World Cup 2026: Why Sahrawis are rallying behind Algeria and not Morocco

World Cup 2026: Why Sahrawis are rallying behind Algeria and not Morocco Submitted by Habibulah Mohamed Lamin on Fri, 06/19/2026 - 09:15 Support for Algeria is rooted in almost five decades of refuge and a shared political struggle Sahrawi children play football in the Smara refugee camp in Algeria's Tindouf province in February 2016 (Farouk Batiche/AFP) Off Dust hangs in the desert air like smoke, swirling above a football pitch carved from hardened earth. It's late afternoon, and despite the heat not easing, a gr