The year 2007 will be the International Year of Solidarity with the Saharawi People.
Within this framework, a conference of international solidarity will be held in Tifariti (the liberated areas of Western Sahara) from the 24th to the 28th of February. This event will coincide with the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Republic and the annual Sahara Marathon. Those wishing to participate in the events mentioned could contact AWSA to facilitate their trip.

Forced Migration Review, issue 27, page 76
by Ronny Hansen*,  Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
In the Algerian hammada, a hot and harsh region of the Sahara, more than half the Sahrawi people have been waiting for 31 years to go home.
The Sahrawis hail from neighbouring Western Sahara, a country invaded and occupied by
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Nicaragua and the Saharawi Republic declare the reestablishment of diplomatic relations   
Managua (Nicaragua), 12/01/2007 (SPS) The Republic of Nicaragua and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (RASD) declared today in a joint communiqué  Continue reading →

Tue 23 Jan 2007 12:46:34 GMT  RABAT, Jan 23 (Reuters)
A young girl and a town mayor in Western Sahara died in two landmine explosions, four days after a member of parliament was killed in a similar blast, officials said on Tuesday. The rare succession of mine blasts prompted Moroccan newspapers to speculate they could be part of a plot by the Polisario Front to end a 16-year U.N.-sponsored ceasefire.   Continue reading →

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 January 2007, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Today, nutrition and food management specialists from UNHCR and WFP will start a 12-day mission to the Sahrawi refugee camps in western Algeria to assess the dire food  Continue reading →

Images of Western Sahara: A Picture Tells A Thousand Words
Exhibition runs 16 February – 4 March 2007
You are invited to the opening by Don Nardella M.L.A. on Thursday 15 February at 6pm.
Celebrating Western Sahara National Day, February 27
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The Sahara Marathon is an international sport event to demonstrate solidarity with the Saharawi people and run by the Saharawi Sport Committee.   The route symbolically connects the three refugee camps of Smara, Auserd and ElAyoun, and leads runners through a desert which has been the home of Saharawi refugees for 30 years.
See: http://www.saharamarathon.org/desktopdefault.aspx?fl=1