Western Sahara, formerly Spanish Morocco, was occupied by Morocco in 1976 against the wishes of its then population, some resisted - known as Polisario - and fled into the deserts of South West Algeria. That is a very short history.

This photojournalist's blog popped up the other day:http://stevefranck.wordpress.com/201...forgotten-war/

Which links to a charity working amongst Polisario:http://www.sandblast-arts.org/