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Spanish troops training in the Basque country in 1924, prior to their departure to the war in the Rif (Photo: Wikimedia)

Morocco victims of Spain's 1920s chemical bombs demand a voice

by Bianca Carrera, Al-Hoceïma, Rif mountains, Morocco,

This year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most terrible and bloodiest colonial crimes in history — one which still has not been recognised nor whose people have ever been compensated for. We are talking about Spain's chemical campaign over the Moroccan Rif (a mountain region in the country's north-east) which it once colonised, and which lasted from 1923 to 1927.

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Author Bio

Bianca Carrera is a freelance writer and analyst specialising in the Middle Eastern and North Africa, environmental matters, and migration at Sciences Po Paris. She has written for The New Arab, Al Jazeera, Oxfam Intermón, elDiario.es, and others.

Spanish troops training in the Basque country in 1924, prior to their departure to the war in the Rif (Photo: Wikimedia)

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Author Bio

Bianca Carrera is a freelance writer and analyst specialising in the Middle Eastern and North Africa, environmental matters, and migration at Sciences Po Paris. She has written for The New Arab, Al Jazeera, Oxfam Intermón, elDiario.es, and others.

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