Western Sahara

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Yuzi Paradise Photos © Remi Benali

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Western Sahara Map

United Nations Map of Western Sahara Click quot different sizes quot on the right to see a higher resolution version In the 1980s the Moroccan armed forces began constructing defensive earthworks around key population centres and strategic locations These were joined and extended and now form a defensive wall the quot Berm quot shown on the map as a red line which extends for some 1500 km from southern Morocco and throughout Western Sahara to the border with Mauritania This wall manned by an estimated 160 000 Moroccan troops divides Western Sahara into a Moroccan occupied zone and a region controlled by the Polisario known locally as the quot Free Zone quot The Berm as shown on this UN MINURSO map is contained within the territory of Western Sahara in reality the Berm transits through the far north western corner of Mauritania northwest of Bir Maghrein annexing a small area of Mauritanian territory and separating the Northern and Southern Sectors of Western Sahara from each other The Berm and its transit through Maurtiania is visible on Google Earth However the border between Western Sahara and Mauritania is effectively open facilitating free movement between the northern and southern sections of the Free Zone

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DSC7055 Western Sahara

Petrol station on the border of Western Sahara This province occupied by Morocco has cheaper petrol so many drivers stop here in the middle of the desert in one of three petrol stations <a href= http www nygus info >www nygus info< a>

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DSC6992 Western Sahara

Western Sahara

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Pro Western Sahara demonstration in Madrid

Demonstration in Madrid 11 11 2006 in support of Western Sahara s self determination

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Western Sahara wall

This Google Earth image confirms Western Sahara Project s <a href= http www flickr com photos sahara 323720321 >statement< a> about The Moroccan built quot wall of shame quot entering Mauritanian territory You can download <a href= http www saharatik com docs wsahara moroccan wall kml >HERE< a> a KML file containing the localization of the wall for Google Earth software

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Pro Western Sahara demonstration in Madrid

Demonstration in Madrid 11 11 2006 in support of Western Sahara s self determination

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Pro Western Sahara demonstration in Madrid

Demonstration in Madrid 11 11 2006 in support of Western Sahara s self determination

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western sahara

western sahara 2005 nygus amp the police

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Western Sahara Morocco

Taxis in one of the duty free sandy villages in the western sahara In various parts in Morocco they have their own color as in other african countries Here you see the often used white blue combination and the sandy brown color which is the same color as they were originally in Germany Most of the time they use the 240d s with manual gearbox

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Pro Western Sahara demonstration in Madrid

Demonstration in Madrid 11 11 2006 in support of Western Sahara s self determination

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DSC7043 Western Sahara station

Petrol station on the border of Western Sahara This province occupied by Morocco has cheaper petrol so many drivers stop here in the middle of the desert in one of three petrol stations <a href= http www nygus info >www nygus info< a>

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DSC7003 Western Sahara

Western Sahara

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WESTERN SAHARA TAFARITI SAHRAWIS CELEBRATE 35th ANNIVERSARY

epa01351211 A Sahrawi woman soldier takes part in a parade in Tifariti in the liberated territories of Western Sahara on 20 May 2008 The parade marks the 35th anniversary of the Polisario Front and the outbreak of the armed struggle for Western Sahara s independence The Polisario Front launched on May 20th 1973 ten days after its creation the armed struggle against Spanish occupation of Western Sahara then against the Moroccan army which invaded the territory in October 1975 following Spain s withdrawal EPA MOHAMED MESSARA

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WESTERN SAHARA VOLUNTEER FOR OCTOBER 2009

The Western Sahara Project is looking for volunteers for the October 2009 field season Diggers and surveyors required no experience necessary More details here <a href= http www cru uea ac uk ~e118 WS WSahara htm rel= nofollow >www cru uea ac uk ~e118 WS WSahara htm< a>

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S0 Western Sahara 20mA 15m 12m S05X jpg

S0 Western Sahara S05X

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Lightning in the Western Sahara

Lightning storm just after we passed the border with Mauritania no photoshop involved for those who asked just straightened and cropped

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WorldWalk in Western Sahara Tropic of Cancer

A bilingual signpost in Western Sahara English and Hungarian To understand why it s a joke read the <a href= http worldwalk peacetour blogspot com 2009 01 hungarian sense of humor in sahara html >post about it on WorldWalk Peacetour blog< a> Or you can join to the <a href= http www flickr com groups 973096 N23 discuss 72157612999561739 >traveling discussion< a> in the <a href= http www flickr com groups 973096 N23 >WorldWalk Peacetour Community group< a>

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western sahara

the last rest area in the western sahara before the mauritanian border we spent christmas eve there

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Atlantic Ocean from Western Sahara Coastline

Atlantic Ocean from Western Sahara coastline Jan 2008

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