Solidarity with the Sahrawi People
Western Sahara is located in the west of North Africa, opposite the Canary Islands. Bathed to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, it is delimited by the borders of Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania.
Colonized in 1904 by Spain, the Sahrawi people have never stopped fighting to recover their freedom and dignity. From 1957, the Sahrawi people saw their struggle against the Spanish occupier materialize. Through his tenacity and courage, he liberated large areas of his territory, forcing Spanish forces to retreat to the coastal regions.
Under the cover of Operation “Ecouvillon”, with the help of French forces then operating in Algeria, the Spanish army reconquered strategic points in 1958, subjecting the populations to fierce repression. These abuses did not despair the Sahrawi people. They only stimulated his aspirations for independence by encouraging him to use all means.
In 1966, the problem of Western Sahara was submitted to the United Nations, which asked Spain to organize a referendum in which the Saharawi people would express themselves. The United Nations recognized the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, a right which will be recognized by the Organization of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Spain therefore promised to organize a referendum in Western Sahara. Consultations took place between Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. These three countries affirmed their support for the principle of self-determination, thereby promising to ensure its application within a framework which would ensure the Sahrawi people the free expression of their future.
In 1973, the Saharawi people, under the aegis of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario), took up arms to force the Spanish colonizers to recognize their rights to independence and freedom.
In 1975, renouncing their promise to work for the self-determination of the Saharawi people, the governments of Morocco and Mauritania decided with the complicity of the Spanish government to intervene militarily in Western Sahara and to share this territory under the cover of the so-called “Green March” and an agreement was signed between the three countries on November 14, 1975 in Madrid.
Hostile to the tripartite agreement of Madrid, the Sahrawi people did not lay down their arms and continued their fight against the new invaders. Faithful to the principle of solidarity with oppressed peoples and to its commitments, Algeria rejected this agreement contrary to the recommendations of international bodies and the legitimate aspirations of the Sahrawi people.
On the night of February 27 to 28, 1976, the Sahrawi people, through the voice of their sole representative, the Polisario Front, proclaimed the birth of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Colonized in 1904 by Spain, the Sahrawi people have never stopped fighting to recover their freedom and dignity. From 1957, the Sahrawi people saw their struggle against the Spanish occupier materialize. Through his tenacity and courage, he liberated large areas of his territory, forcing Spanish forces to retreat to the coastal regions.
Under the cover of Operation “Ecouvillon”, with the help of French forces then operating in Algeria, the Spanish army reconquered strategic points in 1958, subjecting the populations to fierce repression. These abuses did not despair the Sahrawi people. They only stimulated his aspirations for independence by encouraging him to use all means.
In 1966, the problem of Western Sahara was submitted to the United Nations, which asked Spain to organize a referendum in which the Saharawi people would express themselves. The United Nations recognized the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, a right which will be recognized by the Organization of African Unity and the Non-Aligned Movement.
Spain therefore promised to organize a referendum in Western Sahara. Consultations took place between Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. These three countries affirmed their support for the principle of self-determination, thereby promising to ensure its application within a framework which would ensure the Sahrawi people the free expression of their future.
In 1973, the Saharawi people, under the aegis of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario), took up arms to force the Spanish colonizers to recognize their rights to independence and freedom.
In 1975, renouncing their promise to work for the self-determination of the Saharawi people, the governments of Morocco and Mauritania decided with the complicity of the Spanish government to intervene militarily in Western Sahara and to share this territory under the cover of the so-called “Green March” and an agreement was signed between the three countries on November 14, 1975 in Madrid.
Hostile to the tripartite agreement of Madrid, the Sahrawi people did not lay down their arms and continued their fight against the new invaders. Faithful to the principle of solidarity with oppressed peoples and to its commitments, Algeria rejected this agreement contrary to the recommendations of international bodies and the legitimate aspirations of the Sahrawi people.
On the night of February 27 to 28, 1976, the Sahrawi people, through the voice of their sole representative, the Polisario Front, proclaimed the birth of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).