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El-Aaiun, Nouakchott, Djenne, Niamey, N´Djamena
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Morocco's southern provinces and a Polisario refugee Camp, Algeria; wide and medium around the town of Laayoune; wide shoppers; soldiers off duty; inside and outside water desalination plant; equipment working; mechanics testing; SOT in French, MUSTAPHA ANWAHEEL Director of Regional Water Company; wide of fishing vessels; close up landing catches; medium fishermen; main mosque; worshipper gathering; bending in prayer; close up kneeling in prayer: File Green March 1975; crowds of Muslims striding through desert; waving Qu'ran, shouting in unison, showing solidarity: File unknown date: Wide King Hassan II walking on newly constructed wall; accompanied by soldiers: takes newly baked bread; breaks and eat, passes on some to his son; wall from helicopter; wide of Moroccan soldiers marching down to wall; on guard duty on wall; close us of weapons; wide of patrol duty; wide of open prison in Tindouf, Southern Algeria; Moroccan captives watching football match; at ease playing cards; sitting outside cells:SOT in French; Moroccan prisoner; wide of phosphate mining equipment; close up digging attachment; shovels earth up and moves it away; close up of fine dust/sand slipping through teeth; aerial shot from helicopter of off shore reclaimed land; moves along coast to show extent of work; wide of green desert: medium of gardening; close up watering; SOT in English MOHAMMED BENAISSA, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs; wide of camel milking; under belly of animal; squeezing teats; camel moves away in annoyance; SOT in French Abderrahman Youssoufi, Morocco's Prime Minister; wide of Polisario camp in Tindouf, Southern Algeria; Polisario family outside hovel; child plays with father; mother takes supplement: SOT in Spanish Bushraya Hamoudi Beyoun, Polisario Prime Minister; wide of fun fair; medium big wheel; close up dogem cars; side shows participants in various games (APTN)
STORYLINE
Morocco's southern provinces are enjoying an unprecedented economic boom thanks to the government pouring money into the area. Better known to the outside world as the Western Sahara this desert region is Africa's longest running unresolved conflict. Moroccans one side of Hassan's wall are at loggerheads with the Polisario based in refugee camps in southern Algeria. The Moroccan government's claim to the land is being boosted by granting oil drilling rights and offering the Polisario limited autonomy. The gulf between the two sides still remains wide and settlement of the dispute still looks a long way off.
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Monument Border Western Sahara Region Morocco. This monument is what marks the entrance in the Moroccan region of Western Sahara.
Western Sahara
The Western Sahara (US /ˌwɛstərn səˈhærə/; UK /ˌwɛstən səˈhɑrə/; Arabic: الصحراء الغربية Aṣ-Ṣaḥrā’ al-Gharbīyah; Spanish: Sahara Occidental; Berber: Taneẓroft Tutrimt) is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the extreme northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to 266,000 square kilometres (103,000 sq mi). It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of whom nearly 40% live in El Aaiún (also spelled Laâyoune), the largest city in Western Sahara.
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Southern Mauritania Traffic Jam
We encountered heavy four-hooved traffic on the 60-mile dirt road from Rosso to Diama, where we would cross the border into Senegal.
No Man´s Land - Western Sahara / Mauritania
School Run 2014 - No man´s land - driving through the border between the Western Sahara and Mauritania.
Corcas Chairman meeting Western Saharawi in Smara city in the Western Sahara Territory (Part 9)
Khalihenna Ould Errachid met Western Saharawi living in Smara city to explain the autonomy initiative.
Visit CORCAS websites to read more about the Western Sahara Territory south the Kingdom of Morocco.
CORCAS is the Western Sahara Community (Sahara Occidental).
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Western Sahara ( ( listen); Arabic: الصحراء الغربية aṣ-Ṣaḥrā’ al-Gharbīyah; Berber languages: Taneẓroft Tutrimt; Spanish and French: Sahara Occidental) is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, partially controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and partially Moroccan-occupied, bordered by Morocco proper to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to 266,000 square kilometres (103,000 sq mi). It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly consisting of desert flatlands. The population is estimated at just over 500,000, of which nearly 40% live in Laayoune, the largest city in Western Sahara.
Occupied by Spain until the late 20th century, Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since 1963 after a Moroccan demand. It is the most populous territory on that list, and by far the largest in area. In 1965, the UN General Assembly adopted its first resolution on Western Sahara, asking Spain to decolonize the territory. One year later, a new resolution was passed by the General Assembly requesting that a referendum be held by Spain on self-determination. In 1975, Spain relinquished the administrative control of the territory to a joint administration by Morocco (which had formally claimed the territory since 1957) and Mauritania. A war erupted between those countries and a Sahrawi nationalist movement, the Polisario Front, which proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) with a government in exile in Tindouf, Algeria. Mauritania withdrew its claims in 1979, and Morocco eventually secured de facto control of most of the territory, including all the major cities and natural resources. The United Nations considers the Polisario Front to be the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, and maintains that the Sahrawis have a right to self-determination.Since a United Nations-sponsored ceasefire agreement in 1991, two thirds of the territory (including most of the Atlantic coastline—the only part of the coast outside the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall is the extreme south, including the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula) has been administered by the Moroccan government, with tacit support from France and the United States, and the remainder by the SADR, backed by Algeria. Internationally, countries such as Russia have taken a generally ambiguous and neutral position on each side's claims, and have pressed both parties to agree on a peaceful resolution. Both Morocco and Polisario have sought to boost their claims by accumulating formal recognition, essentially from African, Asian, and Latin American states in the developing world. The Polisario Front has won formal recognition for SADR from 37 states, and was extended membership in the African Union. Morocco has won support for its position from several African governments and from most of the Muslim world and Arab League. In both instances, recognitions have, over the past two decades, been extended and withdrawn according to changing international trends.As of 2017, no other member state of the United Nations has ever officially recognized Moroccan sovereignty over parts of Western Sahara. However, a number of countries have expressed their support for a future recognition of the Moroccan annexation of the territory as an autonomous part of the Kingdom. Overall, the annexation has not garnered as much attention in the international community as many other disputed annexations (e.g. the Russian annexation of Crimea).
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Casablanca (Arabic: الدار البيضاء ), located in the central-western part of Morocco bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is the largest city in Morocco. It is also the largest city in the Maghreb, as well as one of the largest and most important cities in Africa, both economically and demographically.
Casablanca is Morocco's chief port and one of the largest financial centers on the continent. According to the 2014 population estimate, the city has a population of about 3.35 million in the urban area and over 6.8 million in the Casablanca-Settat region. Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, although the national political capital is Rabat.
The leading Moroccan companies and international corporations doing business in the country have their headquarters and main industrial facilities in Casablanca. Recent industrial statistics show Casablanca retains its historical position as the main industrial zone of the country. The Port of Casablanca is one of the largest artificial ports in the world, and the second largest port of North Africa, after Tanger-Med 40 km east of Tangier. Casablanca also hosts the primary naval base for the Royal Moroccan Navy.
The French period Ville Nouvelle (New Town) of Casablanca was designed by the French architect Henri Prost, and was a model of a new town at that time. The main streets radiate south and east from Place des Nations Unies, previously the main market of Anfa. Former administrative buildings and modern hotels populate the area. Their style is a combination of Hispano-Moorish and Art Deco.
Casablanca is home to the Hassan II Mosque, designed by the French architect Michel Pinseau. It is situated on a promontory on the Atlantic Ocean. The mosque has room for 25,000 worshippers inside, and a further 80,000 can be accommodated in the mosque's courtyard. Its minaret is the world's tallest at 210 metres (690 feet). The mosque is also the largest in North Africa, and the third-largest in the world.
Work on the mosque started in 1980, and was intended to be completed for the 60th birthday of the former Moroccan king, Hassan II, in 1989. However, the building was not inaugurated until 1993. Authorities spent an estimated $800 million in the construction of the building.
The Parc de la Ligue Arabe (formally called Lyautey) is the city's largest public park. On its edge is the Casablanca Cathedral (Cathédrale Sacré-Coeur). It is no longer in use for religious purposes, but it is open to visitors and a splendid example of Mauresque architecture. The Old Medina (the part of town antedating the French protectorate) attracts fewer tourists than the medinas of cities such as Fes and Marrakech. However, it has undergone some restoration in recent years. Included in this project have been the western walls of the medina, its skala, or bastion, and its colonial-period clock tower.
A popular site among locals is the small island Marabout de Sidi Abderrahmane. It is possible to walk across to the rocky island at low tide. This outcrop contains the tomb of Sidi Abderrhamane Thaalibi, a Sufi from Baghdad and the founder of Algiers. He is considered a saint in Morocco. Because of this, many Moroccans make informal pilgrimages to this site to reflect on life and to seek religious enlightenment. Some believe that the saint possessed magical powers, so his tomb still possesses these powers. People come and seek this magic to be cured. Non-Muslims may not enter the shrine.
Casablanca's main airport is Mohammed V International Airport, Morocco's busiest airport. Regular domestic flights serve Marrakech, Rabat, Agadir, Oujda, Tangier, Al Hoceima, and Laayoune, as well as other cities.
Casablanca is well-served by international flights to Europe, especially French and Spanish airports, and has regular connections to North American, Middle Eastern and sub-Saharan African destinations. New York City, Montreal, Paris, London and Dubai are important primary destinations.
The older, smaller Casablanca-Anfa Airport to the west of the city, served certain destinations including Damascus, and Tunis, and was largely closed to international civilian traffic in 2006. It has been closed and destroyed to build the Casablanca Finance City, the new heart of the city of Casablanca. Casablanca Tit Mellil Airport is located in the nearby community of Tit Mellil.
The Casablanca tramway is the rapid transit tram system in Casablanca. The route is 31 km (19 mi) long, with 49 stops, and Y-shaped; further lines are planned.
Protest in occupied Western Sahara, Monday 23 May 2011
Protest of Saharawi ex-workers of Fos Boucraa and Saharawi victims of severe human rights violations. they demand their socio-economic rights be respected and condemn the continuous plunder of Western Sahara's natural resources
Inner City Press Asks Ban Ki-moon's Spox of Morocco's Projects in W Sahara on COP22 website, UNFCCC
In W. Sahara, Siemens & Enel Exploit Using COP22 As Cover, ICP Asks of Ban Ki-moon
By Matthew Russell Lee, Follow up to Exclusives
UNITED NATIONS, November 2 -- The UN of Ban Ki-moon, which gave in to Morocco's demand to pull out 83 members of its MINURSO mission in Western Sahara and has yet to get most of the returned, is now proposing to give in further, sources have exclusively told Inner City Press.
On September 22, when Inner City Press asked Morocco's foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar about MINURSO it was told it is already “fully functional.
But when Inner City Press asked Ban Ki-moon's deputy spokesman Farhan Haq how many of the 83 expelled staff are back, the answer was only 25. UN transcript below.
Now with Ban headed to Morocco for COP22 -- when Inner City Press asked, his lead spokesman Stephane Dujarric had no substantive comment on the killing of the fish seller Fikri, Vine video here -- a new report has been issued about the exploitation of Western Sahara by the King and German firm Siemens and Italian firm Enel, here.
Morocco uses its COP22 website to greenwash projects that are, in fact, in Western Sahara, see here.
On November 2, Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Dujarric, UN Transcript here:
Inner City Press: What I wanted to ask you is, as the Secretary-General prepares to go to COP (Conference of Parties) 22 in Morocco, it has emerged that… that on the website cop22.ma, there are a number of projects that are, in fact, in Western Sahara. These are projects carried out by Siemen's and NL [Enel]... they're in a territory that's listed in the Fourth Committee. So I wanted to know, what's the Secretary-General's view of these sustainable energy, quote-unquote, projects done by Morocco in… throughout Western Sahara? And should they be on the COP22 website? And should UNFCCC [United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change] be giving a… a… CDM certificates for them?
Spokesman: Let me take a look at the website. I don't know if it's a website run by the UN or by the Moroccan Presidency. So…
ICP Question: What about UNFCCC? Should they be giving these CDM certificates for projects that are, in fact, built in contested territory?
Spokesman: I have to… Let me take a look at it before I say anything.
We're waiting.
The corporatization of the UN under Ban, whose mentor Han Seung-soo is at once a UN official and on the boards of directors of South Korean firm Doosan and Standard Chartered Bank, has become a scandal; ouster and eviction of the Press by Ban's head of communications Cristina Gallach of Spain has sought to hinder such coverage, piece in Spanish here. What will Ban say about this illegal exploitation of Western Sahara under the fig leaf of renewable energy? Watch this site.
On October 25, Inner City Press again asked Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric, UN transcript here:
Inner City Press: on Western Sahara, I'd asked you yesterday to respond to reports that there was police brutality in Laayoune before Mr… right on the eve of Ladsous' visit. You said you might have a readout. So I heard the readout, and thanks for the readout. But, is there a MINURSO response to published reports that people were swept inside?
Spokesman: I don't have anything.
But he did say Ladsous is in Paris.
Casablanca 2019
An amazing visit to Casablanca, in Morocco, 2019
Sahara desert trip
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Haidar demands EU illegal fisheries in Western Sahara stopped
The EU has since 2006 been paying Morocco to fish offshore Western Sahara. The territory of Western Sahara, which is treated as a colony by the UN, has been under Moroccan occupation since 1975. Simultaneously Morocco is profiting from their control over the territory by selling fishing licences to the EU. The deal is thus highly unethical.
Human rights activist from Western Sahara, Aminatou Haidar, states that the Sahrawi living in the occupied territories have never been consulted as to whether they would like such an agreement, and that the EU-Moroccan partnership therefore must be in violation of international law.
She demands an immediate termination of the EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara.
The EU fisheries in the territories contributes to prolong the illegal occupation.
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Here is Haddi -beaten on the head with a stone
April 2008, Sahrawi students at the University of Marrakech have been regularly attacked by Moroccan gangs.
Sahrawis are indigenous to Western Sahara, a country occupied by Morocco.
Haddi Yarba (on the video) was struck on the head with a stone on 23rd of April 2008. Since then he's had problems finding the words.
Read more about the occupation of Western Sahara, the discrimination against the Sahrawis, and of Haddi Yarba on vest-sahara.no
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