Saharawi nomads riding on traditional camel saddles for women

Saharawi nomads riding on traditional camel saddles for women prepare to march past Polisario and international officials on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, at a ceremony in the Laayoune refugee camp near Western Sahara's border with Algeria. The ceremony commemorated the 33rd anniversary of the Western Sahara Republic, which remains in exile because Morocco controls two-thirds of the territory. Delegates from East Timor, France and Algeria joined the Saharawi government-in-exile on Saturday in its call for Western Sahara's independence.
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