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The Occupation We Choose to Ignore’

Do you know who I am? I am a Sahrawi. The land to which I refer is what is known today as the non-self-governing territory ofWestern Sahara. My country was colonized by the Spanish and the French between 1884 and 1975, divided in two and occupied by Moroccan and Mauritanian forces thereafter, and has been ruled exclusively by the Kingdom of Morocco from 1979 until the present.

The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

this is one part of the Arab Spring that western governments don't want to talk about. And their silence, and the UN's complicity in it, is why that repression continues, and a terrible injustice is perpetuated.

ISS - News - The Western Sahara and North African People’s Power

Respect the right of individuals to peacefully express their opinions regarding the status and future of the Western Sahara and to document violations of human rights

King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement - Telegraph

it has emerged that the single biggest beneficiary of the deal will be the King of Morocco, who is head of one of the three largest agricultural producers in the north African country and lays claim to 12,000 hectares of the nation's most fertile farmland.

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

Oblivion it seems is the current reality for the arid North African territory of Western Sahara; often referred to as Africa’s ‘Last Colony’. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘Africa’s Forgotten Colony’.

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Feb 9, 2012

Parliament calls for more Sahrawi refugees aid | New Europe

ARTICLE | FEBRUARY 8, 2012 - 10:50AM

An additional €23 million will be needed to cover the basic needs of the 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Western Sahara, according to the European Parliament's Intergroup Western Sahara.

The refugees have been living in four refugee camps for 36 years. The European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection and United Nations High Commission for Refugees have provided humanitarian relief to the Sahrawi people, but this year will only be able to give €8.7m of the €32m needed for the camps.

As a result of this deficiency in funding, the Intergroup Western Sahara received a Sahrawi Red Crescent delegation early this week in Algeria to discuss the situation and humanitarian crisis of the refugees.

In addition, the group will meet with International Co-operation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to urge the EU to implement measures to improve the living conditions of the refugees in the Western Sahara.

Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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