Joanna Allan is an academic in the department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Northumbria University. She is also an activist with Western Sahara Campaign UK and Western Sahara Resource Watch.
An unjust transition: Energy, colonialism and extractivism in occupied Western Sahara
While an end to the Moroccan occupation and full decolonization are integral to a Saharawi just transition, the SADR government’s ability to ensure popular sovereignty over Western Sahara’s energy resources will also be of fundamental importance.
November 11, 2021