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25 results for Western Sahara

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Africa/Middle East

19 September 2013

A look at the wardrobe of Western Saharan activist Aminatou Haidar and an interview with Tel Aviv election hopeful Nitzan Horowitz.

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Africa and Middle East

19 May 2015

Tracking the risk of migration in Eritrea and the latest on the battle for the Western Sahara.

Radio

Robert Fox explains what's next for Nato and Tim Forsyth discusses the future of Thai democracy. We also head to the great Moroccan sand wall in Western Sahara and see what's making the business headlines in Iceland.

Radio

The Briefing, episode 644

29 April 2014

Why President François Holland has joined the wrangle over the future of the historic French industrial firm Alstom, meet singer Aziza Brahim to talk about the fate of Western Sahara, and we hear from an entrepreneur who…

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 403

17 May 2013

A talk with one of the few journalists to has covered the state of Western Sahara’s “forgotten war”, we also ask how rare colour footage of 1920s London has shifted perceptions of the British capital, and go live to Malmo…

Radio

The Globalist - Monday 14 December

14 December 2020

We get the latest on Brexit following a decisive weekend of talks. Plus: the implications of the US recognising Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara; an update from the Pacific Alliance meeting; and why Hong Kong…

Monocle Minute

Southern draw

13 February 2017

Morocco has seized the African limelight by announcing that it will help the Republic of South Sudan to build a new capital. The republic won its independence from Sudan in 2011 and has long been planning to move its cap…

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Personal space

8 December 2022

Architect Junzo Yoshimura’s seaside escape is a private, harmonious ‘mansion’ that is finally ready to be shared with the world.

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To russia with love

17 October 2008

Following this summer’s Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua. Limited diplomatic credibility hasn’t stopped it wanting the trappings of statehood: it hopes…

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Diplomacy

29 April 2021

The EU’s ambassador to Switzerland on tough talks, Germany and Morocco don’t see eye to eye and the UN’s former climate chief on global co-operation.

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Africa/Middle East

15 September 2016

A risky ride with Robert Mugabe’s motorcade and the South African mayor signposting a watershed in Cape Town politics.

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Africa / Middle East

17 March 2016

How Senegal's president Macky Sall is reforming the country. Plus: Somalia's new dosh.

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Diplomacy

8 December 2022

Monocle looks at six new diplomatic missions opening in the next few years.

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Africa/Middle East

15 September 2011

The substantial motorcade of the 'humble' Ugandan president, Norway looks to turn Quatar's desert green and a new bridge betwen Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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Blue-Sky thinking

17 March 2007

India’s economic boom has taken flight. Air traffic volumes are increasing exponentially – as is the pressure to service five million new passengers a year. That’s why KS Kohli and his Frankfinn training schools are making…

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Future lab

15 November 2012

Global leaders may be lacking in ambition but that hasn’t stopped us doing the heavy lifting for them. Monocle presents 10 grand projects that would make a big difference.