Polisario Front to hold 17th congress from 15 to 20 January 2027
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Echorouk
The Polisario Front will hold its 17th congress from 15 to 20 January 2027 in Dakhla Wilaya, under the slogan “Unity, resilience and sacrifice to impose the Sahrawi state”, preparatory committee chairman Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun announced. The meeting will take place amid recent developments on the Sahara at the UN, according to the front.
The 17th congress of the Polisario Front will be held from 15 to 20 January 2027 in Dakhla Wilaya, under the slogan “Unity, resilience and sacrifice to impose the Sahrawi state”. The congress will be named after the late Abdallah Lahbib Bilal, Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun, chairman of the preparatory committee and a member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, announced on Wednesday, according to Echorouk.
Several specialised committees have been formed to prepare reports on military and security, political, administrative, legal, economic and social issues. Their work is based on an assessment document on the current situation, which is to serve as the basis for proposals submitted to the preparatory committee, according to Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun.
The congress is to take place amid new developments at the United Nations over the Sahara conflict, which Bouchraya Hammoudi Bayoun considers likely to require new mechanisms and measures. The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front also called for a general mobilisation in response to Moroccan military movements along the wall, during an emergency meeting chaired by Brahim Ghali, secretary-general of the Polisario Front and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, according to Echorouk.
The announcement comes after information published on 31 August about divisions facing the Polisario Front ahead of its 17th congress, and after the Polisario Front’s general mobilisation announced on 10 November.
