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.
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.
Gdeim Izik – The Sahrawi Resistance Camp
A documentary banned by the Moroccan monarchy. Shows the spark that ignited the so-called Arab Spring. They have taken an extraordinary documentary and have been excellent witnesses, Mohamed Abdelaziz. President of the Saharawi Republic. The documentary shows the daily life and the violent eviction that the Sahrawi civilians lived in the Gdeim Izik camp, caused by the Moroccan occupation forces in the territory of Western Sahara. Place: Gdeim Izik Camp and Aaiún City, Western Sahara
Dr. Stephen Zunes: History of Western Sahara
Featuring Dr. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Fransisco.
We are Rebels
In one of the most hostile regions to human life across the planet, the Saharawi people live deprived for fundamental right to have a own land: Western Sahara is the last remaining colony in Africa still waiting for its independence. This is the story of the Saharawi struggle for freedom.