In 1975, Najla Mohamed-Lamin’s grandmother fled Moroccan troops entering Western Sahara. For 50 years, Najla’s family, and 200,000 of the Saharawi people, have lived in refugee camps in western Algeria.
Despite a clear legal case under international law for self-determination and a promise from Morocco to hold a referendum on the future of Western Sahara, the Saharawi people remain separated from their land, and are almost invisible to the international community.
In 2023 Najla was one of the BBC’s one hundred most influential women in the world, and she is today’s guest on Podcast for Inquiry.
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