Western Sahara
Background and Articles
Here you can access more articles and information on the crisis in Western Sahara. Click on a link below to find out more.
 |  | The Dignity of the Ballot: An article by Jose Ramos-Horta, Foreign Minister of East Timor (published in The Guardian on 31 October 2005) analysing the similarities between the Western Sahara and East Timor occupations. |
| SANDBLAST Voices and Visions From Western Sahara: Sandblast seeks to build awareness and support for the Saharawi people and their plight by celebrating their unique culture and promoting their voices and visions through the arts. |
 | | 30 Years in the Desert: In 1975 when their country was invaded from both sides by Morocco and Mauritania, many thousands of Saharawis fled over 700 miles until they finally found refuge in the desert of Algeria. |
 | | The Intifada in May 2005 In May 2005 clashes between Moroccan security forces and Saharawi demonstrators broke out in cities across Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, following the violent break up of human rights and pro-independence demonstrations. |
 | | Toys to Western Sahara campaign in 2002 'Toys Make Children Happy' was a campaign to collect toys for thousands of children living in refugee camps on the edge of the Sahara desert. |
| | Further Links: Other organisations working on Western Sahara. |
 | | Western Sahara Homepage: Find out more about the people of the Western Sahara and their struggle to return to their homeland. |
