This article documents the case of people who are still living in exile in the Western Sahara as Cold War victims. Even though there has been no conflict in this area, there has also been no solution. In these states, women run social services, such as education, since independence and democracy has yet to be achieved. For the past 24 years, this area, known as Tifariti, has been under stress due to the anticolonial force they are seeking. This era of land is a result between Polisario Front and Moroccan soldiers, and it seems that no resolution has been even attempted. The most chilling part is the closing statement if this article by a 58 year-old living in the region. “I want you to carry a message to the United States of America asking for help, help for us to get independence… We are a people and we were attacked in our land and we were treated unfairly. We just want our land.”
Julianna Grandinetti
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/world/fighting-is-long-over-but-western-sahara-still-lacks-peace.html?ref=world
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