A Voice From Western Sahara's Refugee Camps

Waiwhetu Lower Hutt Peace Group welcomes a special guest Tecber Ahmed Saleh.

Tecber Ahmed Saleh lives in the Saharawi refugee camps in south-west Algeria and will visit New Zealand to talk about Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony.

Tecber works in the Ministry of Health in the Saharawi refugee camps where she was born. She
will speak about the conditions of life in the camps and the larger political issues facing Western Sahara

Tecber works in the Ministry of Health in the Saharawi refugee camps where she was born. She will speak about the conditions of life in the camps and the larger political issues facing Western Sahara.

In 1975 Morocco invaded Western Sahara. Saharawis fled the occupation and now 173,600 remain in refugee camps. The Saharawi continue their non-violent struggle, waiting for the United Nations referendum of self-determination agreed in 1991.

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