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Letter from OUISO to the Presidency of IRD: Request for clarification on IRD research partnerships in Western Sahara
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Paris, 17th of December 2020, Dear Colleague, Dear CEO of IRD, In June 2020, our observatory published on its website a news item about the signing of research conventions between the IRD and some Moroccan communities or institutions...
MPs Faucillon and Lecoq question the French government (IRD-Morocco agreements)
MPs Elsa Faucillon and Jean-Paul Lecoq questioned the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the French Minister for Higher Education and Research, Frédérique Vidal, about two research agreements signed illegally by the IRD (Institut...
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United States in the Western Sahara War
The policy of the North American administrations in the Sahara conflict via the recently declassified documents of the Secretary of State Domingo Garí, Estados Unidos en la guerra del Sáhara Occidental, Catarata, 2021, 224 p. The war in Western Sahara was in its first...
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Women in the Sahara and the Sahel – L’Ouest saharien journal, issue 16
Notice of publication C. Evrard & E. Pettigrew, 2022, Femmes du Sahara-Sahel: Transformation sociales et conditions de vie, Cahiers L'Ouest saharien, n°16, 232 p. There are few works on women in the humanities and social sciences literature on the Saharo-Sahelian...
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New publication “Around Western Sahara: ongoing research, testimonies and novels”. L’Ouest saharien, issue 12
"Autour du Sahara Occidental : recherches en cours, témoignages et nouvelles" in Cahiers L'Ouest saharien, n°12, 2020, 278 p. This issue of L'Ouest saharien is published in the context of the resumption of the war in Western Sahara, which raises great uncertainties...
Filmographie de OUISO
OUISO's filmography offers a list of films on Western Sahara authored by the Observatory's researchers.
The Institute of Research for Development (IRD) violates International Law in Western Sahara
Academic Council Communiqué “The Institute of Research for Development (IRD) violates International Law in North Africa (Western Sahara)” One year ago (June 2020), our Observatory discovered that academic partnerships were underway between Moroccan institutions and...
Event: an Anthology of the Sahrawi national poetry
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Gimeno Martin, J.C. y al (2020) Poetas y poesía del Sáhara Occidental. Antropología de la poesía nacional saharaui. Spain: Ultima linea. Summary: "This book is an extraordinary work that makes known the Saharawi poets....
New video: Dr. Yahia Zoubir’s video insight on the Israelisation of the Western Sahara conflict
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New video available in our video section! New video put online and organized by SOLIDARITY RISING now available! The live intervention of Yahia Zoubir for Solidarity Rising on the israelization of the conflict in Western Sahara is...
The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development: a signatory to partnerships with the occupying power of a conflict zone?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The website of the French social and human sciences research laboratory, « UMR PALOC » - a laboratory that is affiliated to the French National Research Institute for Development (IRD), France’s National Museum of Natural History and...
New video: Pr Isaías Barreñada Bajo’s enlightment on Spain’s position in the Western Sahara conflict
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New video available in our video section! New video put online and organized by SOLIDARITY RISING now available! The live intervention of Isaías Barreñada Bajo for Solidarity Rising on the place of Spain in the conflict in Western...
New publication: The Politics of Algeria Domestic Issues and International Relations – Yahia H. Zoubir
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Yahia H. Zoubir, 2019, The Politics of Algeria Domestic Issues and International Relations, Routledge, 274pp Resume: This book brings together Algerian-based scholars and Algerians in the diaspora to address the many,...
New publication: Las Operaciones de Paz de las Naciones Unidas y los derechos humanos: el caso de la MINURSO en el Sáhara Occidental – Juan Domingo Torrejón Rodríguez
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Juan Domingo Torrejón Rodríguez. (2020). Las Operaciones de Paz de las Naciones Unidas y los derechos humanos: el caso de la MINURSO en el Sáhara Occidental, Revista de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos, (28), 43-73....
New publication: Enjeux environnementaux, L’Ouest saharien – issue 9
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Enjeux environnementaux (2019). Cahiers L'Ouest Saharien, (9), 272 p. Summary: This issue of the multidisciplinary journal L'Ouest saharien highlights the environmental issue. It addresses both the problem of the...
New publication: The activities of French companies in Western Sahara, crime of colonization? – Antoine Quéré
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Antoine Quéré, Le crime de colonisation par peuplement - Etude de cas sur les activités économiques des entreprises françaises au Sahara Occidental, Master’s thesis in penal law, Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg,...
New paper : A Fishy Battle at the Doors of Europe – Meriem Naïli
Meriem Naïli, 2019, "Natural Resources in Western Sahara : A fishy battle at the doors of Europe", Cahiers L'Ouest saharien, 9: 131-149 Abstract Western Sahara is a Non-Self-Governing territory of which natural resources are subject to much interest from both parties...
New publication: Thesis on the rock art of the Upper Saguia el Hamra – Helena Ventura
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Reference: Helena VENTURA, Els gravats rupestres prehistòrics d’estil Tazina del jaciment de Sluguilla Lawash (Sàhara Occidental), PhD thesis, Universitat de Girona, 2019, 614p. Abstract Sluguilla Lawash is the site with a higher...