The largest prison in the world: landmines, walls, UXOs and the UN’s role in the Western Sahara
According to Saharawi Comandante Habuha Braica, landmine coordinator of the POLISARIO, “there are approximately 7 million landmines, although some studies raise the figure up to 10 million”. Taking into account that the Saharawi population does not surpass 300,000, “there are 20 landmines for each Saharawi”.
Morocco’s Designs on Western Sahara Pose Danger to Palestinians
On the Republican side, Elliot Abrams, the "deputy national security adviser for global democracy strategy," a hawkish pro-Israeli supporter and one of the neocon devisers of the Iraq war, also has been pushing the Moroccan plan.
Performing the nation, pre-figuring the state: the Western Saharan refugees, thirty years later
Recent social, economic and political changes in the Western Saharan refugee camps in southwest Algeria have import not only for the project of Western Saharan nationalism, but also for the ongoing peace process.
Nationalism, Identity and Citizenship in The Western Sahara
This article explores the processes of development and naturalisation of the Saharawi national identity that emerged during the 1970s under the leadership of the Frente Polisario and argues that in order to understand the Western Sahara conflict it is necessary to analyse the hegemonic policies implemented by both the Polisario and Morocco.
Algerian‐Moroccan relations and their impact on Maghribi integration
Overall, Algerian-Moroccan relations have always been at odds, the existence since 1989 of the Arab Maghrib Union (UMA) notwithstanding. In fact, the UMA has not been operational due precisely to tension between the two countries. Strained relations derive from a historical and post-colonial evolution - dominated by power politics - of which Western Sahara is only one, albeit major, aspect.