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Western Sahara a 'shameful stain' on United Nations, says Polisario spokesman

Another generation cannot "grow old as refugees": The UN must "assume its full responsibility" for advancing resolution of the conflict between the Saharawi people and Morocco over Western Sahara.

By Ahmed Boukhari
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Commemoration of the Saharawi Republic’s 30th anniversary in liberated territories of Western Sahara. Jaysen Naidoo/Wikimedia. Some rights reserved.

Last month the people of Western Sahara marked an important milestone in the 40-year history of our country.

Although thousands of Saharawi citizens live as refugees in southwest Algeria – displaced from our homeland and separated from our families by Morocco’s colonial occupation – we have nonetheless developed an inclusive democracy and a well-functioning government in the refugee camps and liberated territory of our country.

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