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September 2019

Algeria's mission to UNHRC draws international attention to the serious escalation of human rights violations in occupied Western Sahara

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Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 12, 2019 (SPS) - Algeria's Permanent Mission to the Human Rights Council in Geneva has warned the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the serious escalation of human rights violations committed against Sahrawi civilians in the Non-Self-Governing Western Sahara territory.
The Moroccan regime policy against the Sahrawi civilian population in the occupied parts of Western Sahara illegally occupied by Morocco would have a serious consequence. The Algerian diplomat added in his intervention

XV Congress of the Frente POLISARIO’s Preparatory Commission holds its First meeting

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School June 9, Sept 12 (SPS) - Following his appointment at the last meeting of the National Secretariat, the first meeting of the Preparatory Commission of the XV Congress of the Frente POLISARIO took place yesterday. In this first act the President of the Republic and General Secretary of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, was present, accompanied by members of the Government and the National Secretariat.

CONASADH denounces Moroccan attempts to cover up crimes in the occupied areas of Western Sahara

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Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 12, 2019 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Human Rights Commission has denounced the Moroccan regime's attempts to hide systematic human rights violations in the occupied areas of Western Sahara. The Saharawi commission has stated that Morocco strives to hide the massacre and crime against humanity against the Saharawi civilian population since the beginning of the illegal occupation of the Western Sahara territory in autumn 1975.

Saharawi Ambassador signs open condolences book at the Zimbabwean embassy in Algeria

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Algiers (Algeria) Sept 12, 2019 (SPS) - The ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, has visited the Zimbabwean embassy to sign the sympathy book and transfer his deepest condolences to his Zimbabwean counterpart  following the death of former president and African leader Rober Mugabe.

Prime Minister receives World Food Program representative in Algeria

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Chahid El-Hafed, Sept 11, 2019 (SPS) - Saharawi Prime Minister Mohamed Luali Akeík has received the resident representative of the World Food Program (WFP) before the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria, Imed Khanfir, who was accompanied by the representative of the world organization in Tindouf.

Representatives of Sahrawi civil society participate in UNHRC 42nd session

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Geneva (Switzerland), September 9, 2019 (SPS) - The 42nd Ordinary Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva kicked off Monday, with the participation of a Sahrawi civil society delegation comprising human rights and media activists from the Sahrawi refugee camps, community abroad and occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Formation of National Preparatory Committee for 15th Congress of Frente POLISARIO

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Shaheed al-Hafed, September 8, 2019 (WAS) - The National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO has approved the proposal of the list of the National Preparatory Committee for the 15th Congress of the Frente POLISARIO, submitted by the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat, in a statement following its meeting on Sunday, chaired by President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali.

SADR determined to regain its place at African, international levels

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Algiers, September 7, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek said Saturday in Algiers that the achievements made as regards the Sahrawi cause at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on the Development of Africa (TICAD7), were a victory and a lesson that reflect the place of the Sahrawi State in the African Union.

President of Republic condemns fabricated trials against Sahrawis in occupied territories

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Bir-Lahlou, September 7, 2019 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, has condemned the false trials carried out by the Moroccan occupation against Sahrawi civilian prisoners arrested following the brutal intervention on the eve of their spontaneous celebration of the Algerian football team's win in Africa Cup of Nations, in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres.

Saharawi Republic declares 3 days of mourning for Robert Mugabe

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Bir Lehlu (Saharawi Republic) 6 September 2019 (SPS)- The Saharawi Republic declared in a press release issued by the Presidency on Friday, that the country and all its diplomatic representations abroad will observe 3 days of mourning for the death of the former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe.
It is with “deep grief and sorrow, that we received at the Saharawi Presidency the news of the loss of former Zimbabwean President, the great African freedom fighter, Robert Mugabe, this Friday, 06 September 2019,” the text reads.

Saharawi Ambassador presents credentials as Permanent Representative of SADR to SADC Executive Secretary

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Gaborone (Botswana) 06 September 2019 (SPS)- The Sahrawi Ambassador to Botswana, Mr. Malainin Mohamed (Lakhal), presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of the Sahrawi Republic to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Friday morning to the Executive Secretary of the SADC Secretariat, Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, at SADC headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana.

Brazilian Trade Union Forza Sindical supports the Saharawi cause

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Sao Paulo, Sept 05, 2019 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO in Brazil, Emboirik Ahmed, was received by Mr. Miguel Torres, president of the Brazilian Forza Sindical Trqde, at the headquarters of said union in the city of Sao Paulo, according to the source of the Representation of the POLISARIO in Brazil
At the meeting both parties discussed the situation in Brazil and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, agreeing to strengthen ties of friendship between Brazilian and Saharawi workers.

President of Republic congratulates his Vietnamese counterpart on Independence Day

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Bir-Lahlou, September 2, 2019 (SPS) - President of Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, H.E Mr.  Nguyễn Phú Trọng, on occasion of the Independence Day of Vietnam.
The President of the Republic conveyed, on behalf of the Sahrawi People and on his own behalf, his sincere congratulations and warm wishes for more success and prosperity to the President and the people of Socialist Republic of Vietnam on their Independence Day.