Comment on What’s the deal with Western Sahara?
charlytune@mander.xyz 1 year agoI’m a bit confused by your comment and what you mean by “a tribe here or there has been through it” and that it’s unknown territory? It’s sparsely populated, but according to Wikipedia about 500k people live there, and they’re mostly in urban areas. Surely the lack of data is more down to the political disputes over who governs it? I’d imagine the locals are reluctant to share information with the Moroccan government who they see as the occupiers.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Exactly. There are a few urban areas, a few tiny villages, and a lot of nothing but desert. We have satellite pictures of that desert, but that’s about it. You’re not going to have much data about who governs those areas at all, because they’re not really governed by anyone.
I’m not trying to diminish Morocco’s unwarranted pseudo-annexation of a sovereign nation, I’m saying there’s more than one element at play here.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you sure that something like that has happened? I have heard it the other way round (but I am not sure about my source either).
Was it one before?