Western Sahara, resources, and international accountability
The illegality of facilitating the exploitation of natural resources by an occupying power in nonself-governing territories is well-established in international law.
The taking of the Sahara: the role of natural resources in the continuing occupation of Western Sahara
The role of natural resources in the continuing ‘question’ of Western Sahara is not fully understood. In recent years, the development of the territory’s resources has been at issue in efforts to arrive at self-determination for the Saharawi people.
The right to self-determination and the indigenous people of Western Sahara
This paper discusses the right to self-determination of the indigenous people of Western Sahara. It studies their post-colonial struggle for self-determination.
The resurgence of algeria’s foreign policy in the twenty-first century
In January 1992, the military regime in Algeria interrupted the electoral process when the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS).
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.