Jun 18, 2024 | History, New publications, OUISO, Society
Arena en los ojos is an ambitious and careful essay that brings together 15 years of research, reading and travel (Larache, Sidi Ifni, El Aaiún…) on this history of which we know very little: that of the Spanish colonies in these two parts of Africa (distinct...
Dec 26, 2022 | New publications
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), focusing on its activities, composition, purpose and operational future. The focus of the book is broad, examining MINURSO from key historical, legal,...
Aug 25, 2022 | New publications
This book is a collection of poems written by Badi in the last phase of his life. In it, he resolutely confronts human fragility and death, universal experiences. Living in exile in a refugee camp in southern Algeria did not deter the poet in his old age from looking...
Aug 25, 2022 | New publications, News, written documentation
The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was created by UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 690 in 1991. This resolution provided for the appointment of a Special Representative, the declaration of a cease-fire and the organisation of a...
Aug 18, 2022 | New publications
This is the story of an inexperienced young girl who sets off into the Mauritanian desert in search of the great nomadic Rgaybat, “children of the clouds”, and ends up finding guerrilla fighters. Following her through the comical and tragic mysteries of Bedouin...
Jun 26, 2022 | New publications
Almost 50 years after Spain abandoned the Sahara, the Sahrawi conflict continues to shape Spanish foreign policy in the region. The Western Sahara is an illustrative example of a conflict that the international community has allowed to escalate. As the United Nations...
