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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.

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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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Apr 23, 2012

ANCYL rejects IUSY nomination | The New Age Online

Sandile Hlanngani

ANCYL rejects IUSY nomination

The ANC Youth League has rejected the nomination at the IUSY Congress for any position saying it needs to focus on the domestic challenges that its president faces.

“The ANC Youth League did not accept the nomination at the Congress for any position in the Presidium of IUSY as we need to focus on the domestic challenges we face. The ANC Youth League will continue to provide ideological leadership to all progressive forces in the African continent and the world”, it said in a statement.

The embattled youth leader was elected by international organisations to be part of the Presidium of IUSY as a Vice President.

“We therefore persuaded all countries to support Western Sahara as the candidate for Vice President which is the last colony in Africa which the ANCYL has been campaigning for the liberation of the people of Western Sahara”, said the statement.

It said that the Western Sahara's occupation of the IUSY Presidium seat will provide the progressive forces of Western Sahara the necessary platform to make the world aware of the plight of the last colony in the world.

“We would like to extend our thanks in all youth organizations that have faith in the leadership of the ANCYL”, it said.

According to the party the ANC Youth League has served two terms in the leadership of IUSY represented by Cde Vuyiswa Tulelo who served the organisation diligently as one of the Vice President. The ANC YL previously occupied the position of President of IUSY through President Fikile Mbalula, and we currently lead the Pan African Youth Union as President through Comrade Andile Lungisa.

“These are trying times in the history of the ANCYL and we do not want to divert our attention, we want to focus on economic freedom in our lifetime in order to liberate our people from poverty, unemployment an inequality”, the league said.

sandileh@thenewage.co.za

Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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