Photos of phosphate harbour in El Aaiun
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From this port, in El Aaiun, Western Sahara, the international phosphate plundering is taken place.

Published 07 January 2009

Date of photos are unknown. They were found on the homepages of a Moroccan official homepage, www.laayoune-boujdour.ma, trying to attract foreign investments to Western Sahara, that was occupied in 1975 by Morocco.

 

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