SPYL urges more support for Idai victims
The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has called on Namibia's business community to support Cyclone Idai victims.
At least 847 people have reportedly been killed by the storm and the flooding it caused, while hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after the cyclone battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
SPYL secretary Ephraim Tuhadeleni Nekongo commended the Namibian government and President Hage Geingob for taking the lead in supporting the affected communities with a consignment of fish.
“We thank all the nations that have assisted our fellow Africans and equally call on SADC as a collective, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to come to the rescue of our brothers and sisters affected by the devastating cyclone, by providing humanitarian support such as food, shelter and medicines,” Nekongo said.
The SPYL further called on the business fraternity in Namibia, Africa and the rest of the world to support the affected communities.
Meanwhile, the youth wing denounced the “continuous and illegitimate” occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco.
Nekongo also denounced the illegal economic exploitation of Western Sahara, especially with respect to its fisheries and mining resources.
“We call for respect for fundamental human rights, freedoms and the democratic interest of the people of Western Sahara.”
It further called for self-determination and independence for Western Sahara with immediate effect.
The SPYL also urged all member states of the UN, the AU and SADC to implement the relevant resolutions for the holding of a UN referendum on Western Sahara.
Nekongo said Morocco must also respect the aspirations of the Sahrawian people.
“If Morocco does not want to listen and implement all the resolutions, we call on the United Nations to impose economic and sport sanctions against Morocco. In fact the situation in Western Sahara is the one that requires the UN Security Council to implement a no-fly zone over Morocco.”
Nekongo said the SPYL is also very concerned about some African countries have been silent on the issue of self-determination.
“Last but not least on the matter of Western Sahara, we would like to salute SADC for a job well done in organising the just-concluded Solidarity Conference on Western Sahara. We will remain fighting until the people of Western Sahara gain their rightful independence.”
A former Spanish colony, Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the subject of a long-running territorial dispute between Morocco and its indigenous Saharawi people, led by the Polisario Front.
ELLANIE SMIT
At least 847 people have reportedly been killed by the storm and the flooding it caused, while hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after the cyclone battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
SPYL secretary Ephraim Tuhadeleni Nekongo commended the Namibian government and President Hage Geingob for taking the lead in supporting the affected communities with a consignment of fish.
“We thank all the nations that have assisted our fellow Africans and equally call on SADC as a collective, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to come to the rescue of our brothers and sisters affected by the devastating cyclone, by providing humanitarian support such as food, shelter and medicines,” Nekongo said.
The SPYL further called on the business fraternity in Namibia, Africa and the rest of the world to support the affected communities.
Meanwhile, the youth wing denounced the “continuous and illegitimate” occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco.
Nekongo also denounced the illegal economic exploitation of Western Sahara, especially with respect to its fisheries and mining resources.
“We call for respect for fundamental human rights, freedoms and the democratic interest of the people of Western Sahara.”
It further called for self-determination and independence for Western Sahara with immediate effect.
The SPYL also urged all member states of the UN, the AU and SADC to implement the relevant resolutions for the holding of a UN referendum on Western Sahara.
Nekongo said Morocco must also respect the aspirations of the Sahrawian people.
“If Morocco does not want to listen and implement all the resolutions, we call on the United Nations to impose economic and sport sanctions against Morocco. In fact the situation in Western Sahara is the one that requires the UN Security Council to implement a no-fly zone over Morocco.”
Nekongo said the SPYL is also very concerned about some African countries have been silent on the issue of self-determination.
“Last but not least on the matter of Western Sahara, we would like to salute SADC for a job well done in organising the just-concluded Solidarity Conference on Western Sahara. We will remain fighting until the people of Western Sahara gain their rightful independence.”
A former Spanish colony, Western Sahara was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it has been the subject of a long-running territorial dispute between Morocco and its indigenous Saharawi people, led by the Polisario Front.
ELLANIE SMIT
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