Conflict Stalemate in Morocco and Western Sahara: Natural Resources, Legitimacy and Political Recognition
This article addresses the role of natural resources in the protracted conflict between Morocco and Western Sahara. Drawing from literatures of political ecology and political science, the article argues that natural resources have been deeply implicated in the conflict over time, with resource-related developments lending legitimacy to each party in different ways.
Rifles or graffiti. The nonviolent struggle of the Sahrawi People
Since the ceasefire agreement in 1991 the Sahrawis have engaged in a decades long non-violent struggle against the occupation. With no political solution on the horizon and an intransigent Morocco supported by the United States the young Sahrawis in the refugee camps are growing more restless and asking whether a return to the armed struggle is the only way to gain freedom.
The Sahara’s Forgotten War
VICE News travels to Western Sahara's occupied and liberated territories, as well as the Polisario-run refugee camps in Algeria, to find out more about one of the world's least reported conflicts.