jueves, 13 de diciembre de 2012

INTRODUCTION, EXPLAN THE SITUATION


Sahara  is a territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. A war started between Morocco, Mauritania and the Polisario Front (Sahrawi national liberation movement), which proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. There is an huge conflict between the Polisario Front of the Sahrawi people and the state of Morocco.


Here you have some links to know more deeply what is going on.
Wikipedia
The economical cost of the conflict
Forced migration
Foreing policy in focus

HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS, PREDICTIONS

In this link, we have explained you how has been developped the problem, and which was the help Saharaui people were given by UN and Spain. Western Sahara.

To sum up, we can say that Sahara is quite alone, because nobody really helps them.

NOWADAYS, NEWS ANALYSIS


                                    


    Here we have added a recent new of the conflict that we are analysing.

http://elpais.com/tag/sahara_occidental/a/
The Western Sahara conflict has had no progress toward an agreement between Morocco and the Polisario Front's Sahrawi independence, but Rabat last autum had some setbacks.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14115273


videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8vGBF-sdc0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wELQplH8Pmg

THE PROBLEM, MIND MAPS

Here we have done a mind map with the main ideas of the conflict.

CONCLUSION, POSIBLE SOLUTION

Several solutions have been proposed, but none has been carried out yet. 

One of them is the self-determination referendum, after a five-year period of autonomy under Moroccan power. This was approved by the UN in 1991 but it has been postponed and nowadays is blocked because Morocco has complained about it.

Another one is the Saharan autonomy under Moroccan power. They would be more independent but they would have the Maroccan flag, currency, customs, foreign policy, domestic affairs, police and justice.

Moreover, it can take part the division of territory from north to south.
This solution provides the division from west to east, so that Morocco would keep the north,called Sahara useful, because there are found the most useful resources of phosphates. It is an unlikely solution.


Finally another posible solution it can bi the take away of MINURSO. After many years and big costs, the UN will not solve the problem of Western Sahara without requiring either or both parties, to do something they don't want to do.


Taking everything into account, we think that if the problem hasn't solved yet, it would be difficult to solve it now. Moreover, we think that all bands should stop fighting for the territory because Sahara needs to be independent to have peace and live without risk. Here we add some pictures of people who has suffered so much.