[1] On August 30, 2000 he was injured in an accident, when the light aircraft he was travelling in crashed immediately after taking off from Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport.

[2] On November 20, 1997 he presented his letter of credentials to President Ernesto Pérez Balladares as the new Sahrawi ambassador to the Republic of Panama.

[5] On January 30, 2010, he presented his letter of credentials to President Daniel Ortega as the Sahrawi ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, with another four envoyees.

[6] He had previously presented the credentials on January 8 to Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Santos López.

[7] On January 24, 2008, Suleiman Tayeb was awarded Panama's highest honour, the Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (Grand Cross grade), given to him by vice president and Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Lewis Navarro, for professionalism in his decade of diplomatic service in the country.