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06.09.00
European Parliament
At a meeting in Strasbourg, members of the intergroup "Peace for the
Saharawi People" expressed their deep concern at the Moroccan
attitude of obstruction to the peace plan. The UN must make
international law respected and organise the referendum, several
participants stated. (SPS)
06.09.00
Canary Islands
La Gaceta de
Canarias made public a
Canary government report designated as 'secret', warning of the
possibility of a return to war by the Polisario Front. The danger of
breaking the cease-fire becomes daily more imminent, if the date of
the referendum is not fixed for 2001.
10.09.00
Western Sahara
The forces of Moroccan repression have been considerably reinforced
by military elements in recent days, both in El Ayoun and in Smara,
on the eve of the anniversary of the bloody riots of September
1999.
In El Ayoun many unemployed graduates continue their sit-in in front
of the building of the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS),
demanding work locally and protesting about the measures of
deportation used by the Moroccan authorities. They were forced by the
police to leave the building which they have been occupying since 31
August. Morocco is trying to resolve the problem of unemployment by
moving the young unemployed Saharawis to Morocco. (SPS, 12.09.00)
In Smara a protest march against the deportations to Morocco took
place on 7 September outside the town hall.
On the other hand, according to AFAPREDESA, Saharawi workers from Fos
Boucraa are more and more being subjected to harrassment, especially
since a fire on 8 September which is said to have destroyed about ten
metres of the phosphate conveyer belt near the port of El Ayoun. The
Moroccan authorities suspect that Saharawis may have been behind the
sabotage. An inquiry has been opened.
11.09.00
SADR-Nigeria
The Nigerian government agreed to the opening of an embassy of SADR
at Abuja. Alioun Habib Kentaoui was accredited as ambassador.
(SPS, Ach-Chark
al-Awsat)
11.09.00
SADR
Eighteen Saharawi diplomats and senior officials will be going to
various countries in order to convey to their respective authorities
messages from the Saharawi president. This is to gather necessary
support in favour of the UN/OAU peace plan and the Houston Agreements
prior to the forthcoming round of talks which, according to Ach-Chark
al-Awsat, will be held from 28-29 September in Berlin.
(SPS, Ach-Chark
al-Awsat)
13.09.00
Morocco
"The head of Moroccan diplomacy stressed, in a speech before the UN
General Assembly, that, while remaining attached to the pursuit of
the process, respecting the established rules, Morocco would give its
complete support to any step which the Secretary General and his
Personal Envoy might undertake to settle differences once and for
all." (Le Matin du Sahara,
Casablanca)
15.09.00
Three Pacific countries, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu are reported to
have announced the withdrawal of their recognition of SADR, according
to the Moroccan press.
COMING UP...
Spain
At the invitation of the king and queen of Spain, Mohamed VI will
make an official visit to their country from 18 to 21 September. The
Madrid Association of the Friends of the Saharawi People calls for a
demonstration, on Tuesday 19 at 19.00 hours, and is gathering
signatures for a letter which will be published in the national
Spanish press. (Spanish text: http://www.nodo50.org/saharamad/carta.htm).
NEW PUBLICATIONS
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English
- Papal treat for desert children, Antoine Lokongo, Catholic Herald, London, 01.09.00, p. 3.
- Saharan visitors, Cambrian Times, Wales, 10.08.00, p. 1.
- Saharan kids glad to be back, Anwen Ebenezer, Cambrian Times, Wales, 17.08.00, p. 3.
- Foreign Friendship Forged, The County Times, Wales, 01.09.00 p. 17.
Français
- Sahara Occidental / Le refus de la troisième voie, T. H., El Watan, Alger, 13.09.00.
- Maroc: Polémique avec la BBC, Jeune Afrique/L'Intelligent, Paris, 12.09.00, p. 17.
- Abraham Serfaty: «C'est le roi qui nous fait avancer.», interview par Ahmed R. Benchemsi, idem, pp. 32-35
Catalá
- La democràcia no és per als sahrauís, Miquel Darnés, revista "Poble Insurgent", no 5, sept. 2000.
Castellano
- Un informe del Gobierno canario alerta sobre el peligro de guerra en el Sáhara, La Gaceta de Canarias, 06.09.00.
- La estancia en Navarra de los niños del desierto, Iñigo Alfonso, Navalur, 08.09.00.
- Canarias reabre el conflicto de las aguas con Marruecos, La Provincia, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 10.09.00. h
Gallego
- Un aquelarre no Sáhara, Xavier Navaza, El Correo Gallego, La Coruña, 12.09.00.
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