Rabouni refugee camp

Rabouni refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم الرابوني) is a Sahrawi refugee camp located in Tindouf province in southwestern Algeria.

Rabouni refugee camp مخيم الرابوني
Administrative centre of the Sahrawi refugee camps
Rabouni refugee camp
Coordinates: 27°28′32″N 8°5′16″W
Country	Algeria
Province	Tindouf

Background

It is the administrative centre of the Sahrawi refugee camps. It is the site of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) state ministries, the main hospital and the principal field offices of international non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies that regularly operate in the refugee camps. The camp is the settlement most easily accessible by paved road from Tindouf.^[1][2]

On 23 October 2011, suspected Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped three foreign aid workers from Rabouni. It was not until July 2012 that they were released by Islamist militants who had been holding them in northern Mali. Consequently, SADR authorities constructed one meter high earth berms around Rabouni and other individual camps.^[1][3]

References

1. "Off the Radar". Human Rights Watch. 2014-10-18.
2. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Elena (2010). "The 27 February Camp: Sahrawi Refugees in Algeria". Refugee Studies Centre.
3. "Three refugee camp workers abducted in Algeria". France 24. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2023-11-12.