𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰/𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

This 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸s  𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰’𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), also known as Western Sahara on 2nd April 2025 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties, marking a significant milestone in support of the SADR/Western Sahara’s pursuit of decolonisation and self-determination.

His Excellency Mr. Elias M. Magosi, the Executive Secretary of SADC and His Excellency Mr. Bah El Mad Abdellah, Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) accredited to the Republic of Botswana and Permanent Representative to SADC, signed the MoU at the SADC Secretariat Headquarters in Gaborone, Botswana.

The objective of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to materialise the decisions adopted by the SADC Heads of State and Government in August 2019 with respect to SADR/Western Sahara and the Declaration on the SADC Solidarity Conference with SADR/Western Sahara held in March 2019 in Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.

H.E. Magosi highlighted that the SADC region will not forget or neglect the plight of the people of SADR/Western Sahara, their daily struggle for survival, and their ultimate hope of exercising their right to self-determination. He noted that SADR/Western Sahara remains the only territory in Africa under colonial rule as inscribed in the United Nations and decolonisation list of “Non-Self Governing Territories”.

Read the full story on the SADC Website through this link: https://www.sadc.int/latest-news/sadc-and-saharawi-arab-democratic-republicwestern-sahara-sign-memorandum-understanding.

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