Spain withdrew from Western Sahara in 1976 without complying with the obligation to fully decolonise the territory. Forty years later, the issue is still unresolved. Morocco continues to occupy the territory, without international recognition.
© 2016, Catarata
The Polisario Front has created a Sahrawi state in exile and is demanding the self-determination referendum promised by the UN. The international community favours a mutually satisfactory political agreement, but despite intentions of peace, half the Sahrawi people live in refugee camps built in the middle of the desert. This book provides a comprehensive overview that gives a full understanding of the current situation in Western Sahara, portrays the complex reality of the Sahrawi people and, ultimately, the memory of a state that has lived in exile for forty years.
- Title : Sahara Occidental, 40 años después
- Author : Isaías Barreñada, Raquel Ojeda García, Miguel Guindo (dir.)
- Editor : Catarata
- Date of publication : 2016
- Number of pages : 320
- ISBN : 978-84-9097-132-1
- Price : 10,9 €