York, May 23, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO is deeply saddened to learn of the resignation of the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, former German President Horst Kӧhler. During his tenure as Personal Envoy, President Kӧhler was unwavering in his pursuit of a just and lasting solution that would provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.

Chahid El-Hafed, May 23, 2019 (SPS) -  Saharawi President,  Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has promulgated a decree on establishing November 8 as the National Day of Saharawi Civil Prisoner, to be marked by festivities and activities organized by the ministry of Occupied Territories Affairs and Communities. 

Oviedo (Asturias), May 21, 2019 (SPS) - The University of Tifariti and the University of Oviedo have signed an important cooperation agreement that will allow Saharawi students to access scholarships for higher education at the Asturian academic institution, as well as the organization of joint activities for awareness and information on the struggle and history of the Saharawi people.

Spain, May 21, 2019 (SPS) - The State Coordinator of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara People (CEAS-Sahara) denounced on Monday the "expulsion" and "lack of protection" of five Spanish lawyers and two Norwegian observers who were going to a trial of a journalist from Western Sahara.

SHaheed El-Hafeed, May 19, 2019 (SPS) -The Sahrawi people will celebrate Monday the 46th anniversary of the outbreak of the Sahrawi armed struggle, in a context marked by the numerous victories snatched by the Sahrawi people, who are still fighting for their right to self-determination.

New York, May 18, 2019 (SPS) – Moroccan authorities are using a law designed to keep people from falsely claiming professional credentials to bring criminal charges against people trying to expose abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories of the Saharawi Republic), May 14, 2019 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic congratulated the ruling African National Congress (CNA) of South Africa on Monday for its victory in the national elections.