Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin is an independent journalist based in Algeria. He contributes to Al-Monitor, The New Arab, Middle East Eye, ThinkProgress and Refugees Deeply. On Twitter: @habibullahWS

Indigenous Sahrawi girls play on an improvised see-saw at a refugee camp of Boudjdour in Tindouf, southern Algeria March 3, 2016. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit the Sahrawi refugees in south-west Algeria's Tindouf region. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS96QU

Trips offer respite to Sahrawi refugee children

Brahim Ghali (C), new secretary general of Polisario Front and president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), walks at the Sahrawi refugee camp of Dakhla, southeast of the Algerian city of Tindouf, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina? - RTSH3RO

Western Sahara's Polisario Front elects leader

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Indigenous Sahrawi women walk through Al Smara desert refugee camp in Tindouf, southern Algeria March 4, 2016. In refugee camps near the town of Tindouf in arid southern Algeria, conditions are hard for indigenous Sahrawi residents. Residents use car batteries for electricity at night and depend on humanitarian aid to get by. The five camps near Tindouf are home to an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees from the disputed region of Western Sahara, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR. REUTERS/

Why Sahrawi refugees don't count on census to provide relief

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How empty water bottles are helping Western Sahara refugees beat desert heat

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What's next in Western Sahara dispute after death of Polisario leader?

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An indigenous Sahrawi woman walks outside her tent in Al Smara desert refugee camp in Tindouf, southern Algeria March 4, 2016. In refugee camps near the town of Tindouf in arid southern Algeria, conditions are hard for indigenous Sahrawi residents. Residents use car batteries for electricity at night and depend on humanitarian aid to get by. The five camps near Tindouf are home to an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees from the disputed region of Western Sahara, according to the United Nations refugee agency

Amid decreasing aid, Sahrawis seek self-sufficiency

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A worker pours olives out of a bucket during the olive harvest in Sidi Tabet, near Tunis November 13, 2012. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE FOOD) - RTR3AD0P

Can agriculture save Tunisia's economy amid tourism crisis?

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Why young Sahrawis are joining military movement against Morocco

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Women walk by Moroccan police on the streets of El Aaiun, western Sahara, November 6, 2005. Moroccan police were on alert fearing Saharawi demonstrations calling for self-determination to the Saharawi people on the 30th anniversary of the Green March. On November 6, 1975 the so-called Green March into Western Sahara began when 300,000 Moroccans crossed into Western Sahara following the orders of King Hassan II of Morocco to force Spain to hand over the territory. As a result, Spain abandoned Western Sahara

Why some in Western Sahara oppose $1 million US grant

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Tensions flare in Western Sahara dispute

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Trips offer respite to Sahrawi refugee children

Western Sahara's Polisario Front elects leader

Why Sahrawi refugees don't count on census to provide relief

How empty water bottles are helping Western Sahara refugees beat desert heat

What's next in Western Sahara dispute after death of Polisario leader?

Amid decreasing aid, Sahrawis seek self-sufficiency

Can agriculture save Tunisia's economy amid tourism crisis?

Why young Sahrawis are joining military movement against Morocco

Why some in Western Sahara oppose $1 million US grant

Tensions flare in Western Sahara dispute