Looking out the window as the plane made its descent into El-Aloun , Western Sahara, all you could see for miles and miles was sand .It was spectacular. Western Sahara is known as "Africa's last colony". It has been occupied since 1975 by Morocco in spite of numerous UN Resolutions requesting its decolonisation and the International Court of Justice ruling that Morocco did not have a legitimate claim to the territory. The decades old conflict between Morocco and Polisario Front - a national movement commuted to self-determination for the people of Western Sahara shows no sign of being resolved .
I look forward to learning more about the situation on this international mission led by Kerry Kennedy of the RFK Centre and was delighted to meet Aminatou Haidar and Ali Salem Tamek, 2 wonderful human rights defenders and got a lovely surprise to see Elmajoub Maleha .
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