Western Sahara Campaign NZ announces the arrival, on Wednesday the 2nd of October, in New Zealand of Tecber Ahmed Saleh
from Western Sahara.Tecber Ahmed Saleh lives in the Saharawi refugee camps in south-west Algeria and will visit New
Zealand to talk about Western Sahara,Africa’s last colony.
Tecber works in the Ministry of Health in the Saharawi refugee camps where she was born. She will speak about the
conditions of life in the camps and the larger political issues facing Western Sahara.
In 1975 Morocco invaded Western Sahara. Saharawis fled the occupation and now 173,600 remain in refugee camps. The
Saharawi continue their non-violent struggle, waiting for the United Nations referendum of self-determination agreed in
1991.
As an advocate for the Saharawi cause, Tecber has written and contributed to articles to raise awareness about the
plight of her people.
Whilst in New Zealand Tecber will be addressing public meetings in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington,Christchurch, and
Dunedin, as well as meeting with trade unions, community organisations, and Members of Parliament.
Her visit will place some emphasis on raising awareness, in New Zealand,of the fact that New Zealand cooperatives
Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-Nutrients are now the only companies in the western world to import phosphate rock from
Western Sahara, effectively financing the Moroccan occupation.
Auckland Oct 5th, Ellen Melville Hall: Free Western Sahara! Tecber Ahmed Saleh speaks in Tāmaki
Hamilton Oct 7th, Meteor: Tecber Ahmed Saleh of Western Sahara speaks in Kirikiriroa
Christchurch Oct 9th, Canterbury WEA: Christchurch Free Western Sahara - Tecber Ahmed Saleh Talk
Dunedin Oct 10th, University of Otago: Tecber Ahmed Saleh Aotearoa Tour : Ōtepoti / Dunedin
Wellington Oct 14th, Thistle Hall: Free Western Sahara! Tecber Ahmed Saleh speaks in Pōneke.
Lower Hutt Oct 15th, Waiwhetu Uniting Church: Why Western Sahara matters.