Mahmoud Lemaadel

Mahmoud Lemaadel is an independent researcher and media activist. He is also the co-founder of the local media and human rights platform; Nushatta Foundation for Media and Human Rights that operates in the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in south-west of Algeria.

Sahrawi people camel exhibition in a refugee camp

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