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The Uncertain Future of a Nation: What Will Become of Western Sahara?
The United Nations Mission for the Referendum on the Status of Western Sahara (MINURSO) was created with the purpose to set up a referendum through which the Sahrawi could determine whether …
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Legal Rights Owed to the Sahrawi: Self-Determination and Use of Natural Resources
Under several international instruments, the Sahrawi are entitled to the rights of self-determination and use of natural resources. Morocco is inhibiting these rights with no legitimate legal claim
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The Fight Over Western Sahara: The Issue of Decolonization
Sovereignty of the Sahrawi, the people of the territory of Western Sahara, is the last issue of decolonization. Morocco’s stake in the territory has sparked conflict without an immediate resolution.
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Conclusion on the IIJD’s African Land Grab Series
As discussed in this series, Africa’s Land Grabs are more than Property or Land Titles; they’ve tremendous impact on economic, self-determination, food and water security, and environmental justice.
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The Environmental Destruction and Resource Exploitation of African Land Grabs
In addition to infringing on property rights, economic rights, and food and water rights, land grabs have also significantly violated the environmental rights of African people.
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Food and Water for Sale: The Impact of Land Grabs on the Right to Food in Africa
Africans are no strangers to the issue of food and water insecurity, and land grabs only serve to exacerbate these insecurities on the continent
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Land Grabs and the Continued Fight for African Economic Self-determination
For the majority of Africans, their economic livelihoods are tied directly to the land on which they live. When Africans are forced to ....
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The Neo-Rush for Land
This article in our African Land Grab series addresses the most obvious of the injustices perpetrated by land grabs – loss of property rights.
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