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WESTERN SAHARA IN THE MEDIA
17.04.2013
BBC World: US and Morocco in W Sahara spat
The US is redeploying forces that were due to take part in joint military exercises in Morocco amid a disagreement over Western Sahara. ...
11.04.2013
The Guardian: Letters: Western Sahara and human rights
Concerns over security in west and north Africa are finally drawing attention to Western Sahara (UN chief warns of conflict 'timebomb', 10 April). This week's recognition by the UN secretary general of the "ever-pressing need for independent, im ...
09.04.2013
The Guardian: Mali conflict could spill over into Western Sahara, warns Ban Ki-moon
UN secretary general says al-Qaida-backed Islamists may try to recruit from refugee camps in disputed territoryThe conflict in Mali could be creating a "ticking time bomb" for neighbouring Western Sahara, the UN secretary general has warned ...
04.04.2013
The Guardian: Western Sahara: the world's forgotten refugees ? video
The refugee camps of the Western Sahara are home to more than 200,000 refugees of a conflict that has been forgotten by the world ...
08.03.2013
WAPO: Women's political rights around the world, in one map
A new map designed by the Dutch firm LUSTlab for World Women's Day illustrates exactly how far women's rights have come in recent years -- and how far, in some places, they still have to go. The interactive map (clickable version here) shows when w ...
13.12.2012
CNN Top Stories: Bardem: Why world must back Saharis
The territory of Western Sahara lies at the heart of a dispute between Morocco and the Sahrawi people. Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem explains why he feels passionately about the issue and why the world must act. ...
17.04.2012
The Guardian: The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring | Carne Ross
It's time the US and the UN stopped looking the other way while the west's ally Morocco occupies and abuses the SarahawisThe Arab Spring began in the Western Sahara. In late 2010, the indigenous Saharawi population of this territory demonstrated agai ...
09.12.2011
BBC Africas: Western Sahara profile
An overview ...
08.02.2012
The Guardian: Finnish sci-fi Nazi movie is hot ticket at Berlin film festival
Iron Sky, which imagines Nazi invasion from secret moon base, sells more tickets than Werner Herzog and Angelina Jolie filmsThere are a lot of worthy films premiering at the Berlin film festival over the coming 10 days. A three-and-a-half-hour epic t ...
22.12.2011
BBC Africas: Morocco still provoking resistance in Western Sahara
Resistance to Moroccan rule in Western Sahara ...
15.12.2011
BBC Africas: Fishing deal highlights Western Sahara resource war
What is at stake between Morocco and Western Sahara ...
14.12.2011
BBC World: Morocco bans EU fishing amid row
Morocco orders foreign fishing vessels operating in its waters under an EU deal to leave, amid a row about over-fishing and Western Sahara. ...
08.12.2011
The Guardian: Tiris: Sandtracks ? review
(Sandblast/Believe Digital)If they weren't stranded in refugee camps in the desert in south-west Algeria, Tiris would surely be one of the success stories of north Africa. They are an eight-piece band of Saharawis, who fled from the upheavals in thei ...
17.11.2011
The Guardian: Cribsheet 17.11.11
When it comes to school dinners, pizza is a vegetable, according to the US governmentAn extra helping of sprouts? Or that well known vegetable ... pizzaWhere America goes, Britain so often follows blindly at their heels. But Cribsheet is determined t ...
23.10.2011
BBC World: Aid workers kidnapped in Algeria
Three European aid workers are kidnapped from a camp for Western Sahara refugees in Algeria. ...
23.10.2011
CNN Top Stories: Aid workers kidnapped in Algeria
Two Spaniards and an Italian were kidnapped overnight in Algeria from a Western Sahara encampment where they were providing aid, officials said Sunday. ...
04.10.2011
Alertnet: Actor Bardem to plead for Western Sahara at UN
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01.10.2011
Alertnet: Western Sahara clash exposes tensions with Moroccans
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27.09.2011
BBC Africas: Deadly riots hit Western Sahara
Seven people die and at least 20 are injured in weekend violence after a football match in Morocco's disputed Western Sahara region, reports say. ...
27.09.2011
The Guardian: Seven killed in riot after Western Sahara football match
- Violence erupted following victory by Moroccan club - Territory has been occupied by Morocco since 1975Seven people were killed in a riot following a football match in the disputed Western Sahara region, the Moroccan state news agency reported o ...





News from Sahara Update
17.02.2012
Reuters: EU parliament approves Morocco agriculture trade deal
14.02.2012
WSRW report reveals massive agri-industry in occupied Western Sahara
01.02.2012
UN News Centre: Newsmakers: UN envoy Christopher Ross on Western Sah
01.02.2012
Greenpeace: Mercadona is one of the worst firms of 2011
11.01.2012
NYT: European Official Presses for Moroccan Fishing Treaty