Ayatollah Khomeini''s government decided to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1980 in a retaliatory move against King Hassan II''s decision to
READ MOREThe embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Nairobi is located at Kabarsiran Court, House No. 09, Kabarsiran Avenue, Lavington and can be contacted by telephone on 20 525 6391 and 701 859 329 and by email sadremke@gmail .
READ MOREHague and London Oil (Halo)''s acquisition of Premier Oil''s assets in the disputed Western Sahara has made it – for the time being – the most significant holder of exploration rights issued by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). It now owns stakes in eight licences. Ultimately, Halo intends to transfer these rights to its wholly
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara is a releasable nation in northwestern Africa, encompassing one state (Rio de Oro) on the Atlantic coast, which is a desert and a wasteland. In the 1936 start date, its territory is controlled by Republican Spain and in the 1939 start date, its territory
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) may be recognised by 82 countries but the United Nations still considers it a "territory under an unfinished process
READ MORESahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Jun 15, 2024. KEY FACTS. Capital city : Laâyoune. Independance Day: December 09, 1975.
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR or Western Sahara) is a former Spanish colony. As the Spanish were preparing for a referendum on the region''s status, both Morocco and Mauritania asserted rights over the territory. On 16 October 1975, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion denying the claims of both
READ MOREas the self-proclaimed ''''Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic'''' (SADR); and (3) the strategic significance of the integration, both of the Saharan territory as an autonomous area within
READ MOREThe embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Algiers is located at 1, Rue Franklin Roosevelt and can be contacted by telephone on 21.74.79.32 and by email info@amb-rasd and info@ambrasd . The consular section, which shares premises with the embassy, can be reached by can be contacted by email contact@amb-rasd .
READ MOREAt its 31st summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania the African Union (AU) decided to limit its own peace efforts in the Western Sahara in order to support the
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), the breakaway government, maintains a 51-member Sahrawi National Council, which is indirectly elected by the General Popular Congress of the Polisario Front. Most voting occurs in refugee camps in Algeria. The Polisario Front organizes the elections and does not allow any political parties to compete.
READ MOREThis study looks into the UN Mission and Conflict Resolution in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic from 1991 to 2019. Since 1975, when Spain granted the region to Morocco and Mauritania, Western
READ MOREFighting between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front over the disputed territory of Western Sahara flared up again in November 2020. External
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara is a releasable nation in northwestern Africa, encompassing one state (Rio de Oro) on the Atlantic coast, which is a desert and a wasteland. In the 1936 start date, its territory is controlled by Republican Spain and in the 1939 start date, its territory is
READ MOREElections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic are regularly held by the government-in-exile at a national, regional and local level. Elections are considered to be held under a non-partisan participatory democratic regime, as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and the Polisario Front (the sole legally recognised political movement in the
READ MORESahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR) – partially recognised state that claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, is a former Spanish colony. The SADR was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on February 27, 1976, in Bir Lehlou, Western Sahara. The SADR government controls about 20-25% of the territory it claims. [1]
READ MOREPart of my family are businessmen in the occupied territories. To make a living they have to publicly support Morocco, even though they actually back independence. In 2003 we met in Mauritania; it was a very emotional encounter. When my relatives saw the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic''s flag on our car''s licence plate, they kissed that flag.
READ MOREOn the Polisario side, an important factor is that the movement''s leader throughout most of the conflict, Mohamed Abdelaziz, died in May 2016. He had held the position of Polisario secretary general
READ MOREHague and London Oil (Halo)''s acquisition of Premier Oil''s assets in the disputed Western Sahara has made it – for the time being – the most significant holder of
READ MOREThe Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples'' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, becoming the 43 rd African State to ratify the Protocol and committing to advance the reality of the rights of women, gender equality and women''s empowerment in that country.
READ MOREMorocco has launched renewable energy projects worth 20 billion dirhams ($1.95 billion) in the disputed Western Sahara region, Anadolu reported the Moroccan
READ MOREThe Algeria-backed breakaway movement Polisario Front seeks to establish an independent state in the region. Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories, a
READ MOREThe disputed Western Saharan territory is represented by two governments: 1) the Moroccan government and 2) the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic government, which is
READ MORErecognised borders, is a democratic republic, indivisible hereinafter known officially as "the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" (SADR). Article 2: Islam shall be the State religion and a main source of law. Article 3: The official national language shall be Arabic. Article 4: The capital of the country shall be El Aaiún.
READ MOREThe Western Sahara is a topic of intense disagreement and conflict between Morocco and the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Democratic Republic (SADR); Morocco and Mauritania annexed the Western Sahara in 1975, and since then, there has been over forty years of chaos, conflict, and suffering, mostly felt by the indigenous Sahrawi Arab
READ MOREThe Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was proclaimed by the Polisario Front on 27 February 1976, in Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara.SADR claims sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony; however, at present the SADR government controls approximately 20–25% of the territory it claims. It calls the territories
READ MOREThomas Vescovi sends this analysis from the Tindouf refugee camps. Last year, 28 African states submitted a motion to Idriss Deby, Chairperson of the African Union, demanding the suspension of activities within the organisation by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Fifteen of these states were former supporters of the Sahrawi
READ MOREThe 17th Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was announced by President Brahim Ghali on 14 February 2023, after he won re-election in the 2023 Sahrawi presidential election held during the 16th Congress of the POLISARIO Front. It is headed by Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun as Prime Minister, with this being his second consecutive
READ MORESome 180,000 Sahrawi refugees live in camps in southwestern Algeria, where Polisario also set up the government in exile of its self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
READ MORETHE CONSTITUTION OF THE SAHRAWI ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Adopted by the 14th Congress of the Frente POLISARIO, 16-20 December 2015 Preamble The Sahrawi people who are an Arab, African and Muslim people who decided to declare war of liberation in 1973, under the leadership of the Frente POLISARIO, to liberate the homeland from
READ MOREThe Western Sahara conflict continues to present significant challenges to regional stability, but recent diplomatic efforts offer hope for progress. With some modest
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