“They both live around Barcelona and obviously know each other. But it was fascinating to see Mariem Hassan, ‘the voice of the Sahara’, in traditional Saharauis dress, pumping the air to the flamenco scratch and rap of Ojos de Brujo. She cheered and ululated as Ojos did their high energy set, than wandered into our Radio Adelaide broadcast tent backstage for a chat. View live performance >>
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The four day WOMADelaide festival of international music took place between Friday 5 and Monday 8 March 2010 Adelaide (Australia) with the attendance of over 80.000 music and dance fans.
One of the highlights this year was the Saharawi artist and singer Mariam Hassan.
Mariam and her group performed every day during the festival. They sang Saharawi traditional and national songs and performed Saharawi dances.Saharawi supporters in Australia were always present to raise the Saharawi flag and support the group during all their acts.
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Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:24pm GMT
By Patrick Worsnip
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Morocco and Western Sahara’s independence movement opened informal talks on Wednesday, with U.N. mediators pressing them to engage in earnest on the future of the disputed resource-rich territory.

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2 February 2010 –The parties in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara, where fighting broke out between Morocco and the Frente Polisario after Spain’s colonial administration ended in 1976, have agreed to a United Nations proposal to hold their next set of informal talks next week in the United States.

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