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Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin is an independent journalist based in Algeria. He contributes to Al-Monitor, The New Arab, Middle East Eye, ThinkProgress and Refugees Deeply. On Twitter: @habibullahWS

Protesters from Rif movement Al-Hirak Al-Shaabi, or "Popular Movement" chant during a demonstration against corruption, repression and unemployment in Morocco's northern town of Imzouren in the early hours of June 11, 2017.
Demonstrators have rallied nightly in Al-Hoceima and the nearby town of Imzouren since the arrest of Al-Hirak leader Nasser Zefzafi on May 29 and the subsequent arrests of dozens more. / AFP PHOTO / FADEL SENNA (Photo credit should read FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images)

Protests grow over police actions in Morocco

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika casts his ballot during the parliamentary election in Algiers, Algeria May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RTS154OD

Voters keep Algeria’s legislative leaders in power despite economy, unemployment

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Polisario Front soldiers take part in a parade for the 35th anniversary celebrations of their independence movement for Western Sahara from Morocco, in Tifariti, southwestern Algeria February 27, 2011. REUTERS/Juan Medina (ALGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR2J6W4

How Polisario Front hopes to partner with Russia in Western Sahara

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Runners in grueling marathon persevere, as do Sahrawis

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

The Polisario Front soldiers drive a pick-up truck mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon during sunset in Bir Lahlou, Western Sahara, September 9, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH ìPOLISARIOî FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RTX2RO75

Polisario seeks to keep Sahara dispute in spotlight

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

King Mohammed VI of Morocco (R) is escorted as he arrives at the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX2YZKL

What's on Morocco's agenda as it rejoins African Union?

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with King Mohammed VI of Morocco in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS) - RTX15P2W

What the US stands to lose by alienating Morocco

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Saharawi school children chant as they leave their school at Samra's refugee
camp, near Tindouf in southwestern Algeria, November 22, 2003. The Saharawi
Polisario, the Algerian-backed movement is campaigning for independence for
the mineral-rich territory controlled by Morocco. Morocco and Algeria,
Polisario's main backer in its armed conflict with Morocco from 1975 to
1991, are under increasing international pressure to settle a dispute which
has slowed regional integration. PP03110087 REUTERS/Andrea C

Soccer club gives Sahrawi kids a workout — and hope

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

A man waves a sign during a demonstration called by the February 20 protest movement to mark the sixth anniversary of the movement and to demand political reforms and social changes in Rabat February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal - RTX27UUB

What you need to know about Morocco's recent protests

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Festival feeds growing success of Sahrawi filmmakers

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Sahrawis watch a mine explode during a demonstration organised by officials from the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to show the hazards of mined territory near Tifariti, in the Sahara desert in southwestern Algeria, February 28, 2011. Over 150,000 Sahrawis live in several refugee camps dispersed in the Algerian desert 35 years after Morocco annexed the disputed territory of Western Sahara. REUTERS/Juan Medina (ALGERIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR2J9CS

Why Sahrawis see more hope in war than in peace

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Sahrawi women hold Polisario Front's flags during a ceremony to mark 40 years after the Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on February 27, 2016 at the Sahrawi refugee camp of Dakhla which lies 170 km to the southeast of the Algerian city of Tindouf.
SADR was declared in 1976 by the Polisario Front -- a rebel movement that wants independence for Western Sahara -- which fought a guerrilla war against Rabat's forces before a ceasefire in 19

Sahrawi protesters recount recent abuses

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin

Habibulah Mohamed Lamin