Western Sahara dispute
Last reviewed: 19-03-2008
Africa's longest-running territorial dispute
KEY FACTS
| Size of Western Sahara | 266,000 sq km (103,000 sq miles) |
| Population | 273,000 (Source: CIA World Factbook) |
Sahrawi refugees in Algeria:
| Number of refugees | 165,000 (UNHCR, 2006) |
| Percentage women and children | 80 (U.N. Development Fund for Women-UNIFEM) |
| Number of beneficiaries of WFP food aid in 2007 | 90,000 (WFP, 2007) |
| Chronic child malnutrition rates | 38.9 percent (WFP/U.N. Children's Fund-UNICEF, 2005) |
Rates of anaemia:
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