Sahrawis - Wikipedia
The Sahrawis, or Sahrawi people (Arabic: صحراويون ṣaḥrāwīyūn), are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Sahara desert, which includes the Western Sahara, southern Morocco, much of Mauritania, and along the southwestern border of Algeria.
Sahrawi People - Atlas Of Humanity
Sahrawi people are of Arabian, Beni Hassan descent, who fused with the dominant Sanhaja Berber tribes, as well as Black African and other indigenous populations. Even though cultural arabization of the Berber people was thorough, some elements of Berber identity remain.
Western Sahara profile - BBC News
31 January 2023. Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. A former Spanish colony, it was annexed by Morocco in 1975. Since then it...
Sahrawi | people | Britannica
history of Western Sahara. …Sahara’s indigenous inhabitants, the nomadic Sahrawis, sprang up in the early 1970s, calling itself the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario Front). The insurgency led Spain …
50 years on: Sahrawi refugees from Western-Sahara still in camps
2024年3月12日 · For 50 years, Algeria has hosted Sahrawi refugees, making it the world’s 2nd longest-standing refugee situation. It is estimated that 173,600 individuals in five camps need humanitarian aid.
How Sahrawis See the Western Sahara Conflict
2023年1月25日 · In 1991, the Sahrawi national movement, led by the Polisario, suspended the armed struggle it had waged against Morocco since it occupied Western Sahara in 1975. In exchange for a ceasefire,...
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - Wikipedia
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, [e] also known as the Sahrawi Republic and Western Sahara, is a partially recognized state, located in the western Maghreb, which claims the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara, but controls only the easternmost one-fifth of that territory.
Western Sahara: the six-decade struggle to liberate Africa’s last …
2023年1月13日 · Western Sahara is the territory in north-west Africa bordered by Morocco in the north, Algeria and Mauritania in the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. A former Spanish colony, it’s...
Sahrawi - Wikipedia
People. the Sahrawi people, a Hassaniya-speaking ethnic group in the Maghreb region of Africa. the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, a partially recognized Sahrawi state. holders of Sahrawi passports (see Sahrawi nationality law) Women in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
A History of Western Sahara - Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Thirty years on, however, the Sahrawi people remain divided: many have lived in refugee camps near Tindouf (Algeria) since 1975, some inhabit Moroccan-controlled areas (80 percent of the territory), and others live in the diaspora.