The Western Sahara Conflict: Regional and International Dimensions
King Hassan II of Morocco informed the French press in December 1988 that he was willing to talk to the Frente Popular para la Liberacidn de Saguia el-Hamra y Rio de Oro, known as the Polisario Front, which had been waging a war of national independence during the previous 15 years.
Western Sahara: a desert for journalists
Despite the severity of Morocco’s repression and its policy of deporting foreign correspondents, and despite the silence on the conflict reigning in world media, Sahrawi reporters of a new generation are running extraordinary risks to keep the torch of journalism burning and to prevent Western Sahara from being buried under the sands of oblivion.