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3 unusual facts about Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic


Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

It is headquartered in Camp Rabouni, south of Tindouf, although some official events have taken place on Western Saharan territory in the provisional capital of Bir Lehlou, in Tifariti and other towns in the Liberated Territories.

Day-to-day business, however, is conducted in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria, which house most of the Sahrawi exile community.

100,000 is the estimated number of people living in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria where the SADR is headquartered.


Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic–South Africa relations

In June 2013, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane reaffirmed her country position on the decolonization and self-determination of the Saharawi people, stressing the need to urgently convene a referendum to allow Saharawis to choose their destiny.


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