Western Sahara: Sahrawi Youth Push for Referendum

18 December 2013

Quito — The youths representing the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara, a territory that remains under the administration of Morocco, again took their plight to the World Youth and Student Festival in Ecuador hoping their voice there would attract global attention.

"There is so much suffering and loss of life because of the Moroccan occupation. The occupation has erected a wall over the Sahrawi, cordoning of the areas occupied by Moroccans that are often areas with natural resources. For these reasons I am inviting [all world youth] to join the campaign against the wall," said Sidi Omar, a youth leader who led the group of youth from the Western Sahara to the festival that ended on December 13. The Sahrawi Republic was represented by the Minister of Vocational Training and Public Function Khira Bellahi, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohammed Moloud Mohammed Fadel, and Sahrawi Ambassador to Venezuela and Ecuador, Mohamed Salem Daha.

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