Western Sahara is often called Africa’s last colony and also a forgotten conflict. On March 18th we had a visitor in class, Asria Taleb, from the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara, who talked about the Morroccan occupation, life in Algerian refugee camps, the part of the UN in this conflict, and the media coverage.
Write a blog post about what you learned about this conflict and activism to support the Sahrawi people in their struggle for independence. Had you heard about the conflict before? If yes, what and where? If no, why do you think that is? Comment on the lack of media attention for this conflict and see if you can find any newspapers reporting anything about Western Sahara – if so – what?
Post the text on your blog, or hand in on Teams.
Picture from The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara: https://vest-sahara.no/en
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