Sahara Occidental: Report from Chaia Ahmed Baba

We share the report of Chaia Ahmed Baba, a member of the resistance of the people of Western Sahara, carried out in the latest edition of Panorma Internacional.

Hola, very good Alejandro. Thank you again for the opportunity you are giving us to talk about Western Sahara.

El Guerguerat is located in the south of Western Sahara. It is liberated by the Sahrawi army in its war with Mauritania. And it is the point that connects Western Sahara with Mauritania.

Obviously how it has been released, Morocco has used it as an exit point for all its merchandise, of all its plagues towards the rest of the countries of Africa. He also sends his troops there, something that is not allowed. If it is a liberated zone, protected and monitored by the UN. The UN is not going to prevent the army from being there, It is not going to prevent Morocco from using it as it wants, as usual.

The Sahrawis have decided to leave, peacefully protesting, so that the Moroccan army troops leave there and so that any type of transfer of goods or plagues does not take place in this area. Civilians have left peacefully.

So this situation has caused tension. The Moroccans have sent more army, camouflaging them as civilians to attack the Sahrawis and thus any aggression is considered a conflict between citizens. And it is not like that, No civilians are found on the Moroccan side., what is found there are troops of the Moroccan army.

So the only thing the Sahrawis want is for the troops to leave there, that Moroccans stop using this place as an exit point for these goods and that they stop using it as if it were a territory of Morocco. Something it is doing with the rest of the occupied Sahrawi territories, plus the wall obviously. This situation caused tension.

Morocco began to send more army, making some strange movements. Then the Sahrawi delegation has denounced that any aggression or any attack against Sahrawi civilians will be considered an aggression., which will have to be responded to firmly and put an end to the ceasefire agreement, which was signed in 1991 between Polisario and Morocco.

Obviously we don't want war, we haven't loved her in more than 40 years, but more aggression and violence cannot be allowed, more shelters and more years of suffering cannot be allowed, more silence cannot be allowed. Nothing can be allowed anymore.

We are no longer willing to remain silent, waiting for the UN to do its job, because he's not doing his job. And not only is he not doing his job, Videos have already come out showing that it is collaborating with Morocco.

So the Sahrawis have left peacefully to avoid the occupation of this area. Because they are already occupying a very large territory of Western Sahara, practicing violence and attacking people who are living in occupied areas, making them live in fear, rough. And many other things, such as the exploitation of natural resources.

The situation in Guerguerat is becoming very tense, very sensitive and can cause many things, something we don't want. But we also do not want Morocco to go beyond its limits. It has already passed its limits, but we no longer allow it. We have to defend ourselves, We have to stand firm and no longer avoid attacks.

I'm saying something short, because the situation is much bigger than what I'm telling. But the most important thing is that they are peacefully going out to protest., but as I said, any aggression or any movement towards the civilians of Western Sahara will indicate that war is coming again..

I want to appeal to all my colleagues through the LIS. Keep supporting us, how are they doing. And thank you very much, really, for all the videos they are sending us, supporting us all over the world, through the LIS, the international socialist league. We are very grateful, We feel very strong because of the support they are sending us.

We need you to support us through social networks, of all pages, from Twitter, Where do they send videos talking about this situation?, so that the world is not confused again.

Thank you very much for the support, really.