The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) commemorated this February 26 the 50th anniversary of its proclamation, made in 1976 in Bir Lehlou following Spain’s withdrawal from Western Sahara, with various events that received support from political organizations, international trade unions, and governments that back the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people. The proclamation was […]

The U.S.-written draft resolution backed Morocco’s autonomy plan and omitted Sahrawi self-determination. On Thursday, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) postponed the vote on the renewal of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The vote will take place Friday, the day the mission expires, because the final text is still […]

Only the Sahrawi people can decide between independence or autonomy within Morocco, Yeslam Beissat said. On Wednesday, the Polisario Front’s foreign affairs representative, Mohamed Yeslam Beissat, warned that they will not accept any “imposed” solutions to the Western Sahara conflict, insisting that it will be up to the Sahrawi people to choose between independence or […]