Morocco’s brutal oppression of the people of Western Sahara is well documented – Freedom House has Western Sahara at the bottom of its “not free” list and human rights abuses are a daily reality. Monitoring groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have been banned from the territory. In the diplomatic world, Western Sahara is often dismissed as a frozen conflictThe issue of Western Sahara is divisive on the continent. Western Sahara is divided by a massive sand “berm” which cuts a swathe through the desert more than 2,000 kilometers long. The world’s greatest sporting spectacle should not be used to perpetuate the profound injustice in Western Sahara.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 11, 2018 12:45 UTC