Henry Kissinger’s Western Sahara
Morocco is one of the United States’ oldest allies, so when it occupied Western Sahara in 1975, the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people mattered little.
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Aubrey Bloomfield
Aubrey Bloomfield is a freelance writer based in Melbourne, Australia. His work has been published in Al Jazeera, Guardian Australia, the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African History, and the Journal of Palestine Studies, among others.
The Jacinda Ardern model
New Zealand’s Prime Minister is a very nice centrist. People in the rest of the world, including Africans, calling for her to be emulated should be careful what they wish for.
AC Milan’s Moroccan problem
AC Milan, who wants to build an academy in occupied Western Sahara, is not alone in legitimizing Morocco’s occupation.
Somalia, People of Football
A film about the separate, and often connected, journeys of two Somali footballers, also refugees, to make it as footballers.
Every nation needs a team kit
An Australian sports apparel company makes shirts for low profile national soccer teams, including a number of African ones.
The Match for Occupation
Diego Maradona makes excuses for Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara.
Colonial Sahara
The constant struggle of the Sahrawi to assert their identity in the face of a permanent occupation by Morocco.