The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, founded in 1976, has kept up the good fight for the Sahrawi people and even earned the recognition of 84 UN member states, all while defending their very ...

The Sahrawi, or Saharaui are the people of the Western Sahara, ... As with most Saharan peoples, their culture is mixed, showing Arab, Berber, and black African characteristics.

When Moroccan forces invaded Western Sahara in 1975, the Sahrawi people under the banner of the Popular Front for the for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO Front), took ...

Around 70 people gathered in front of the screen as a film was beamed onto it from a 16-wheeler truck. Some sat on carpets, rolled out over rocky, reddish sand; others crouched on low dunes.

Finally, I wanted the viewer to see what I had seen: a people utterly forgotten, abandoned, hidden from the world’s consciousness—a people living as ghosts.” Here’s a look. 1 / 11 ...

The campaign is broad and non-partisan and includes people from across the entire political spectrum. The Sahrawi freedom struggle against Moroccan occupation is hidden in plain sight.

Unfortunately, my story is just one of many. Morocco’s repression of the Sahrawi people, and Sahrawi human rights defenders in particular, is well documented. The Sahrawis have struggled under ...

After more than 40 years, the Sahrawi people are still waiting for a political solution to their situation. Most Sahrawi refugees were born in the camps, never having known their homeland. Mbareka is ...

This is not a situation of the Sahrawi peoples' making. During Morocco’s 1975’s Green March - or invasion, to give it another name - the city of Rabat literally landed upon them.. Rushing into ...

A Sahrawi-Australian woman has called for more recognition of her people's struggle for independence in the Western Sahara. The disputed territory is known as the last African colonial state yet ...

In a recent landmark ruling, the African Court denounced the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara as a serious violation of the right to self-determination. In a landmark ruling of 22 September ...