https://www.salo.org.za/countries/western-sahara/Recent content in Western Sahara on Southern African Liaison OfficeHugo -- gohugo.ioen-zaTue, 23 Nov 2021 13:39:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-polisario-front-calls-on-un-to-intervene-urgently-for-release-of-sahrawi-political-prisoners/Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:25:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-polisario-front-calls-on-un-to-intervene-urgently-for-release-of-sahrawi-political-prisoners/Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202004270394.html The Polisario Front called Friday the United Nations to take an urgent action for the release of the Sahrawi political prisoners, underlining that Morocco is fully responsible of the serious consequences that may result from its insistence to keep them in unfair detention.https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-women-of-western-sahara-8-march-2019/Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:18:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/policy-brief-women-of-western-sahara-8-march-2019/On the 8th of March 2019, the Government of South Africa, joined by members of the diplomatic corps, civil society, and the broader citizens of South Africa hosted an International Women’s Day Colloquium in celebration of the role played by women in the Western Sahara struggle for self-determination.https://www.salo.org.za/press-release-issued-by-polisario-representation-to-europe/Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:34:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/press-release-issued-by-polisario-representation-to-europe/POLISARIO condemns holding of Crans-Montana forum in occupied Western Sahara Brussels 13 March 2018 - POLISARIO Front condemns the decision to host the 2018 Crans-Montana Forum in the Western Saharan city of Dakhla; illegally occupied by Morocco. The forum will take place on March 15-20; and is a clear attempt to whitewash the brutal daily reality of Morocco’s illegal occupation in Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-19-august-2016/Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:04:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-19-august-2016/No evidence of Morocco incursion in disputed Western Sahara: UN The United Nations on Thursday (Aug 18) said it had found no sign of any suspicious military activity by Morocco in the disputed Western Sahara, after a separatist group complained about a Moroccan security operation in the region’s far south.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-12-august-2016/Fri, 12 Aug 2016 14:03:08 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-12-august-2016/UN prepares formal proposal on Western Sahara The United Nations is preparing a formal proposal to jumpstart talks on settling the decades-old conflict over Western Sahara, a spokesperson said Monday. UN envoy Christopher Ross is ready to travel to the region to discuss the proposal on “re-invigorating the Western Sahara negotiating process,” said spokesperson Farhan Haq.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-5-august-2016/Fri, 05 Aug 2016 18:58:00 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-5-august-2016/Ross May Resume Shuttle Trips in August UN chief’s special envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, may resume his diplomatic shuttle trips in the region in August, in a bid to reinvigorate the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco, interrupted in 2012, a UN source said Wednesday.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-july-2016/Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:38:06 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-july-2016/U.N. Western Sahara mission still recovering from Morocco dispute A United Nations peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara is still not fully functional, the U.N. Security Council president said on Tuesday, months after Morocco expelled dozens of civilian staff in anger at remarks by U.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-22-july-2016/Fri, 22 Jul 2016 20:19:07 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-22-july-2016/Western Sahara clouds Morocco’s return to African Union After a 32-year hiatus, Morocco officially announced its intention to rejoin the African Union on Monday after leaving in a row over the status of Western Sahara. Morocco claims the disputed former Spanish colony is an integral part of its territory, but the African Union recognizes it as an independent state.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-8-july-2016/Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:36:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-8-july-2016/UN Decolonization Committee to Meet On Western Sahara Soon United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (Committee of 24) is to hold a special session on Western Sahara shortly, said the agency’s chairman, Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno. The committee’s members have agreed on holding the meeting to push forward the decolonization process in Western Sahara, through an “effective and broad” exchange of ideas on the issue, Ramirez Carreno said.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-24-june-2016/Fri, 24 Jun 2016 10:10:59 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-24-june-2016/Morocco offers to let some UN Western Sahara mission staff back Morocco has proposed allowing around 25 civilian staff to immediately return to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara in a sign that tensions between Rabat and the U.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-17-june-2016/Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:35:44 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-17-june-2016/Moroccan and Venezuelan Diplomats Clash at UN Over Western Sahara The Special Committee on decolonization, officially called the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence of Colonial Countries and Peoples, was discussing two draft resolutions about information flow in such territories, when the subject shifted to Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-3-june-2016/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 20:53:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-3-june-2016/AU Expresses Unflinching Support to Sahrawi People, Government Following Death of Mohamed Abdelaziz President of the African Union Commission (AUC) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma declared a three-day mourning as from Wednesday following the death of president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz, reiterating its constant and unflinching support and solidarity with the Sahrawi government and people.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-27-may-2016/Fri, 27 May 2016 10:48:24 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-27-may-2016/Morocco continues to hamper negotiations between parties to conflict in Western Sahara, says Saharawi diplomat Saharawi ambassador to Nicaragua, Sulaiman Al-Tayeb, said in a statement to Cuban News Agency, Prensa Latina, that Morocco continues to impede negotiations with the Polisario Front in order to find a just solution that ensures the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-20-may-2016/Sat, 21 May 2016 09:43:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-20-may-2016/Morocco Steps Up Diplomatic Pressure On US And Europe Over Western Sahara Occupation On May 18, the Moroccan government summoned the US ambassador in Rabat, Dwight Bush, for a dressing-down over the State Department’s most recent human rights report on the country, as it wages diplomatic battles on several fronts over its occupation of Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-may-2016/Fri, 13 May 2016 09:19:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-may-2016/UN demands restoration of mission in Western Sahara The UN Security Council has voted to restore the UN mission in disputed Western Sahara and bring the peacekeeping force back to full operations after Morocco expelled international civilian staff. A US-drafted resolution was backed by 10 countries in the 15-member council on Friday.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-april-2016/Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:38:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-april-2016/UN to Vote On Western Sahara Mandate The UN Security Council is to vote on renewing a 25-year-old mission in Western Sahara, which recently plunged into crisis over remarks made by the Secretary General. Council members are divided. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has made an urgent plea for the retention of the mandate for the UN mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-22-april-2016/Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:00:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-22-april-2016/Gulf Arabs back Morocco in Western Sahara rift with U.N. Gulf Arab rulers back fellow monarchy Morocco in its row with the United Nations over the disputed region of Western Sahara, Saudi Arabia’s SPA news agency reported, one of the worst diplomatic crises over the territory since a 1991 ceasefire.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-15-april-2016/Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:30:40 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-15-april-2016/Western Sahara separatists warn UN of return to violence The separatist leader of Western Sahara has warned the United Nations of a return to armed conflict in the North African territory unless pressure is put on Morocco to fully restore a UN mission there.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-8-april-2016/Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:39:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-8-april-2016/Morocco expels eight Europeans supporting Western Sahara prisoners Moroccan authorities have expelled eight European activists who they said were in the country to undermine public order by supporting prisoners from Western Sahara protests in 2010, the interior ministry said on Thursday.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-april-2016/Fri, 01 Apr 2016 15:57:31 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-april-2016/Security Council Must Stand Up to Moroccan Bullying to End Western Sahara Conflict UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s first ever trip to Western Sahara has sparked a furious reaction from the Moroccan government, which has taken the extraordinary step of ordering the withdrawal of much of the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-march-2016/Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:53:56 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-march-2016/Western Sahara referendum key to peace A referendum on the future of the disputed territory of Western Sahara holds the key to peace and stability in North Africa, the pro-independence Polisario Front said on Wednesday. The former Spanish territory has been back in the spotlight after UN chief Ban Ki-moon angered Morocco by using the word “occupation” to describe its status.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-march-2016/Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:06:32 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-march-2016/UN chief rejects Moroccan criticism on Western Sahara UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday rejected criticism from Morocco of his remarks on Western Sahara, and pledged to push for action to advance peace efforts during his final year as UN chief.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-4-march-2016/Fri, 04 Mar 2016 15:39:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-4-march-2016/Western Sahara: Women Held in Refugee Camps United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should urge the Polisario Front to intervene in favor of three Sahrawi women whose families are reportedly preventing them from leaving Polisario-run refugee camps for Spain, where they legally reside.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-12-february-2016/Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:21:41 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-12-february-2016/Time for a Referendum in Western Sahara Recently, former U.S. Ambassador to Morocco Marc Ginsberg argued in the Huffington Post that Americans ought to “applaud” Morocco because “it is a challenge identifying a strong dependable, and extraordinarily supportive Arab ally in the chaos [of the region].https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-2-february-2016/Tue, 02 Feb 2016 12:03:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-2-february-2016/Western Sahara - AU Urges UN to Intervene for Self-Determination Referendum Chairperson of African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma called on United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene for the resolution of the Western Sahara conflict through a referendum on self-determination “We urge the UN Secretary General to intervene to resolve the conflict,” she said, adding that “in 2016, we cannot ignore the will of the people of Western Sahara who have struggled to decide their future.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-10-november-2015/Tue, 10 Nov 2015 07:45:42 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-10-november-2015/After 40 Years, Time to End the Occupation of Western Sahara This November marks forty years since 350,000 Moroccans crossed into the Western Sahara as part of the so-called “Green March.” November 6 is a dark day for the Saharawi people, because it marks Morocco’s illegal military invasion and partial occupation of Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-27-october-2015/Tue, 27 Oct 2015 09:46:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-27-october-2015/Algeria reiterates support for Western Sahara’s right to self-determination Algerian National People’s Assembly Speaker Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa reiterated his country’s support for the right to self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, Algeria’s state news agency APS reported. Speaking during a meeting with Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Suilma Hay Emhamed Elkaid yesterday, Ould Khalifa declared “Algeria’s unconditional support for the Saharawi people in fulfilment of its foreign policy principles.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-20-october-2015/Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:07:28 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-20-october-2015/Moroccan Authorities Arrest Two Former Saharawi Political Prisoners The Moroccan occupation authorities arrested the former two Saharawi political prisoners Mohamed Biza and Abdessalam Loumadi in the Moroccan city of Agadir, reported a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-october-2015/Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:36:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-october-2015/Moroccan anger over Western Sahara baffles Sweden The Moroccan government announced a decision Oct. 1 to boycott Swedish companies, crowning a week of diplomatic tensions driven by Moroccan accusations of a change in Sweden’s stance on the Western Sahara, where conflict has been ongoing since 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial rule over the territory and Morocco ultimately seized it.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-september-2015/Wed, 30 Sep 2015 08:07:13 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-september-2015/Africa Demands Justice for Western Sahara at UN Human rights groups say the Indigenous Sahrawi population of the country suffers widespread abuses at the hands of a Moroccan military occupation. African nations continued demanding at the United Nations Tuesday the liberation of the disputed territory of Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-september-2015/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:32:53 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-september-2015/Western Sahara: Jeremy Corbyn Elected Leader of British Labour Party The north London MP and Chair of The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Western Sahara, Jeremy Corbyn, has been elected leader of the British Labour party with nearly 59.5% of first-preference votes.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-september-2015/Tue, 01 Sep 2015 12:43:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-september-2015/Algerian Journalists Committee for Breaking Siege On Saharawi Struggle Algerian Journalists Committee in solidarity with Takbar Haddi has invited journalists across the world to act so to break the silence and siege imposed on the struggle of Saharawi people, in a petition addressed to the United Nations.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-25-august-2015/Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:46:16 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-25-august-2015/UN SG Calls for Rapid Settlement of Western Sahara Conflict The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the umpteenth time for a rapid settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, in a report on the development of the Saharawi question submitted to the General Assembly which should begin its work on 15 September.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-19-august-2015/Wed, 19 Aug 2015 13:02:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-19-august-2015/President of Republic Chairs Meeting of Ministers Council President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed El Aziz, chaired Sunday a meeting of the Council of Ministers, addressed a number of topics related to developments of the national cause.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-july-2015/Wed, 29 Jul 2015 08:51:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-july-2015/Kerry Kennedy: Morocco has pressured UN to ignore Western Sahara The president of Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights accuses Moroccan government of widespread abuses in Western Sahara. Mohamed Lamine Haidala was 21 years old when he died from wounds that his family say were inflicted by five Moroccan men.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-july-2015/Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:08:09 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-july-2015/Referendum Will Solve Impasse Over Western Sahara - Algerian Ambassador Algeria strongly believes that there is no other alternative for the settlement of this conflict than the holding of a free and fair referendum of self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, said Algeria ambassador in Kenya, Saad Mandi.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-2-july-2015/Thu, 02 Jul 2015 14:51:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-2-july-2015/The U.N. shifts on the Western Sahara conflict The U.N. Security Council’s renewal of the mandate of the U.N. Mission in Western Sahara, or MINURSO, on April 28 marked a shift in the United Nations’ approach to the Western Sahara dispute.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-25-june-2015/Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:19:29 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-25-june-2015/Leaked cables: Morocco lobbied UN to turn blind eye to Western Sahara in ‘House of Cards’ operation The Moroccan government intercepted United Nations communications and used “unethical tactics” in a “House of Cards”-style operation designed to get the organisation to turn a blind eye to the humanitarian situation in Western Sahara, according to a leaked UN report.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-june-2015/Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:13:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-june-2015/Sahrawi citizen assaulted by Moroccan forces in occupied city of El Aaiun Sahrawi citizen Mohammed Jemei was subjected Sunday evening to a “blatant” assault by Moroccan forces of occupation in Essalam District in the occupied city of El Aaiun, according to sources on the scene.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-june-2015/Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:30:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-june-2015/AU Urges Security Council to Make Comprehensive Review of Polisario Front-Morocco Negotiation Process The African Union (AU) called on the UN Security Council to make a comprehensive review of the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco to hold a self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-3-june-2015/Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:14:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-3-june-2015/Nigeria Labour union protests Morocco’s colonization of Western Sahara The Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday in Abuja demanded that Morocco put an end to its colonisation of Western Sahara. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, made the call during a protest match under the broad platform of the Nigeria Movement for Solidarity with the Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-26-may-2015/Tue, 26 May 2015 12:17:14 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-26-may-2015/Western Sahara’s ‘conflict tomatoes’ highlight a forgotten occupation Accurate labelling of consumer produce is a familiar part of the struggle for Palestinian rights under Israeli occupation and a striking example of global citizen empowerment. Now campaigners for the freedom of Western Sahara are making similar demands to try to undermine Morocco’s control of the territory.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-april-2015/Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:02:33 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-april-2015/Intense efforts needed for solution favourable to Sahrawi people self-determination UN Secretary General UN Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Morocco and the Polisario Front to “redouble efforts to negotiate a mutually acceptable political solution, which allows the self-determination for the people of Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-april-2015/Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:25:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-1-april-2015/AU maintains its principled position on Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination “The African Union (AU) affirmed that it maintains its principled position on the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and the decolonization of Western Sahara, said an AU’s communiqué released on Thursday.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-6-march-2015/Fri, 06 Mar 2015 12:39:02 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-6-march-2015/UK law firm threatens to take legal action against government over illegal import of Saharawi products The UK law firm Leigh Day, who is representing the Western Sahara Campaign, has threatened the government to take legal action against the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over illegal import of products originating from the Western Sahara, according to a press release of the Campaign.https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-22015-western-sahara-africas-unfinished-business-by-howard-smith/Wed, 04 Mar 2015 09:15:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/dialogue-online-no-22015-western-sahara-africas-unfinished-business-by-howard-smith/One of the anomalies of Twenty-first Century Africa is the existence of a single remaining colony on the continent, Western Sahara, colonised by neighbour the Kingdom of Morocco. In this contribution, Howard Smith gives a brief resumé of the Western Sahara issue, and then asks, “What more can be done?https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-28-jan-2015/Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:22:27 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-28-jan-2015/Sahrawi human rights defender calls on UN to act on decolonization of Western Sahara The Saharawi human rights activist, President of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave human rights violations (ASVDH), Brahim Dahane,called the most influential members of the UN to act as the guarantor of peace and mediation, in an interview with Swiss newspaper, mail, published in its Saturday edition.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-jan-2015/Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:08:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-16-jan-2015/Saharawi Youth Delegation Tours Sweden to Sensitize About National Cause A delegation of the Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) is now in Sweden to sensitize about the national cause. Organized by the Swedish Social Democratic Youth, the sensitization tour aims at making larger the scope of solidarity among civil society of Sweden.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-10-jan-2015/Sat, 10 Jan 2015 09:26:18 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-10-jan-2015/Western Sahara’s stranded refugees consider renewal of Morocco conflict Tumana Ahmed is tired of dreaming of a homeland she has never seen. The 28-year-old was born in the desolate desert of western Algeria, in a refugee camp that was supposed to be temporary.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-5-december-2014/Fri, 05 Dec 2014 08:41:57 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-5-december-2014/Algeria’s support to Western Sahara cause remains firm, constant Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), November 30, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reiterated Saturday at the Presidency headquarters at Shaheed Elhafed, Sahrawi refugee camps, that Algeria continues to give firm and unconditional support to the Sahrawi cause since 1975 .https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-november-2014/Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:56:01 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-29-november-2014/New Ambassador Received By Namibian Foreign Minister New Ambassador, Maalainine Sadik, on Monday received by Mrs. Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwah, foreign minister of Namibia, to present copies of his letter of accreditation as an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the Republic of Namibia.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-november-2014/Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:00:39 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-november-2014/Decolonization of Western Sahara - Security Council Must Act “Quickly,” With “Determination” Sahrawi ambassador to Algeria Brahim Ghali called on Saturday, in Madrid, the United Nations Security Council to act “quickly” and with “determination” for the decolonisation of Western Sahara. “The United Nations is bored with Morocco’s repetitive procrastination and its hindrances to the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara,” said Ghali on the sidelines of the 39th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), insisting on the necessity to undertake actions so that this situation does not continue .https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-31-oct-2014/Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:29:35 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-31-oct-2014/OSRN Condemns Illegal Activities of Oil Prospection in the Saharawi Offshore This latest move by the occupying power Morocco is in violation of the international law principles applicable to mineral resource activities in Western Sahara, which is Non-Self-Governing Territory. Following the signature by Glencore Xstrata (an Oil company registered in Switzerland) with Morocco of two agreements of Oil prospection in the region of “foum Oughnit” South-West the Capital of the occupied Western Sahara, the OSNR strongly condemns the conclusion of SUCH an illegal and immoral agreement that violates the international law relative to Non-Self-Governing and colonized countries still in the UN List of Decolonisation.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-26-september-2014/Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:51:05 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-26-september-2014/Tanzania urges UNSC to resolve Western Sahara question once and for all President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, on Thursday reiterated his appeal to the Security Council of the United Nations Organization to resolve the question of Western Sahara.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-14-august-2014/Thu, 14 Aug 2014 11:36:43 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-14-august-2014/Independent Saharawi state is prerequisite for Africa’s future development, says diplomat The Chargé d’Affaires of the Zimbabwean Embassy in Algiers Mr. Kossam Mupezeni said that an independent and sovereign Saharawi state is a “prerequisite” for future development of the African continent, reaffirming his country’s support to the right of the Saharawi people to freedom and independence.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-31-july-2014/Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:21:23 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-31-july-2014/Algeria willing to establish ’normal’ relations with Morocco in compliance with Sahrawi people’s rights, says Ramtane Lamara Algeria is willing to establish “normal” relations with Morocco and build the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) in compliance with Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination under the International Law, Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Wednesday.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-july-2014/Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:16:52 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-18-july-2014/UN Secretary General’s Special Representative Pays Farewell Visit to Saharawi Refugee Camps The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO Mr. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber of Germany paid Tuesday a farewell visit to the Saharawi refugee camps, where he met with senior Saharawi officials.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-july-2014/Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:34:21 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-11-july-2014/Seville hosts 19th edition of March for Peace in Western Sahara The 19th edition of March for Peace in Western Sahara was held Saturday at Encarnación Square in Seville, Andalusia, to call for the independence of Western Sahara and release of Saharawi political prisoners languishing in Moroccan jails.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-4-july-2014/Fri, 04 Jul 2014 11:22:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-4-july-2014/Mexican party expresses support for just cause of Sahrawi people The President of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in Mexico, Jesus Zambrano, affirmed on Sunday the need to support the just cause and the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, during a meeting with a Saharawi delegation at the party headquarters in Mexico City.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-june-2014/Mon, 30 Jun 2014 17:36:45 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-june-2014/President Abdelaziz hails AU designation of special envoy to Western Sahara Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz hailed the designation, by the African Union (AU), of the former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, special envoy to Western Sahara.? ?Sahrawi President expressed, in a speech during a debate on the AU Peace and Security Council report, his country’s consideration for the “permanent” follow-up of Western Sahara issue by AU peace and security council and commission.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-june-2014/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:39:50 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-13-june-2014/Amnesty International delegation on working visit to occupied territories of Western Sahara An Amnesty International delegation paid a working visit to the occupied territories of Western Sahara and held a meeting on Monday with the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH), according to Sahrawi human rights sources.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-6-june-2014/Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:22:36 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-6-june-2014/Namibian President reaffirms support for Saharawi people’s right Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba reiterated his country’s support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, during his meeting Wednesday with the Secretary General of the National Union of Sahrawi women, Fatma Mehdi.https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-may-2014/Fri, 30 May 2014 11:37:19 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/western-sahara-30-may-2014/Saharawi rights association meet with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Representatives of the committee of families of Gdeim Izik detainees and the association for the protection of Saharawi prisoners in Moroccan prisons met Wednesday with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, in Rabat.https://www.salo.org.za/southern-african-liaison-office-hosts-seminar-on-western-sahara-7-sept-2013/Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:02:47 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/southern-african-liaison-office-hosts-seminar-on-western-sahara-7-sept-2013/Pretoria, Sept 7, 2013 (SPS) - In collaboration with SADR embassy, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) organized Thursday a seminar on Western Sahara under the theme: “for achieving a continental and international consensus to support Saharawi cause”. The seminar was presided over by Mr.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-egypt-and-western-sahara-5-september-2013/Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:55:49 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-building-regional-and-international-consensus-workshop-egypt-and-western-sahara-5-september-2013/First Session: Chair: Ms Carmen Smidt, ANC International Relations Manager, South South Cooperation To the left: Mr Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa - Topic: Briefing on South African perspectives on two key foreign policy issues: Egypt and Western Sahara Second Session: From left to right: Mohamed Mohamed Yahia, Ambassador of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic Prof.https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-western-sahara/Thu, 05 Sep 2013 16:55:12 +0200https://www.salo.org.za/salo-policy-dialogue-reports-on-western-sahara/SALO’s Building International, Regional and National Consensus policy dialogue sessions bring together national, regional and international stakeholders, including civil society, policymakers and diplomats, to encourage greater North/ South policy dialogue and to discuss ways they can engage moving forward on issues of importance in Southern Africa in particular.