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The Moroccan Wall

Monday, 23rd March 2009 by

The controversial Moroccan Wall, or The Berm, is a system of 3m-high walls at least 2,500km long that was built to completely divide the entire country of Western Sahara. Constructed by Moroccan forces between 1980 and 1987, Morocco considers the area to the west of the wall to be its Southern Provinces, and decided to protect them from Polisario forces seeking Western Sahara’s independence. The protected area was initially just…

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The Moroccan Wall

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The controversial Moroccan Wall, or The Berm, is a system of 3m-high walls at least 2,500km long that was built…

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Taijitu (Yin and Yang)

Taijitu (Yin and Yang)

The Taijitu is far better known by the name of the principle which it represents, Yin and Yang – a…

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The Longest Conveyor Belt in the World

The Longest Conveyor Belt in the World

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Western Sahara Large Type

Western Sahara Large Type

Despite Western Sahara being one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world (just over 1 person per square…

Saharan Squares

Saharan Squares

Still in Western Sahara, here’s some weird squares which I can’t explain… Anyone? Thanks to John Seddon (I think, or…

Saharan Shipwrecks

Saharan Shipwrecks

Er, Saharan Shipwrecks? Yup, shipwrecks in the desert! Okaaaay, so it’s the beach, but it is the Sahara Just down…

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