WHAT IN THE WORLD? ***FINAL***

Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Image Name: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Description: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One
Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Image Name: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Description: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One
Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Image Name: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One Description: Algeria Western Sahara, What in the World? RTÉ One

Broadcast Details: Tuesday 22nd December, 11.15pm

For forty years now the Sahrawi people have lived in exile. Their home: five refugee camps in one of the hottest parts of the desert where summer temperatures reach over 50 degrees centigrade. Yet they continue to dream of the prospect of returning to their homeland in northwest Africa.

What in The World?

Now in its ninth series, What In The World? reports from the emerging world on a variety of global affairs issues. This year’s four part-series includes a report from Libya on how that country continues to tear itself apart post the Gaddafi regime and a look at the human cost of prison regimes in El Salvador.

What in the World? Series 9

 

Episode 4 – Western Sahara – Going Home

For forty years now the Sahrawi people have lived in exile. Their home: five refugee camps in one of the hottest parts of the desert where summer temperatures reach over 50 degrees centigrade. Having fled the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara their homeland over 100,000 people now live in what is in effect an open prison where they are completely dependent on the World Food Programme for their survival. Yet they continue to dream of the prospect of returning to their homeland in northwest Africa. After years of frustration, armed conflict and broken UN promises many of the young are contemplating a return to war.