Month: January 2021
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, current chairman of the African Union (AU), on Sunday called on U.S. President Joe Biden to rescind the "illegal recognition" of Morocco's alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara, proclaimed last month by his predecessor, Donald Trump. Cyril Ramaphosa called on "the United States to quickly rescind…
newsUncategorizedThe Saharawi government praised, Sunday, the qualitative operation carried out Saturday night by the fighters of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the illegal breach of El Guerguerat, warning against "the involvement of civilians, by the Moroccan occupier, in military positions". Minister of Information, Official Spokesperson of the Saharawi…
newsUncategorizedSources from the Sahrawi ministry of National Defense affirmed the Sahrawi Liberation Army (SPLA) has carried out new military operations in El Guergarrat region. The same sources specified that units of the Sahrawi army "launched four missiles targeting the illegal breach in El Guergarrat and its surroundings, two of which…
newsUncategorizedBurundian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, through its Twitter account, it will close its "consulate" in the occupied city of El-Aaiun, due to "strategic reasons and within the framework of reciprocity," without explaining the real reasons behind this step. In 2020, Burundi opened this consulate, in violation of the Constitutive…
newsUncategorizedSouth African Minister for International relations, Naledi Pandor, considers that US President, Joe Biden, should reverse position of his country on Western Sahara as an urgent move towards Africa. In a Zoom briefing hosted by Chatham House on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Pandor considered that “US President Joe Biden should urgently…
newsUncategorizedA motion was addressed to the new US President, Joe Biden by 45 academics and lawyers urging him to reverse the decision of his predecessor, Donald Trump on Western Sahara, by affirming the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination. The signatories of the motion urged President Joe Biden to…
newsUncategorizedThe units of the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) continued its attacks on the positions and entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation forces along the sand wall for the 70th consecutive day, the Sahrawi Defense Ministry said Thursday in a communiqué. According to the communiqué no 70 quoted by the Sahrawi…
newsUncategorizedAmbassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Ethiopia and SADR representative to the African Union (AU) Lamine Abaali that said he expected the next meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC), planned to be held next month, "a new decisive start in the process of settling the…
newsUncategorizedSecretary General of the Sahrawi Ministry of Security and Documentation, Sidi Oukal said Tuesday that 510 military operations have been carried out against the Moroccan army in 67 days of fighting since the resumption of the armed struggle, in response to the Moroccan violation of the cease-fire agreement on November…
newsUncategorizedThe next US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday he would take a close look at the issue of Western Sahara, a territory proclaimed "Moroccan" by the outgoing president, Donald Trump, in violation of international law. "This is a question that I would certainly like to examine more closely,…
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