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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 23, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments

Analysis | European Parliament: an unexpected victory for Western Sahara

The European Parliament's decision last week to end the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement is a historic one, argues Stefan Simanowitz.

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, October 15, 2011 14:17 - 0 Comments

Special Report | Javier Bardem and the world’s last colonies

This year's meeting of the UN's Fourth Committee on Decolonization, which took place last week, was livened up considerably by the arrival of Oscar-winning actor Javier Bardem, who had come to petition on the issue of Western Sahara. Stefan Simanowitz reports exclusively from New York.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, October 27, 2010 0:00 - 7 Comments

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

In a new column, 'North African Dispatches', Imad Mesdoua casts a light on the case of Western Sahara, Africa's last, forgotten colony. He traces the history of the region from Spanish colonialism to Moroccan occupation, and charts the tremendous obstacles in the path to freedom that the Saharawi people have faced over the past decades. Unless a just peace is found soon, Mesdoua argues, the repercussions are bound to be disastrous for the region.