• New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara
    2 March 2022 Comments Off on New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara

    New German-language edited volume on Western Sahara Judit Tavakoli, Manfred O. Hinz, Werner Ruf und Leonie Gaiser (Hrsg.): Westsahara. Afrikas letzte Kolonie Released: dec. 2021 ISBN 978-3-947729-36-4 https://www.regiospectra.de/buecher/westsahara-detail   Summary A series of dramatic events since 2020 have led to the escalation of the Western Sahara conflict: the resumption of war, a further increase in…

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  • Webinar – Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 6pm: Nonviolent action in a context of renewed war in Western Sahara
    5 February 2022 Comments Off on Webinar – Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 6pm: Nonviolent action in a context of renewed war in Western Sahara

    “A webinar to highlight a largely forgotten conflict! co-organised by Non-Violence XXI and the Observatoire universitaire international du Sahara Occidental (OUISO) Programme: “Non-violent action in a context of renewed war in Western Sahara” After three decades of ceasefire in Western Sahara and the expectation that the United Nations (MINURSO) would organise a referendum on self-determination,…

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  • Pavel Borecky’s movie (2018) now in open access !
    3 April 2020 Comments Off on Pavel Borecky’s movie (2018) now in open access !

    Borecký, Pavel (director). In the Devil's garden, 2018, 25 minutes. Produced by the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Bern MOVIE AVAILABLE HERE Password: supportsahrawis Synopsis: Film shot in the Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, in southwest Algeria. The film situates the viewer within a makeshift space of an animal market in Algeria....

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  • Conference: “The sovereignty of the Sahrawi people over their natural resources” – 15 November 2019 – Medicis Room at the Palais du Luxembourg
    15 October 2019 Comments Off on Conference: “The sovereignty of the Sahrawi people over their natural resources” – 15 November 2019 – Medicis Room at the Palais du Luxembourg

    Chaired by: Mrs Christine Prunaud, Senator with the support of the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Republic has the honour to invite you: Friday, November 15, 2019 from 1:30 pm to 6 pm Salle Médicis - Palais du Luxembourg, 15 rue de Vaugirard - 75006 Paris Theme: The sovereignty of the Sahrawi people over...

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  • Conference: “Western Sahara facing security challenges in the region” – Friday, June 28, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m at national council
    13 June 2019 Comments Off on Conference: “Western Sahara facing security challenges in the region” – Friday, June 28, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m at national council

    Conference "Western Sahara facing security challenges in the region" - Friday, June 28, 2019, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Salle Lamartine - Immeuble Jacques Chaban-Delmas - 101 rue de l'Université, Paris Chaired by: Mr Jean-Paul LECOQ, Member of Parliament, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Study Group on Western...

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  • Conference – ECAS2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019
    12 June 2019 Comments Off on Conference – ECAS2019. Africa: Connections and Disruptions Edinburgh, June 11-14 2019

    ECAS annual Conference: 12 & 13, june 2019 in Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh’s Centre of African Studies is hosting the 8th European Conference on African Studies, Europe’s largest and most international conference with an African focus. It takes place in the University's central campus from June 11-14 and is organised on behalf of the...

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  • New video : Insights from Carlos Ruiz Miguel on the EU-Morocco agreements
    12 May 2019 Comments Off on New video : Insights from Carlos Ruiz Miguel on the EU-Morocco agreements

    A new module is available on the Observatory's website! 5 minutes for 1 question The first video deals with the agreements between the European Union and Morocco on the natural resources of Western Sahara: available here (french or Spanish). To shed light on this issue, we called on Carlos Ruiz Miguel. Professor of Constitutional Law...

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  • Post-Doctoral Contract Offers: CAPSAHARA Project (ERC-StG-716467)
    9 May 2019 Comments Off on Post-Doctoral Contract Offers: CAPSAHARA Project (ERC-StG-716467)

    CAPSAHARA project: Critical Approaches to Politics, Social Activism and Islamic Militancy the Western Saharan Region (European Research Council STG-716467-2016) This project proposes an analysis of the reconfigurations established in the socio-political vocabulary of the western Saharan region from the “post-empire” to the contemporary period. The project is interdisciplinary, drawing from the social sciences, including anthropology,...

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  • New publication: Silenced Resistance: Women, Dictatorships, and Genderwashing in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea – Joanna Allan
    23 April 2019 Comments Off on New publication: Silenced Resistance: Women, Dictatorships, and Genderwashing in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea – Joanna Allan

    Reference: Johanna Allan, 2019, Silenced Resistance - Women, Dictatorships, and Genderwashing in Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea, University of Wisconsin Press, 360 pp Spain’s former African colonies—Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara—share similar histories. Both are under the thumbs of heavy-handed regimes, and are known by human rights organizations as being among the worst places in...

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  • International conference, University of Picardy Jules Verne (Amiens), 27-28 May 2019 : Western Sahara – News on an old issue.
    17 April 2019 Comments Off on International conference, University of Picardy Jules Verne (Amiens), 27-28 May 2019 : Western Sahara – News on an old issue.

    International and multidisciplinary symposium: Western Sahara - Topicality of an old question. Date: Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 May 2019 Address: Logis du Roy, Square Jules Bocquet, Amiens Scientific direction: Marjorie Beulay - University of Picardy Jules Vernes To register please contact Marjorie Beulay: marjorie.beulay@u-picardie.fr Two days of conferences, debates and round tables on different...

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