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A team of 14 current and ex-military service personnel, some with severe physical and mental injuries, have completed the Carta Rallye in Morocco, an extreme 2,000km challenge that took place in the Sahara Desert, all in a trio of Dacia Dusters.Over seven days between the 31st March and 6th of April, the Future Terrain team, a charity that supports career transition and rehabilitation mainly for those with physical and mental injuries, took on giant sand dunes, rocky roads, flooded tracks and harsh terrain – in Britain’s most affordable 4x4. The journey to Morocco was also just as arduous, with the team driving more than 2,000 miles from the UK and then all the way back home again.While several specially-built rally cars costing hundreds of thousands were getting stuck overnight in the desert, the shockingly affordable Dusters made it back to the camp each evening after ten-hours of driving. The Dusters were near-standard, with little to no modifications made to them other than some racing seats, roll bars and all-terrain tyres.
Madrid, Jul 2 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Yagüe) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Friday it was “absolutely essential” to revive a political dialogue on Western Sahara amid rising tensions in the region.INTERVIEW WITH ANTONIO GUTERRES.Translation:"We are really making an effort so that we can finally have a special envoy to revive the political process in Morocco. We had 13 candidates that were rejected by one of the parties. It is absolutely essential to restart the process of political dialogue because the current situation isn't sustainable and is a factor for instability, riks in an area where there is a strong risk of terrorism. It's absolutely essential to find a political solution and for that, we need to restart the political dialogue and it's essential both parties accept the envoy."
Seville (Spain), May 26 (EFE).- (Camera: Juan Chicano) Dozens of people took part in a protest on Wednesday in front of the doors of the City council of Seville to give visibility to the Western Sahara conflict and demanded the 'freedom of the Saharawi people and the cease of Moroccan occupation'. FOOTAGE OF THE RALLY.
Dakhla (Western Sahara), Jan 10 (EFE) .- (Camera: Fatima Zohra Bouaziz) The United States staged on Sunday in Dakhla, south of Western Sahara, its effective support for Morocco's thesis on the disputed territory, with the visit the undersecretary of state for Middle East affairs, David Schinker.FOOTAGE OF DAVID SCHINKER'S VISIT.
Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to announce it would establish relations with Israel. According to CNN, it was another diplomatic win for the Trump administration. However, it may create some trouble for the incoming Biden administration. That's because the Trump administration agreed that the US would recognize the long-disputed Western Sahara region. The largely Sahrawi population has fought for self-determination for four decades under the banner of the Polisario Front. The UN and European Union describe Western Sahara as a 'non-self-governing territory.' Political and security risk consultant Geoff Porter says the US' abrupt reversal of its policy dramatically increases the likelihood of renewed regional conflict.
The Golden Scarab will be joined by the Silver Crescent, a future 100% electric concept car, and other electric vehicles from the 2022 range.Citroën has announced that they will take to the Sahara Desert again in 2022, re-creating the legendary journey of the Golden Scarab in 1922, which then became the first-ever automobile to cross the Sahara.
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