The Saharawi Minister of Culture, Khadija Hamdi, is leading an important delegation from our country participating in the Panafican Cultural Festival which it is celebrating these days in the algerian capital, Algiers. The saharawi woman leader called on tuesday on the African countries to exert pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco to comply with the international legality, in order to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination and independence, in a statement to the Algerian newspaper Echaab, on the occasion of the Pan-African Cultural Festival held in Algiers these days.
"The participation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in this event is an opportunity for the Saharawi people to transmit, to the international public opinion, the message of the struggle for more than three decades for the decolonization of Western Sahara", the minister revealed.Mrs. Khadija Hamdi, also highlighted the absence of the SADR in the first edition of this festival for 40 years and its current involvement as a full part founding member of the African Union, "despite that it remains the last colony in Africa.
"In addition, the director of studies and research within the culture ministry, Jatra Zein, animated a conference entitled, "the beautiful art in Africa, attended by many who were interested in the field.It should be recalled, the Minister of Culture conducted, on the sidelines of the event, talks with head of delegations, including the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Palestine, Sudan and Uganda, in the presence of Sahrawi Ambassadors to South Africa and Algeria, respectively Saleh Alabd and Brahim Ghali, related to means of raising cooperative relations and latest developments of the just cause of the Saharawi people.
