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Moroccan military plane crashes into mountain killing scores of people
Morocco's worst air accident in years believed to have claimed lives of 78 of the 81 people on boardSeventy-eight of the 81 people aboard a Moroccan C-130 military transport plane are believed to have...
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Letters: Western intervention in the Arab spring
Jonathan Freedland's critique of what we could call "statism" in foreign policy (Why wait for politicians to oust foreign tyrants? Every one of us can do our bit, 31 August) eloquently outlines some...
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Seven killed in riot after Western Sahara football match
• Violence erupted following victory by Moroccan club• Territory has been occupied by Morocco since 1975Seven people were killed in a riot following a football match in the disputed Western Sahara...
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The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring | Carne Ross
It's time the US and the UN stopped looking the other way while the west's ally Morocco occupies and abuses the SarahawisThe Arab Spring began in the Western Sahara. In late 2010, the indigenous...
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After Gaddafi, Libya splits into disparate militia zones
The rebel strongholds of Benghazi, Misrata and Zintan have become increasingly independent of Tripoli's new regimeNational flags from around the world flutter in the bright sunshine by a city gate made...
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Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman resurfaces in Western Sahara
'Missing' singer bemused by news of his disappearance, saying he has been 'living a nomadic existence' in the African desertKilling Joke's missing frontman has been found – in the desert. A little...
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Letter: The process of decolonisation for Western Sahara must start now
In 1960 the UN adopted resolution 1514, which stated that all people have a right to self-determination and that colonialism should be brought to a speedy and unconditional end. Half a century later,...
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Morocco removes AFP reporter's accreditation
For more than two weeks, a Moroccan-based journalist with Agence France-Presse (AFP), Omar Brouksy, has been unable to work officially. His accreditation was withdrawn on 4 October because of a...
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Morocco expels 19 journalists from Western Sahara
Morocco's interior ministry says it has expelled 19 foreign journalists from the annexed territory of the Western Sahara for entering without permission.In a statement carried by the state news agency,...
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Morocco must answer for human rights abuses in Western Sahara | Brahim Dahane
Twenty-three of those arrested by Moroccan police two years ago and subsequently tortured still languish in jail awaiting trialTwo years ago this week, just outside my home town of Laayounne in Western...
View ArticleWestern Sahara: who benefits from exporting fish and phosphates? – video
Western Sahara is rich in phosphates and fish, but are those resources being used to benefit the population?Celeste Hicks
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Letters: Sahawari trials
The sentencing of 24 Saharawi activists by a Moroccan military tribunal last weekend is a travesty of justice. The defendants, most of whom received sentences ranging from 20 years to life...
View ArticleWestern Sahara: the world's forgotten refugees – video
The refugee camps of the Western Sahara are home to more than 200,000 refugees of a conflict that has been forgotten by the world
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Mali conflict could spill over into Western Sahara, warns Ban Ki-moon
UN secretary general says al-Qaida-backed Islamists may try to recruit from refugee camps in disputed territoryThe conflict in Mali could be creating a "ticking time bomb" for neighbouring Western...
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Letters: Western Sahara and human rights
Concerns over security in west and north Africa are finally drawing attention to Western Sahara (UN chief warns of conflict 'timebomb', 10 April). This week's recognition by the UN secretary general of...
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Seven killed in riot after Western Sahara football match
• Violence erupted following victory by Moroccan club• Territory has been occupied by Morocco since 1975Seven people were killed in a riot following a football match in the disputed Western Sahara...
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The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring | Carne Ross
It's time the US and the UN stopped looking the other way while the west's ally Morocco occupies and abuses the SarahawisThe Arab Spring began in the Western Sahara. In late 2010, the indigenous...
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After Gaddafi, Libya splits into disparate militia zones
The rebel strongholds of Benghazi, Misrata and Zintan have become increasingly independent of Tripoli's new regimeNational flags from around the world flutter in the bright sunshine by a city gate made...
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Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman resurfaces in Western Sahara
'Missing' singer bemused by news of his disappearance, saying he has been 'living a nomadic existence' in the African desertKilling Joke's missing frontman has been found – in the desert. A little...
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Letter: The process of decolonisation for Western Sahara must start now
In 1960 the UN adopted resolution 1514, which stated that all people have a right to self-determination and that colonialism should be brought to a speedy and unconditional end. Half a century later,...
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