By Nonviolence International, May 25, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C./Boujdour, Western Sahara, May 23, 2022 – A US delegation of women with the JustVisitWestern Sahara initiative are being detained in Western Sahara
This week on Talk World Radio, we are talking about the unending Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara with Tim Pluta who is speaking to us from the town of Boujdour, in the home of human rights activist Sultana Khaya.
Somebody explain to me why U.S. citizens should have to abandon their lives and go sit by as shields, as lives-that-matter, in Western Sahara, to prevent the thugs of a corrupt billionaire from brutalizing people with U.S. weapons and U.S. backing.
The goal of this hunger strike is to bring attention to Boujdour, Western Sahara, Africa in support of Sultana Khaya, her sister Lwaara, their mother Mitou, and all Saharawi people.
This week on Talk World Radio we’re discussing the use of nonviolent activism in Western Sahara.
Below is a response from the Cameroon Minister of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, who received our report and congratulates us for the efforts made in the inclusion of women and youth in the peace processes in Cameroon.
This week on Talk World Radio, we’re talking about Western Sahara and a book — now out in an updated second edition — called Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution by Stephen Zunes and Jacob Mundy.
The African Union is condemning a wave of coups in Africa, where military forces have seized power over the past 18 months in Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan and, most recently, in January, Burkina Faso. Several were led by U.S.-trained officers as part of a growing U.S. military presence in the region under the guise of counterterrorism.
By participants from Ngozi, Burundi, in World BEYOND War and Rotary Action Group for Peace course on Peace Education and Action for Impact.
