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Western Sahara: Forgotten Conflict { 22 images } Created 10 Dec 2006

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a land divided by a thirty year old conflict. The United Nations says this is the longest and largest territorial conflict in the world.
In 1975, the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi political organization seeking independence from Western Sahara, began to carry out a low-intensity guerrilla war against Morocco. The war ended in 1991, when the United Nations brokered a ceasefire with the promise of holding a referendum to decide the territory's fate. But disagreements over voter eligibility have prevented the election from taking place.

The Sahrawi Government also lives in exile, in yet seventy-six nations recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic's right to exist.

The conflict, which consumes their lives, has been forgotten by the news media a long time ago. A rambling nomadic group of tribes, formed from a mixture of Arabic, Berber, and black African cultures, their ancestors were Yemeni Arabs who originally traveled across North Africa in the 13th century.
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  • A Saharaui man walk in the refuge camps in Argelia on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz
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  • Belga Mohamed Brahim, an old beduin walks on a sea of salt in the border between Mauritania and The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic´s liberated territories. on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz
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  • A Saharaui woman cook a camel heart wile she speak with a man in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz
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  • Saharauis from the Argelia´s refugee camp watch inside of a tent. on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz
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  • A Sahrawi woman walk in the The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz
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  • Saharwi woman stand in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. Photo by Bernardo De Niz.
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  • Members of the Polisario Liberated Army during a leaders´ meeting in the liberated territories of the Western Sahara, on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)<br />
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a land divided by a thirty year old conflict. The United Nations says this is the longest and largest territorial conflict in the world.
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  • Member of the Polisario Liberated Army smoke the traditional pipe in the liberated territories of the Western Sahara. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)<br />
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a land divided by a thirty year old conflict. The United Nations says this is the longest and largest territorial conflict in the world.
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  • Belga Mohamed Brahim, a Saharawui bedduin look for fossils in the middle of The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic´s liberated territories. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • A view of the cracked desert in the Sahara. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Saharwi woman stand with her kid in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • A Sahrawi man take a rest inside of a house in The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic refugee camp in Argelia. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Belga Mohamed Brahim, an old beduin walks on a sea of salt in the border between Mauritania and The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic´s liberated territories. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Belga Mohamed Brahim, a Saharawui bedduin look for fossils in the middle of The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic´s liberated territories. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Sahrawi men ride camels at the sunset<br />
in The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic liberated territories. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Saharwi woman weaves traditional clothes in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • The sahara desert blooms after the first rain in years in The Sahrawi Arab Democracti Republic. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Camels stands at the sunset in the Uyghur's refugee camps in Argelia, on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • A saharaui baby sleep cover with silk in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • A Sahrawi nomad woman is carrying a baby in  The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic liberated territories. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • Saharawi women pose for the photo in the refugee camps in Argelia. on January 2005. (Photo by Bernardo De Niz)
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  • A Sahrawi nomad woman pray in The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic liberated territories.
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